great job Charlie! on my old M15 i needed to turn my Honda 2hp to the side for it to tilt up on the modified fixed mount. -- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Charlie Fortner <charlie@rentrof.net> wrote:
On Sat, May 23, 2015, at 19:56, jerry@jerrymontgomery.org wrote:
Charlie- Why don't you put 2" spacers between the mount and the transom?-
Wise advise! And not terribly difficult. My port cockpit locker pan had been cut, so I didn't need to install an inspection port to reach the mounting nuts.
I used 2" thick HDPE I bought from McMaster-Carr. (See the first attached photo.) The spacers ended up being 2" thick, about 3" wide, and about 11" long. Bolts were 4" long 1/4 x 20, but I could have used 3.5" long bolts. You'll need a 7/16" box end wrench, the longer the better. The HDPE was easy to shape with handtools. It was like cutting a block of cold lard.
The second attached photo shows that this was only 99% successful. The motor will now tilt and lock, but only if it is twisted to the side a bit. Not perfect, but a huge improvement over not locking in the up position at all. The problem is the gas tank cap. If the cap were a little shorter it would clear the transom without having to twist the motor to the side.
Charlie