Thanks. Blood and profanity seem to go hand in hand with boat maintenance unless you're a 3 ft tall contortionist, but that would come with it's own set of challenges not related to boating. I appreciate the step by step guide. I hope that the drives are in reasonable condition and plan to do all the basic service items. The bearing carriers are pretty corroded and I suspect that I might need to replace them. In fact I already have two new ones in my workshop. I think that this task will be associated with additional profanity, perhaps some in a foreign language, and I'll likely need a blood transfusion once I'm done. I have overhauled several car and motorcycle engines as well as gearboxes in my life, I am not a mechanic by profession, I just enjoy
fixing stuff. However I also know that certain things should be left to professionals, however these days the cost of hiring a professional anything is also prohibitive.
