I have a Mariner kicker motor on my 1985 M-15 (# 335) with a fixed motor mount, and it will tilt up when I turn it all the way one way or the other. Don't know about your Honda, but maybe it will work. Steve M-15 # 335 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Fortner" <charlie@rentrof.net> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 2:41 PM Subject: M_Boats: Honda 2.3 tilt on an M15?
Hello wrinkle boat lovers,
I have a late '80s M-15 with the fixed motor mount and I've just purchased a Honda 2.3 hp to go with it.
How the heck do you get this motor to tilt into the up and locked position? I've twisted the thing every which way and it always hits the transom before it locks. It'll tilt all the way up if I remove the motor's cowling, but that's a ridiculous thing to do on the water.
The old Tohatsu 3.5 would clear the transom and tilt up if I used a spacer on the motor mount, but that won't work on the Honda because its jaws are narrower. It looks like all I really need is some way to move the motor's horizontal pivot point aft about 2 inches.
I know lots of you love the M-15 & Honda 2.3 combo, so I'm sure my problem is not unique. I've searched the archives, but there wasn't much in the way of solutions to this problem. How have y'all gotten your motors up and out of the water? Better yet, have some photos of the solution?
Thanks,
Charlie
-- Charlie Fortner Earth, USA, Georgia, ATL M-15 #411
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