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Who wants to play Good News / Bad News?

justincase said:
Not as bad i guess? what jackplate did you go with?
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I was glad to see that it was clean and dry under the foam. I think the pictures actually make it look worse than it is.

I have a Bob's 5" with negative wedge. Working on getting her mounted today... :banana:

Just realized this morning that I should have bought a transom saver. :brickwall:
 
Soooo... just to keep up the theme of this thread:

GOOD NEWS: I don't have a sopping wet foam.

BAD NEWS: I can't gain a TON of speed.

GOOD NEWS: I don't have a rotting core.

Now I'm even overall on GOOD/BAD.
 
One more thing... I (for some reason) thought that the jackplate was one piece. It's two... what's the best way to guarantee that I can keep this thing square??

My best plan is to use the pre-drilled top hole, make sure the motor will mount OK by doing this (it should), then hang the plate, measure to keep it square, drill out the correct bottom hole, and voila.

Better ideas?
 
Me too!

When pulling the top bolts out, it looks like there's a little mush on them... won't be able to really see til I get the motor off though. If that's the case I don't know my next move. The only thing I could think of to mitigate would be drilling out to dry area, filling and letting it set, then re-drilling the holes. Problem is I don't have that much time.
 
I meant to clarify that... it's not so much mush, just tiny pieces of (something) on the bolt threads. I certainly hope it isn't rotting around the bolt holes. It could be at least partly old silicone.
 
Well... when I took the two bottom bolts out, a little water dribbled out. My heart sank.

Everything feels solid, and I couldn't pick out any wood with a small flat blade screwdriver- I think I'm gonna let it dry out for a couple hours, then strap everything on and call it good (and seal it up properly of course).
 
The plate will partially cover the two 'extra' bolt holes that were used before. I looked around for hole plugs that would fit and not rust, but I couldn't find em. I think I'll have to just fill both of them with PL premium. Anyone know a reason NOT to do that? I suppose I could leave them open, they just go through to the splashwell.
 
You don't want to do nothing...that could allow water in direct contact with the transom wood.

For what it's worth, PL Premo would work for a quick fix but for long term IMO you'd be better off to:
- plug with a wood dowl but you'll have to seal and gel to cover the repair or
- fill the holes using resin with thickener and glass additives (strong peanut butter) or
- use 3M 5200.

I'm not a huge fan of PL other then the price and only use it for bedding pieces and gluing wood together. It will remain pliable after it cures meaning it could erode away due to rubbing, proding, etc. and I've had problems with air pockets forming that causes it to bubble up. I'm sure someone else will have something to say on this.
 
They're open for now til I find a better way to deal with 'em.

OH... and the plate is on... now I just have to mount the motor back up.
 
Yeah post some pics . Would like to see how see looks with the jack plate . I mite eventually put on mine but havent really dicided
 
OK... all done. The new steering should be arriving Friday, so I should be good for some river time Sunday!!

Please excuse the horrible picture quality-- phone.

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The motor is all the way down on the jackplate right now, figured I'd start there and work up as I get it set up. It looks to be about 1" above the old position now.

One thing I didn't notice until I got home is that the motor is mounted slightly above the top edge of the plate. I made the decision to re-use the top holes and save drilling four holes... not sure if that's a problem- I doubt it. It was fun! I feel pretty confident the motor is mounted MORE solid than before.
 
I figure at least 90. The jackplate says 'performance' right on it!

I'll be disappointed if I don't hit 60. I'm hoping for maybe 63-64.
 
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