You will have to realign carefully no matter what mounts or engine you put back. I suggest buying some brand new mounts. They are important and, bring new, will adjust easily.
RIch Knowles INDIGO LF38 Halifax, NS On 2013-07-30, at 9:39, Curtis <cpt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm in the process of replacing my 32 year old 2GM yanmar with the > newer "used" 2GM 20F. The engines have the same foot print, "so I’m > told" my old engine mounts are the aluminum type, kind of round with a > rubber core. The newer engine has a bonded rubber center with a steal > top separated with rubber and a steal bottom. The later ones seam the > best mounts. The ones in the boat work but there old? > My question is how hard will it be to realign the engine if I go to a > complete new mount? The mounts in the boat could receive the new > engine with very little if any adjustment to the mount heights? I have > never aligned an engine in a boat? I am doing the engine swap with the > boat in the water not on the hard… > Check out the link and you can see a photo of both mounts. > Any advise I will thank you in advance. I want to do it right. > > http://www.sailnet.com/forums/diesel-engine-forum/101423-engine-swap-will-work-2.html#post1064563 > > > On 7/29/13, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm in the same boat( so to speak) and have arrived at the same conclusion: >> replace the engine mounts. >> Andy >> C&C 40 >> Peregrine (currently sailing at 6.8 with the kite up and the breeze just aft >> of the beam and Provincetown 12 miles ahead) >> >> Andrew Burton >> 61 W Narragansett >> Newport, RI >> USA 02840 >> >> http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ >> +401 965-5260 >> >> On Jul 29, 2013, at 12:46, TOM VINCENT <tvince...@msn.com> wrote: >> >>> The vibration of the Yanmar 30 is annoying and I am thinking of having >>> the motor mounts replaced. Is there any way to determine if the motor >>> mounts are causing the vibration? >>> >>> Tom Vincent >>> Frolic II 36' cb >>> Chesapeake City, MD >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > -- > “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to > change; the realist adjusts the sails.” > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
