I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

[alldodge]

Wonder how many less pages this thread would be with out all the what ever this is.............

It started off as an in depth look into what it will take to change from I/O to OB. Who ever looks at it now/later will mostly see what ever sticks on the wall and not so much as the real work it took to make it happen

 

[tpenfield]

Wee bit, goop, and bog. Those are the terms that will come out of this project

 

[Pmt133]

Wait... I thought goop was goop?

Kidding aside, there is more complex thought in the last 10 posts than my entire engineering department at work is capable of...

 

[Scott Danforth]

where did this term bog come from. never heard that used.

Australian and British car guys called it bog starting about 70 years ago .....It's also the term for the toilet or crapper. Because well.....2-part fillers have the consistency of cow dung

 

[Scott Danforth]

Wait... I thought goop was goop?

And go-jo is also goop.....

And according to Joe, everything is goop

 

[Pmt133]

So then shell shock is also goop. Got it.

 

[tpenfield]

Flatness has been achieved . . .

I mixed up the goop (assorted fiberglass stands, VE resin, adhesive filler) and used the 1" Coosa pieces to form a flat surface. Clamped in place and heated for curing.

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I'll need to do some finishing/fairing around the edges. but the engine mount surfaces are flat.
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[tphoyt]

Looks like it works out great.

 

[redneck joe]

Random goop things cured with a sketchy looking space heater and big ass clamps is my kinda redneck....

 

[redneck joe]

Remind me again, what will cover the holes up top or are you just taking bets on broken ankles?

 

[aspeck]

Remind me again, what will cover the holes up top or are you just taking bets on broken ankles?

Those are his rod holders for his "big fish" rods.

 

[tpenfield]

Remind me again, what will cover the holes up top or are you just taking bets on broken ankles?

The swim deck covers those holes . . . more than half of the extension bracket goes UNDER the swim deck.

 

[tpenfield]

I tried my hand at the VE fairing compound . . . It is a work in progress.
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I'm not sure I have the patience to do fairing compound, but we'll see.

I got a final reading on the transom thickness, now that I have given them flatness.
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No worries there . . . I just wouldn't want to be the one who has to drill the mounting studs . . .

 

[redneck joe]

Whenever my brother and I do a project, especially as a team, we cackle about the poor son of a b that will have to undo or work thru it. Unfortunately we both have reworked our own work and we call each other and b,tch about it.

 

[Scott Danforth]

I tried my hand at the VE fairing compound . . . It is a work in progress.
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I'm not sure I have the patience to do fairing compound, but we'll see.

I got a final reading on the transom thickness, now that I have given them flatness.
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Could always have the admiral help you. Didn't she do bathroom remodeling earlier this year.

It's just like mudding drywall