Hey just read the post and the seacast works great. I do have a 97 merc hanging off my transome (strong as bull) What i did was i pulled the cap off my boat by renting scaffolding and used come-a-longs to lift it and belive it or not it was not that hard. but i think if i did over again i would have just cut the top of the transome and dug it out that way. I took a chain saw and long wood drill bits and dug all the wood out. Well you can go to www.transomerepair.com and it has all the instructions on how to do it. If you have any questions you can message me or email me and i will give you my phone # and i will help you out as much as i can.