Adding low water fitting to 2005 XR6 Lower Unit

**TEXAS20225** · 10-09-2020, 02:11 PM

yes ill say lot of work years ago these were all that i did lower rebuilding and cone work the filling and sanding was my short suit your looks very nice i will say

was tab welded or epoxied i always welded mine on not saying my ways was better at all, i literally could build two v6 merc powerheads in the time it took me to do a cone job but the experience i got from that end of outboards has helped me many times in the last couple of decades good luck with that set up

**Liberator*21** · 10-09-2020, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by TEXAS20225

yes ill say lot of work years ago these were all that i did lower rebuilding and cone work the filling and sanding was my short suit your looks very nice i will say

was tab welded or epoxied i always welded mine on not saying my ways was better at all, i literally could build two v6 merc powerheads in the time it took me to do a cone job but the experience i got from that end of outboards has helped me many times in the last couple of decades good luck with that set up

Thank you sir.........

Yeah, it is a bit time consuming for sure but to me the end results are self gratifying.

Tab is welded and I used Marine Tex for blending it in.

**90 5.0** · 10-15-2020, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by Liberator*21

This is a work in progress project. I've yet to machine up a water pickup for the transom, it will be similar to a Bob's unit except better. I would have gone with a low water pickup nose cone but my 15" mid won't allow it, it would interfere with the clamp/jackplate.

Put a stop bolt in the first hole in the clamp, and slap a 2.5-5^ wedge between the clamp and jackplate to get your tuck back.

or just take the top two bolts out of the jackplate and mark off 5^ and drill new holes and rotate it back.

much better than transom mount pick up bs..
@rgsauger

**NZ Sidewinder** · 06-26-2021, 07:18 AM

On mine I welded the plug to a piece of 5/8 s/s rod 2 inches long screwed it in then bog/ epoxied around it.
Then cut the rod back flush to the new case profile.
Put the plug in and marked a new slot in the line of the water flow then used a 2mm disc to cut a screw drive slot in the plug.
Then put a blob of tig weld at each end of that slot so the water would gouge at the epoxy at 80mph.
Polish everything flat and true.