tilt

[bradford]

One day these outboard engine and parts manufacturer's will pay for their crimes.

Sometimes I wonder about how much simpler things used to be when everything over 16 feet ran a straight inboard.

[Blue_Runner]

Got the tilt unit today. If it works as good as it looks I'm in good shape.

I'll put it on tomorrow and if the rain lets up head to the lake Sunday to test the new prop.

[Blue_Runner]

Hit the lake late evening, dreary, drizzly, conditions. Saw 1 other boat. Water low, able to slide under the bridges that normally restrict me. Saw 1 other boat all evening. Fun solo cruise. New Solas 14.25 x 17 prop is perfect. Wasn't sure at first b/c my Garmin would not acquire satellites (had to perform an auto-locate), but once it did I could tell this prop is as good as and probably a touch better than the old prop. I hit 5300 rmps 42 mph without trimming to full capacity. Old prop was a struggle to get much over 5100.

Oh yeah, and the tilt/trim unit works great! Now I'm just waiting for that Saturday/Sunday weather window to get out and pound the bottom critters off the coast.

[bradford]

Good to hear Blue. I have the same prop on my 150 and like it a lot and get about the same numbers.

[Blue_Runner]

Who's ready for round 2 of money burning!?!?

As reported, replacement tilt/trim installed, functioning, test driven with no issues. Then in the shop I notice fluid puddling....uh oh. Blew it off that it might have been from the original unit so I cleaned it up in the morning. That afternoon had another puddle. WTF. Looks like fluid leaking around the trim motor housing? Upon further inspection of the 3 bolts that you can access, 2 aren't even hand tight, the third is backed out 1/8 inch. Tried to tighten one and it won't tighten even slightly (stripped!). Took the other one out to find it was only 1/2 a bolt with epoxy on the end of it - NICE!

Emailed my eBay guy, he says no problem ship it back to me, so this one is going back tomorrow afternoon. Hope I don't have to pay the 2x shipping but better than being out of $740 smackers all together.

Anyway, always heard 3rd time is the charm, so fingers crossed.

p.s. Got me thinking even harder about getting a new 2015 150 4 stroke ~$11,500 on Boats.net. BUT, I need a new(er) truck and buy my youngest daughter a car and my oldest daughter just started 1st year of college, yada yada yada.... Maybe next year, we'll see....got to get this one fixed either way.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

Who's ready for round 2 of money burning!?!?

As reported, replacement tilt/trim installed, functioning, test driven with no issues. Then in the shop I notice fluid puddling....uh oh. Blew it off that it might have been from the original unit so I cleaned it up in the morning. That afternoon had another puddle. WTF. Looks like fluid leaking around the trim motor housing? Upon further inspection of the 3 bolts that you can access, 2 aren't even hand tight, the third is backed out 1/8 inch. Tried to tighten one and it won't tighten even slightly (stripped!). Took the other one out to find it was only 1/2 a bolt with epoxy on the end of it - NICE!

Emailed my eBay guy, he says no problem ship it back to me, so this one is going back tomorrow afternoon. Hope I don't have to pay the 2x shipping but better than being out of $740 smackers all together.

Anyway, always heard 3rd time is the charm, so fingers crossed.

p.s. Got me thinking even harder about getting a new 2015 150 4 stroke ~$11,500 on Boats.net. BUT, I need a new(er) truck and buy my youngest daughter a car and my oldest daughter just started 1st year of college, yada yada yada.... Maybe next year, we'll see....got to get this one fixed either way.

I can help you out with a car, selling my wifes G6 because her mom gave her there old CR-V. She likes the CR-V better, so the G6 has to go. Needs a good cleaning, but still a really nice car for the age.

[Blue_Runner]

Thanks Ferm but like her big sis, at the moment she is really wanting a Honda civic. My wife and I both have driven the wheels off of Honda civics in the past. Good little cars but hard to find a late model with ~ 100k or less at a decent price.