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    can of worms?

    the RACE!! (unofficial lol) Dang... it's always something. Trying to get some fishing in, water's too high, rain muddy etc. Then messing with "old stuff" trying to get it right at the same time. GPS 10 miles out and up in a creek; had 5 Crappie and calling it a day. Came busting out of the...
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    can of worms?

    what style or did this prop come off of? That's the thrust washer the machinist made for it (guessing he had too much time in it, plus a chunk of SS to charge me what it's worth - at zero dollars, guess I'll be paying that off forever :rolleyes: ; flip it over, the shoulder fits in the...
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    can of worms?

    sorry but not!! More perfectly imperfect work; still waiting on a day I can run again... used that tiller arm extension after all; drilled an off-center hole equaling out the steering. Cut the threads out of original hole to allow bolt to slide through to pin - steering lock. Hole in the...
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    can of worms?

    HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!! It hasn't been nice outside (including today); just killing time with a post and saying where things are at.... Had lost the guy's phone number that I bought the t/t from, but knew where he lives. Guessing I have a propeller fetish!!! - seems like a topic everyone has an...
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    can of worms?

    found this trick on Youtube, just passing along. Remember, this is a 1970 motor and that's the original plug - it wasn't that bad but did need cleaning. Take distilled white vinegar and add plain old table salt - add salt until it quits diluting, you really can't add too much (max salinity, salt...
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    can of worms?

    lost count after three... lol. Took at least 7, maybe eight? times up&down to remove all the air. I had done a complete oil change in the t/t; was only waiting for a warmer day to jack up/level everything and add oil. any input here? The steering arm isn't SS? says my magnet lol. I can...
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    can of worms?

    should have actually had a 5/16 flat washer before saying - was way too tight. Took the motor off, then me and two mechanically minded friends tried to determine what was going on. it bottoms out at the same time the bolt holes line up; something somewhere is fractionally off, but we...
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    can of worms?

    a good washing and wax will have to wait... just rinsed it off. This should be about "how she'll sit on plane". Cavitation plate is "close" to parallel with the hull; no need to bother with exact for now. Ruff measurement was 4" above; which only testing will tell if too high - 3" before...
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    can of worms?

    not getting older!! am aging... lol My help never arrived and it took all day (and a few BC Powders) for just this Gutted old trim cylinders and hardware; had to remove swivel bracket to take out "one cotter pin" knew that I needed to, but going to replace those 12" bolts with 10" and 10.5"...
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    can of worms?

    there we go, the measurements I made were correct just been awhile and forgot. Once I put the tube in.... lip on the bushing, one SS shim each side, and a flat nylon washer/bushing (factory) against the motor brackets. can I mount it tomorrow? lol
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    can of worms?

    still wet, maybe a Monday install? Glass Guy shot this over a pot of coffee cos I can't even operate a spray can!! paper stuffed in holes, tape on the trim pedestals and grease fittings, and those old bushings for masking... old trim motor too. JS... Not trying to market this thing, really...
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    can of worms?

    I just got accused (again!! lol) of over thinking :lol: but once it's done, it's done - and I don't have much to go by. Negative trim.... maybe just enough? I can do things to increase it, but..... lol She isn't quite level there, but we can tell it won't be much. Having to take everything...
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    can of worms?

    getting down to the wire and I've stalled out :facepalm: Nah, just took a few days off to fish with a buddy - Speckled Trout and a Bass that must have been lost!!! lol we caught plenty of others (and on other days) but that's all I kept for just me... One of 'em is 18"; Bass is legal too, but...
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    can of worms?

    progress is slow, but I swear this is more work than it looks like.... not shown but welded today, bottom corners for landings where the trim pin used to go. Will touch up a few spots when I get closer to done - mostly grinding scars from being tacked down.
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    can of worms?

    more of the same.... Guessing we are all familiar with this death trap.... hit the trim and it all fell apart. Just needed a measurement everyone's busy, can't get a hand, as usual. Not even going to tack it while it's attached to the unit, but because of close tolerances, need to see where...
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