My experience changing engine mounts

[Kyle Ewing]

I changed the engine mounts on Donnybrook, 1990 #1010, yesterday.  Thanks to Ron and everyone else for their advice.  The Wiki article was excellent!  There were very few surprises.

The main lesson learned for me is to watch how how far I try to raise the rear of the engine.  I'd like to have a few more inches of exhaust riser clearance, but was able to get the rear off.  

The other thing I noticed is the engine moves A LOT more with the shaft disconnected than with it connected.  I checked engine movement before connecting the shaft and was concerned that it was excessive until I reconnected the shaft.

I wrote about it in my blog and added some pictures.  See http://www.saildonnybrook.com/2011/04/changing-engine-mounts.html.  There really isn't any new information because the job is so well documented on the Wiki and this forum, but it reinforces what to me were some of the key points.