lmorefield41
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2011
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- 103
Ok, on to my next can of worms. I've recently had to rebuild my engine mounts as they were rotted in my 83' Wellcraft Nova. I was actually out in the channel and the engine dropped through the glass and mounts, stripping the splines in the coupler smooth. As a result, I pulled the engine, rebuilt it and was able to get it started (figured I might as well since I had it out of the boat), I also rebuilt the engine mounts as they were literally dust.
Once I got all of the crap cleaned out, I checked the stringers, which were glassed separately and have no signs of rot or decay or weakness whatsoever, so the mounts were all that needed rebuilt. The condition of the mounts were so bad that I was not able to get accurate measurements so that when I rebuild it would be a mirror image. When reconstructing, I gave myself room to move the front mounts up, not down, as going down would mean that I have to start shaving inches off of the already built and glassed mounts. I got each mount within half an inch of the original mounts.
My problem is that I've been fooling with this thing since the 4th (Thursday), and I'm still not able to get my alignment tool to insert the coupler. I've adjusted each mount an 8th of a turn from bottomed out until as high as it will go, and I've still not been able to insert my alignment tool into the coupler at all, not even a mm. I've searched and searched the forums, however, I've not been able to find an issue that exactly like this. The only post that I've been able to find that has any similarity, the guy was able to insert his tool 1/2 inch into the coupler.
Once I got all of the crap cleaned out, I checked the stringers, which were glassed separately and have no signs of rot or decay or weakness whatsoever, so the mounts were all that needed rebuilt. The condition of the mounts were so bad that I was not able to get accurate measurements so that when I rebuild it would be a mirror image. When reconstructing, I gave myself room to move the front mounts up, not down, as going down would mean that I have to start shaving inches off of the already built and glassed mounts. I got each mount within half an inch of the original mounts.
My problem is that I've been fooling with this thing since the 4th (Thursday), and I'm still not able to get my alignment tool to insert the coupler. I've adjusted each mount an 8th of a turn from bottomed out until as high as it will go, and I've still not been able to insert my alignment tool into the coupler at all, not even a mm. I've searched and searched the forums, however, I've not been able to find an issue that exactly like this. The only post that I've been able to find that has any similarity, the guy was able to insert his tool 1/2 inch into the coupler.