I went ahead and filled the old holes and drilled the new set of holes. I went with the 3/4" hole, fill will epoxy and redrill 1/2" hole method.
I have a new problem though. The tilt/trim motor goes inside the boat and the trim hoses connect to the lower mounting bolts (which are hollow) to pass the hydraulic fluid to the outside of the transom. The problem is that the bolts were bent when the motor was taken off the last boat, so now they are pretty much useless. I looked into ordering some but apparently it could take a few weeks and I don't want to have to wait that long. Should I just get some standard stainless steel mounting bolts and some longer trim hoses and just run the hoses up and over the top of the transom? Or is that a bad idea.
Thanks,
David
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