patching up transom

Kajun · #1 10-05-2006, 07:39 PM

i'l be pulling off my motor this weekend in preparation for another brand of motor...i'm assuming the mount bracket holes will be different so i'd like to gather up materials i'll need to do the patching...

what all do ya think i will need?....as for the holes in the transom what should i plug them with? wood or fiberglass chop?

hopefully i dont find that my transom is rotten :( that would be another kick in the gonads.

macojoe · #2 10-05-2006, 09:40 PM

Thats about the only thing that is standerized on all motors!!

You hve to fix nothing should bolt right on!!

Seacrets · #3 10-05-2006, 10:22 PM

What year was your force?

Kajun · #4 10-05-2006, 11:22 PM

MJ that would be great if i didnt have to do anything to it

sea..my force is a 1990.....i'm looking at *older evinrudes and johnson for repower

what about sealing the bolts and bracket...5200 or 4200?

macojoe · #5 10-06-2006, 11:38 AM

well I have gone from OMC, Merc, Yamaha and they have all had the same bolt holes.

I used 5200 on mine but 4200 should be ok?? I like that the 5200 takes longer to cure and I think that gives a better bond??

Just go around the whole bracket make a line , complete circle around the bolt hole, then a line to the next hole and do the same. This is not a place to skimp on the 5200, load it up!!!!!!

After bolts are tight wait 30 min and retighten to be sure!!

DO NOT CUT OR CLEAN EXTRA 5200 TILL DRY!!

put 5200 on all bolts when you insert them.

YOU CAN"T USE TO MUCH 5200!!

Did I say you should buy stock in 3M yet??

Seacrets · #6 10-06-2006, 12:18 PM

MJ's right, This will make your bracket truly water tight and provide the flotation you will need. Some brackets have a drain hole in the event water gets into the chamber. I had a bracket boat and there was a hole thru the transom. If water got into the bracket, it drained into the hull and removed with the bilge pump.

Bygracealone · #7 10-06-2006, 01:02 PM

I'm a little confused ???

Kajun, are you installing a bracket with a setback on the transom (like a Gil, Armstrong, Stainless, B-Bracket)? Or are you talking about the engine mounting bracket? If the latter, then MJ's right, the holes will match up.

However, if the former, then you will likely have to fill those holes before you instlall the bracket. In that case, MJ gave me some good advise when I had to fill my holes. Use wooden dowels covered in resin. You may want to knock them in just a little bit under the transom surface to give yourself a lip for surface putty or whatever you plan to use to finish the body work and get it ready for paint...

Just some further thoughts FWIW...

#8 10-06-2006, 08:01 PM

i thought all motors mounted up the same. till i replaced my 86 force with a rudy 150. the force was different. whoed a thunk it? but, good luck. and i just filled my old holes with 5200 and went about my buisness. no probs. but, that was on a bayliner and frankly, who cares, it gonna rot anyway.

msbhammer · #9 10-07-2006, 02:17 AM

Hey Grace, Dumb question here, but I gotta ask. When you did your bracket, did you have to level the boat out on the trailer first. Everything seems to be a pain in the A$$ when trying to level something out on a boat.

Bygracealone · #10 10-07-2006, 03:41 AM

Hammer,

Not a dumb question at all. We thought about it, but as you said, we decided it would be too much of a headache. We thought we would remember to make the small adjustment when hanging the bracket, but we forgot and made the bracket perfectly level, while the boat itself wasn't perfectly level. The good news is that the difference was very small, so I think it will be alright. Good question buddy.