Pulling the motor from my boat is beyond my capabilities. I would need help or I would help who ever was doing the pulling. I wish you guys were closer and could as least supervise. The boat is a 1982 and I think the last users did not take care of the boat, ie) I think they might have over heated the motor. So… the bright side of this is, we (the Royal we) can check the 'new motor' and make sure there are a few years of boating left.