well here she is!

[reelapeelin]

Ahh, who asked ya??

Glad we caught ya inna good mood this morning, ya old phart ;D ;D ;D ;D :-* ...

 

[willy]

He is lovely in the morning :

 

[reelapeelin]

He is lovely in the morning :

Ain't we all, you old geezer ...

 

[Kajun]

well i think i'm in bitness...just bought a jackplate...CMC powerlift ML-65 for $75.....gonna take it apart and clean it up tonight....and then dowel up the transom and hopefully by this weekend have it mounted

only thing is this JP weights 32lbs..plus my motor which is 378lbs...so right at 410 lbs i'm putting on this transom...my 120 force was only 300 lbs.......i hope it holds and dont sink my scuppers  :-/

 

[macojoe]

only thing is this JP weights 32lbs..plus my motor which is 378lbs...so right at 410 lbs i'm putting on this transom...my 120 force was only 300 lbs.......i hope it holds and dont sink my scuppers Undecided

The boat is rated for 200 hp, and most 150 to 175 go 390 or so. 32# extra anit going to hurt you!!!!!

 

[Blue_Runner]

Nice jackplate. $75 is gooooood!

You outta be ok with the weight. I know you must be happy

 

[Stinky_Hooker]

MJ, what boat rated for 200? the 18? Mine is 150 :-/

 

[Seacrets]

They're 150 hp, but you should be fine. Take a fat guy fishing and make him sit in the bow.

 

[Kajun]

its rated for a 150 2-stroke when it has a brand new transom...but 16yrs later i'm sure it not all kosher inside thats whats worrying me ...but only one way to find out though...

 

[Seacrets]

You'll be fine. Gotta have faith.

 

[macojoe]

MJ, what boat rated for 200? the 18? Mine is 150 Undecided

V20 site I forget we talk about anything else!! :-[

 

[Skools Out]

you'll be ok no fear just say sink or swim we going fishing lol

 

[Kajun]

uh...somehow i didnt get a warm and fuzzy feeling reading that lol

 

[Kajun]

last night i tested the temp switches to see if the horn would go off...they dont...i unplugged them and touched them to the head..nothing....bad switches? anyway to test them?

 

[Skools Out]

not really a test unless you torch them lol

 

[reelapeelin]

not really a test unless you torch them lol

Stick 'em in boilin' water??...

 

[Airslot]

If you grounded the wires to the head and got nothing, that sounds like the horn/buzzer not functioning?

Airslot

 

[Kajun]

the horn works every other way...when i turn key over it beeps.. i connected some VRO wires without the pump and i got a steady alarm......gonna try boiling them this weekend.

 

[Skools Out]

read them they should have a temp set point wrote on them. Then make sure they operate at the correct temp. they may have been hot at some point and either be set to go off to hot now or none at all.

 

[Kajun]

ok i'll check them out this weekend..gonna boil them...any idea on how much these things are to replace?

i'm starting to think about just selling the motor and take the money and buy a lighter 300lb 20" motor....i may have a water or rot problem in my transom...i overdrilled one of the lower 1/4" force mount holes to 1/2" and didnt really like what i saw...wood was kinda wet and dark...and here i am about to add 410lbs to it instead of the 300lbs it had on it....

seems like i could just put a 300lbs engine on it and get alil more life out of it or just sell it...replacing the transom is not an option for me now since i'm moving to florida soon...i got a ton of things to do like getting my house ready to be sold...which in this market is not gonna be easy.