This week was relatively short for me as I took 2 personal days off, Thursday and Friday. Both Monday and Tues day was spent removing the mounts the engines sat on. This was a very laborious job that took lots of leverage to complete. The bolts for the mounts were seized in place so we had to use lots of PB Blaster, a lubricating oil that eliminates rust, corrosion, and sticking, and place pipes over the end of the rachet to act as a cheater bar to increase the amount of torque. Even this at times didn’t help, a persuader had to be used (a hammer) to dislodge some of the rust and free up some area to work with. On Wednesday we spent the day cleaning out the port engine room bilge. There was so much accumulating oil from over the years that it turned into sludge. We spent hours that day using degreasers and a pressure washer to clean the bilge. By the end of the day the bilge was noticeable cleaner but not fully cleaned. Once the bilge is clean then it will be time to paint it.