...and you're out!

 This first picture is where the engine would be sitting. What you can see in this picture is: the coupling to the propeller shaft and the cutlass bearing; the clear-ish tube is the bilge pump hose; in the top right corner is the exhaust pipe; and at the bottom of the picture is the gear shift lever. Also, you can see what a dirty mess it was under the engine. I try to keep the boat as clean as possible, but there are some areas my hands just can't reach.

I guess this picture is sort of upside down, but since the engine is on its side, it doesn't really matter. What we have here is the entire Atomic 4. To the left is the front of the engine, where the flywheel is, and to the right, where the gear shift ever is, the transmission. You can also see where the oil pan separates from the rest of the block. This is just after I learned about those two long bolts holding the oil pan to the transmission. What a dirty, dirty engine. I have always wanted to pull it to clean and paint under and around the engine, and give the engine a makeover, so this is sort of a blessing in disguise.