Bottom End
I’ve been gone for a few days on a family visit so I didn’t get anything done on marlin until today. Actually it was Monday that I got to work. I first got the primary cover off and found that I needed a compensator wrench. After some calls to Hawg I found out that I needed a jam bar to keep things from moving. I accomplished this with a 3/8ths extension. After that I was able to get the compensator sprocket off then the clutch hub. After that I needed one more call to Hawg to find out I had to take the battery out so I could reach the two nuts that hold the starter to the inner primary. But mission accomplished and I got the inner off. Next came the four nuts and bolts that hold the engine to the frame. As you can see I got them out too. 
Next step is to have the real work done. I think I’ll farm that out to someone who can do the job.