Thanks for responding. swapped out and put in the PYI mounts last Saturday, it went well, only took 2 hrs.  Like yours, I had to come up with some creative wrenches, 2 nuts had fiberglass around them. In the front, I used a 4X4 across the floor with other blocks, a 6' pipe to lift up the engine. was able to set old next to new and dial in rough height.

In the back I cut a couple of beveled 2X4 stringers across the bilge to support my little bottle jack that had a nice V fitting on the top of the piston. so a chain around the transmission lifted it up.

It took me 2 days to pump down the monel fuel tank and disconnect all the fittings . It was the first time in 30 years its been out of there. Access to drive train was much improved. I got the bolts out of the mating flanges. No room for a gear puller on the prop side.  The marina guy told me to put a socket ( 9/16) in between the flanges, get longer flange bolts, and gently tighten them all up. The socket pushes out the shaft. Using PB blaster it still took all day, but got it out yesterday, was pretty happy not to break an ear off the transmission side of the set up.

Fuel tank has lots of black sludge on the bottom, so its been a very worth while project. marina guy said something about rinsing it out with alcohol.

Even though our boats are only a few years apart, my drive shaft is 7/8th dia.  The hose is only 1-1/2.  I still have to get the cutlass bearing out, but have heard of some tricks for that too.

I'm glad it only needs to be done every couple of decades.  I'm still trying to straighten it out.

Lake Champlain is up to 39 degrees, so I still got a couple of weeks for re-assembly.

- Dan