CB, Remember my rusted tilt??
 

Its going back on today!! I hope!! ;D

http://www.syncboard.com/users/macojoe/images/tilt1.JPG

http://www.syncboard.com/users/macojoe/images/tilt3.JPG

http://www.syncboard.com/users/macojoe/images/tilt4.JPG

Re: CB, Remember my rusted tilt??
 

Looking good Bud. 50 degrees today! Won't be long! ;D

Re: CB, Remember my rusted tilt??
 

Wow a heat wave!!!LOL 80 here today!! ;D

Re: CB, Remember my rusted tilt??
 

All installed and works like a charm!!!! Thats the good news!

The Bad news is that they want like $800 to $900 to LineX the deck of the boat!! :o Nope I not going to spend that much!! >:(

So need to figure out what is the best deck paint, epoxy what ever??

Re: CB, Remember my rusted tilt??
 

do it yourself.........60 to 70bucks a gallon at home depot or menards......you get the roller and directions

Re: CB, Remember my rusted tilt??
 

Very nice. I just blasted and painted mine also. Did you have any trouble getting it off of the engine? I broke off 2 bolts, tried everything to get them out. Finally had to take it to work, cut them out on the milling machine and helicoil them..shhhhh.

Re: CB, Remember my rusted tilt??
 

I was lucky!! I never broke a thing!! It all came off pretty easy.
Except the spliting of the motor mount. It was stuck on the steering tube pretty good. After playing nice for a while, I took a coal chisle and a 3 pound hammer and it came right apart *;D

I got it all on today and it works great!!

http://www.syncboard.com/users/macojoe/images/tilt5.JPG

Re: CB, Remember my rusted tilt??
 

That looks great, is that just clean and repaint? Looks like new.

Re: CB, Remember my rusted tilt??
 

Vic, the pump was solid rust!! flaking off!! and i thought it had rusted thur.
But it did not and is real thick metal there. That is were the armacher (can't spell) spins.
So I removed in back in Dec I think and took a grinder with a heavy wire wheel and got all the rust off.
Tghen i painted it with 3 coats of ZRC:

http://www.zrcworldwide.com/galds.htm

Then I cleaned the whole unit with thinner, and put 3 coats of Yamaha paint on the whole thing.

I bleed out the whole system and refilled with all new tilt oil. Put new seals on the pistion caps and a new O ring on the fill screw.

Works like a charm now!! and i hope it will be rust free for a long time to come!!

Re: CB, Remember my rusted tilt??
 

Looks good MJ.