hoisting motor?

[wpvboat]

I sware I saw an eye or something on the top of my 140 Johnson when they were building it. I went looking for it last night and couldn't find anything.

My A frame is set up. How do I hook the come along to the motor to hoist it?

This site is great, thanks for all the advice.

[chumbucket]

They remove the eye bolt after installation. It goes on the mainshaft on top of the flywheel.

[wpvboat]

I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE. I SAW THE HOLE WITH THREADS. WHERE CAN I GET ONE OF THOSE EYE BOLTS?

[Blue_Runner]

I just took a heavy duty towing strap and made a couple of vertical rounds around the motor paying special attention to making sure it would stay in the vertical position once taken off the boat. When done, I had one end of the strap on the port side and one on the starboard side. Hooked both ends to the hoist and lifted it up.

[chumbucket]

That works too. Hardware stores or Home Cheapo should have eye bolts.

[wpvboat]

WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT. I BOUGHT A COUPLE EYE BOLTS AND DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL FIT YET. I ALSO GOT A HEAVY DUTY RATCHET STRAP THAT I MAY USE.

THANKS AGAIN FOR THE HELP.

TOM

[macojoe]

I lifted my 390 poun Yamaha with a tow strap. But it is tricky!! It is so top heavy it will tilt if not careful!!

[reelapeelin]

Use the eyebolt thing if ya can...OOPS in this case would be a BIG ticket and a sore toe... :o ;D

[wpvboat]

I went nuts and did it last night. Used the strap tecnique. It worked but I wish I had tried the eye bolt. I almost lost it but had some rope and straps around to pull it where I wanted. Anyway, I just want to fix this durn thing so I can concentrate on more important things (striper, trout, flounder, blues, redfish, etc.).

Thanks for all the help.

[reelapeelin]

wpv...what are you fixin'?...

[wpvboat]

Transom.

[Blue_Runner]

I forgot to tell you that when I used the strap technique, I had 2 other guys helping. Plus, we removed 2 motors off my boat and the 2nd went much much smoother than the first. In other words, we learned from our mistakes on the first one because the way we had it strapped made it tilt. The 2nd motor went very smoothly. Have a mechanical steel hoist with movement in all directions was really nice too. 8)

Glad to hear you were able to get the motor off and sorry I didn't tell you more about my experience with it!

[reelapeelin]

Doin' it yourself?...

[knightfisher]

what's wrong with your transom is rotted or just fixing cracks.

[knightfisher]

if you are replacing your transom go to www.transomrepair.com and check out this stuff called seacast i used it on mine and it works great solid as a rock.

[wpvboat]

Bluerunner, I know I should have gotten help. My problem is that I am a spazz and I got excited at 8pm on a cold Thursday night and said "what the heck". Bad choice but at least no bones or motor parts got broken.

I cut the skin off the transom to reveal bad, bad, wood. I cleaned it all out. My plan is to put the skin back on with spacers, glass the cuts up and fill the void with Seacast. Then put the motor back on. Anyone know how long the Seacast takes to get delivered? I haven't ordered it yet. I need some warmer weather before any type of resin will cure anyway.

[knightfisher]

I ordered it and had it in 2 day's but i live in southeast Ga. and it comes out of Daytona Fl. not far from me. You can Call them and they will let you know they are very helpful with what ever you need. i used a 5 gal. and a 2 1/2 gal. bucket and i was about a gal short. so when you order look at the online site it tells you how to measure your transom and talk with them good luck if any question email me [email protected] i'll give you my # and i will help as much as i can. this is the # to seacast 1-866-716-4820
http://www.transomrepair.com/