alleycat
08-16-2002, 11:02 PM
hi gang
well, here is the first post from the new guy. first, the story...took my 12'3" sanger tunnel out with a new 40hp outboard nissan with a 12" setback mount (hey, don't laugh, the first boat was a 10' fireline tunnel with a 30hp evinrude, so i'm working up!) on its maiden voyage. no tilt/trim or jackplate.
i have spent considerable time and expense to get this boat ready...nobody has touched it except me (maybe thats the problem). put in cables, steering, tank, motor, chromed the mounts, put in plates outside and inside to strengthen the transom, etc.
ok, i'm by myself when i launch. run back to the boat after parking the car, get in boat, push away from the dock. engine won't start. after about 10 minutes of so of turning motor over, still won't start. everything is hooked up ok, i'm an idiot but not stupid. gas ejected from motor during cranking and cranking now surrounding the boat. i'm hot, pissed off and thirsty. smoke a cigarette to calm myself. throw butt over side (not normally do this, but i'm beyond caring). water catches on fire. looks like a scene out of "pt 109". paddle away. throw myself over the side in an attempt to drown myself. can't do it. clench rope in teeth and swim to shore. feet get stuch in mud and cannot get them out. finally remove feet, leaving zorries behind in 6 inches of muck. remove motor cover. remove a forgotton sock from air intake which i had placed there during the winter to keep the mice from getting in. engine still won't start, problably because hopelessly flooded or 1/2" of fuel sitting on top of pistons. finally starts. get on plane. prop starts skipping out of water, with the rpms raising and lowering as prop goes in and out of surface. take boat out of water. almost get car/boat jacked by slovenly types in a dirty pukey fishing boat.
obviously, the engine is set too high. i believe that the boat was originally set up for a longshaft and the nissan is a shortshaft, so its not really a big mystery. ok. well, although i want a tilt/trim unit (been thinking about that cmc pt-130 or pt-35), i don't see how this will lower the motor...will just adjust trim in and out. ok, so i need a jackplate, or transom jack or whatever its called. well, what do i do if i want both? i need to lower the motor but i also want to be able to trim in and out. do i need to get a tilt/trim unit, then slap on a jackplate? seems like a lot of stuff to be adding back there, not to mention the weight.
is there a combination tilt/trim/jackplate out there? or am i thinking or going around it the wrong way? any thoughts or recommendations from the more experienced members out there will be greatly appreciated.
well, here is the first post from the new guy. first, the story...took my 12'3" sanger tunnel out with a new 40hp outboard nissan with a 12" setback mount (hey, don't laugh, the first boat was a 10' fireline tunnel with a 30hp evinrude, so i'm working up!) on its maiden voyage. no tilt/trim or jackplate.
i have spent considerable time and expense to get this boat ready...nobody has touched it except me (maybe thats the problem). put in cables, steering, tank, motor, chromed the mounts, put in plates outside and inside to strengthen the transom, etc.
ok, i'm by myself when i launch. run back to the boat after parking the car, get in boat, push away from the dock. engine won't start. after about 10 minutes of so of turning motor over, still won't start. everything is hooked up ok, i'm an idiot but not stupid. gas ejected from motor during cranking and cranking now surrounding the boat. i'm hot, pissed off and thirsty. smoke a cigarette to calm myself. throw butt over side (not normally do this, but i'm beyond caring). water catches on fire. looks like a scene out of "pt 109". paddle away. throw myself over the side in an attempt to drown myself. can't do it. clench rope in teeth and swim to shore. feet get stuch in mud and cannot get them out. finally remove feet, leaving zorries behind in 6 inches of muck. remove motor cover. remove a forgotton sock from air intake which i had placed there during the winter to keep the mice from getting in. engine still won't start, problably because hopelessly flooded or 1/2" of fuel sitting on top of pistons. finally starts. get on plane. prop starts skipping out of water, with the rpms raising and lowering as prop goes in and out of surface. take boat out of water. almost get car/boat jacked by slovenly types in a dirty pukey fishing boat.
obviously, the engine is set too high. i believe that the boat was originally set up for a longshaft and the nissan is a shortshaft, so its not really a big mystery. ok. well, although i want a tilt/trim unit (been thinking about that cmc pt-130 or pt-35), i don't see how this will lower the motor...will just adjust trim in and out. ok, so i need a jackplate, or transom jack or whatever its called. well, what do i do if i want both? i need to lower the motor but i also want to be able to trim in and out. do i need to get a tilt/trim unit, then slap on a jackplate? seems like a lot of stuff to be adding back there, not to mention the weight.
is there a combination tilt/trim/jackplate out there? or am i thinking or going around it the wrong way? any thoughts or recommendations from the more experienced members out there will be greatly appreciated.