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I took a closer look during lunch...Access is going to be the biggest challenge...I had thought that the backing plates for the lateral rigging were tough to reach, but this is truly painful...squeezing into the narrow doors of the anchor locker!..I'm afraid it almost impossible without creating som...

...Just curious what other have found when inspecting this backing plate in the chain locker...I can see that the rust has caused a small piece of fiberglass cloth to delaminate, but that can be fixed...I think there is sufficient metal left to clean it up and prime with something suitable (undersid...

Russel (and others) I really appreciate these posts to help me along in my re-power project...I had planned to be further along at this point but I'm happy to take a pause and learn from others...I decided to cut the original steel pipe beds out as there was some concern about corrosion (I flaked of...

I'm also looking to re-power with the 3JH4E...I've pulled the old Perkins and have removed the steel pipe beds and ground away the old glass...I'm planning to follow Ted's advice that he mentioned earlier in this thread as he used the down-angle gearbox and maintained the original stern tube configu...

Hi Ken, Thanks for the quick reply...A couple of follow-up questions...I'm not sure about my nomenclature on the stern tube issue...Did the location where the shaft passes through the hull have to be changed for the new installation, i.e. bad angle? Also, I would be curious what kind of mixer was us...

Having recently pulled the old, rusty Perkins out of my 36, I'm busy researching my re-power options and am hoping to draw on the wisdom and experience of those who have already been through it...Right now, I'm leaning towards to Yanmar 3JH4 and have some specific questions for those who are in the ...

Russel, I'm about ready to bite the bullet and repower my CD 36 as well...I've got a crane showing up on Friday to pull the tired old Perkins out...I'm a bit nervous as to how that is going to go...Anyway, I'm hoping to learn as much as I can from other posters as I'm planning to do some of the repo...

Hello,

Just curious if anyone has any decent line drawing images they could post or email me for the 36...All the ones I found on the net were fairly low-res or poor quality...

Thanks in Advance,

Bernie