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First off, thanks to Friscoboater for giving me the basics (and courage) to attempt this job. Had a block crack last winter, so I rebuilt it, got it running, and am now looking at the rest of the boat. I knew the motor mounts were gone cause I had to use bolts to hold down the trim motors...
So I destroyed my block on my 1981 (J170STRMC1F) by poor winterizing. Have removed everything except the short block (GM 471594) while in the boat. I literally have nothing left to hold the motor to the bell housing, yet it only moves about 1/8 inch from the intermediate. Do I have to remove the...
