- 1). Disconnect the steering cable or hoses from their connections at the outboard's tilt tube. Disconnect the hydraulic hoses from the jacking plate. Remove the cover from the motor on the boat to expose the lifting ring on top of the engine block. Roll your shop crane into place and connect the hook to the lifting ring. Ease up on the crane slightly to take the strain off the bolts in the motor mounting plate.
- 2). Remove the nuts from the four mounting bolts that hold the motor mount in place on the boat's transom with the combination wrench. Remove the bolts. Since the crane is taking the strain off the bolts, they "should" slide out without much ado.
- 3). Lift the engine clear of the transom with the shop crane. Roll the shop crane to the motor stand. Lower the engine onto the motor stand and secure it with the mounting bolts, using the combination wrench to tighten the nuts onto the bolts.
- 4). Retrieve the replacement outboard from its mounting stand in the same way you removed the outboard engine from the boat. Roll the shop crane and the replacement motor to the transom of your boat.
- 5). Lower the motor onto the transom of your boat, using the shop crane to support the motor while you align the holes in the motor's mounting plate with the mounting holes in the transom. Insert the mounting bolts through the mounting plate and the transom and thread the nuts in place. Tighten the nuts to 75 foot pounds with the torque wrench and release the crane from the motor.
- 6). Connect the steering cable or steering hose to the tilt tube on the front of your Johnson. Connect hydraulic hoses to the jacking plate that raises, lowers and tilts the motor.
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