Re: Sea Ray Transom, Stringers and Storage
HELP ME!!!!! I am just about to say screw this whole thing, and put her in the junk yard. I have had SOOOO many set back on this dang thing it isnt even funny!!! Real quick update, I have the deck in just have to PB up the seams and glass over the whole thing, went to put in the motor, noticed my gimball bearing was shot and that I had an original shift cable for the outdrive, so I went ahead and updated that, after the shift cable I noticed that the upper shift shaft had busted in half, and some numb nuts had put a dang brass sleeve filled with some sort of solder and tried to literally GLUE the upper shift shaft back together. NO WONDER I had shifting problems!!!!! So I replaced the upper and lower shift shaft. As well as there was an updated shift shaft seal that was not installed in my outdrive, so I went ahead and replaced that!!!! NOW, I was ready to put in the motor, or so I thought!!!! I have updated my 1982 2.5L motor to a 1986 3.0L motor, so I had to get a bigger exhaust riser and drill two holes in my manifold to be able to accept the pre alpha style exhaust riser. NO PROBLEM, get that right done and she is ready to go in........NOPE!!!! I have to get a new exhaust boot!!!! WOW!!! This is INCREDIBLE!!!! Whats that ole saying???? Nuttin but a whole in the water to throw money into, thats ALL that boats are!!!! Why do we DO this to ourselves. Well tonight, my exhaust boot came in, and I was SOOOO excited, she was finally ready to come back to life, to get her heart back in, YEAH!!!!! Then murphy came and blessed me with his presence!!!!! PLEASE see attached pic!!!!!! WHY!!!??!?!??!??!??!? I put that dang thing RIGHT where I had marked it from being before!!!!! Well, it is too late, I have WAY too much of my blood sweat tears and my wallet in this thing to give up now, but are your suggestions? I can just go ahead and attach (peanut butter)some wood on top of the existing motor mount and just glass it to the existing mount, but I am worried about the stress, should I just make a small addition off the back of the mount and glass it in?
Option A Option B
Existing Mount Extra Wood Existing Mount Extra Wood
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V _________ V V
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I know this is pretty course but I hope you get the idea!!!
Also, I am in need of an extra mount point for my top, attached is a pic of it, anyone have any idea where I can get one?
Thanks!
Ryan