This boat is 11'4" long, and I have a 1979 Merc 70 mounted on a 10" setback jackplate with a 10 3/8 X 14pt 3 blade prop. I'm unsure of the prop manufacturer. I'm in the "dial-in" process, The jackplate it came with had no adjustments so I had to redrill the holes, and think I'm about correct...
It's not securely mounted yet, but finally got to see motor on the boat. I like how it fits and can't wait to run it. Under the driver side "windshiel" the guages are mounted on a piece of plywood that is weathered and looks terrible. What are people using for their dashboards? A friend...
Re: mounting 70 on jackplate
I mounted the jack plate to the transom. I was anxious to finally see what the boat looked like with a motor on it, it's not mounted, just resting on there. I realize the hp is aggressive, but i'm happy with the physical size of the motor in relation to the boat.
Re: mounting 70 on jackplate
It does have tilt & trim. Obviously I'm new to motor mounting, could you explain more about the spacer you mentioned please? I take it I make it out of a 1"x6", is it so the clamps on the motor have something thicker to clamp to?
So I use the clamps on top to...
I have a 1979 Merc 70 that I am going to mount on a SlideMaster jack plate. The SlideMaster has a 10' setback but instead of two bolts on each side that are able to slide up or down, it has 2 bolts on each side that do not allow for adjustment(unless new holes were drilled), is this still...
I just picked up what I believe is a 1979 Merc 70(serial #starts with 5353) and have a few questions. First off I was very suprised at how small physically this motor is. I would've bet that it was a 50 at most by it's appearance. Did they make a short shaft in this yrs model? It fits my...
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I just picked this boat up and would appreciate any info/stories/advice anyone has that's familiar with this style/size boat. The guy I bought it from never ran it, it just came with the trailer he was buying. The only thing he knew was the original owner put a 115 outboard on it...
