more pix of the blue car in the back ground please

It warmed up today, 59 F just after lunch.  I cut out the front bulkhead using a tool I picked up yesterday at Harbor Freight for $30.

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I used a crescent shaped cutting blade to cut through the bulkhead.  I sure wished I had this when I was cutting out the stringers.

Once the bulkhead was out of the way I found a big surprise.  I forgot that I had filled the bow ahead of the bulkhead with styrofoam packing beads.  My insurance company required floatation foam to be installed before they would issue a policy.  The 2 part foams were very expensive back in the late 70's.  The insurance company did not specify what kind of foam to use, so I bought a couple of huge bags of packing beads.

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If I had hit anything and breached the bow, there would have been a million pieces of foam floating in the lake. 

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I spent 30 minutes trying to scoop these beads into a garbage bag.  It is like trying to shovel marbles uphill. 

Tomorrow I'll try and get the rest of them out.  I have already filled 2, 55 gallon garbage bags.

Unfortunatley unless its been modified you'll have to loosen and pull the motor including the B'hsg clamp that surrounds the pump snout (the Driveline will stay on the engine and slip off the jet pump shaft)  , the Sanger design regarding thier unique transom ring dictates that the jet drive comes out forward vs most Berk jets which pull out the back , cant see the transom but suspect you'll find a slim polished ring surrounding the bowl on the outside , this ring needs to be pulled and removed then unbolt the jet suction housing from the intake to pull the jet  forward up and out call if you need help Tom
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