Hi Connie; You wrote this detailed description of how to cut out a shallow sail locker about a year ago. Well, after a year of thinking about it, I finally did it. So far so good. I didn'r need to put in any kind of additional hatch though. With my 1st mate manning a large screwdriver outside, I with the help a couple of extensions on the socket wrench was able to hold the nuts from the inside.
My question has to do with cutting the Fulton MM pad down to a usable size. The back side of the pad I have is honeycombed with a combination of slots and holes. Was you pad like this or solid? If it was the same as mine, there is a place to cut it leaving only a small recess in the top portion, does that seem to work ok? I came to the same conclusion as you when I dry fitted the new MM, it sits way to low on the transom with the full size pad. Also, I want to get my SS Honda into the water an inch or two more. Thanks for all you past and future assistance, Don Haas M15-248 Conbert H Benneck wrote: > ... The FULTON polyproplene engine mounting board was much too big, so > after > checking the dimensions of the top of the original fixed M15 motor mount > and comparing it with the FULTON mount, I would have had to mount the > FULTON too far down for my tastes, so I cut off 2 1/2 inches, measured > from the top of the polypropylene mounting board. > > This has the effect of raising the mounting position of the FULTON > mounting bracket by 2 1/2 inches to maintain the same geometric HONDA 2 > HP engine relationship between the old fixed mount and the new one, with > the FULTON mount in the operating "running" position. > > Cutting off the polypropylene is no problem, I used a sharp carpenters > saw - but scribed my cutting line all around the four surfaces of the > mount so that I could maintain a straight cut. > ... > > Connie > M15 #400 LEPPO > > Any questions or discussions welcome. > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
