I use the 3/4 inch plywood on back of the stock motor mount which is very simple and works well. In addition to the 3/4 back, I also went 3/4 inch up which helped with clearance. David GrahBishop CaliforniaMontgomery 15 - Sky Message: 1 Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 17:41:43 -0400 From: Charlie Fortner <charlie@rentrof.net> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Honda 2.3 tilt on an M15? Message-ID: <5560F417.2020607@rentrof.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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