Couple more things you could check are the cockpit hatches and the pintles/gudgeons. I have one hatch cover that I have to sit on while motoring or it rattles a bit at certain RPM's, but the worst was the old gudgeons and pintles before I replaced them. They were worn and sloppy. Made a lot or racket with the old 2 cycle I used at that time.
Larry On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:01:55 -0700 RandyG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Harry, > > I'm trying to think what could rattle on an M15 while motoring. One > thing you could do to check the centerboard would be to raise or > lower it and see if the noise changes. Also, you could pull up on > the centerboard pendent with a steady pressure and hold it there, > and see if the noise changes. It is normal for the centerboard to > have some play in the centerboard cavity. Pulling up on the pendent > would take-out most of the play. > > On our M15 I recall the adjustable motor mount and boarding ladder > also had some rattle to them. It seems like the vibration of the > outboard at low engine speeds (especially a 4-stroke) would rattle > most anything rattleable. I often raise or lower the motor speed > slightly to take out some of the vibration echoing through the > boat. > > Randy G. > > ________________________________________ > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Harry & Nancy [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: M_Boats: M15 vibration noise > > Hi M15 owners: When motoring with my M15, there is a loud vibrating > noise{racket}. I've tried to locate its origin but no luck. Could it > be the centerboard rattling? Thanks for any clues. Harry Elmslie > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
