Thanks bill, For the help On 7/30/13, Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net> wrote: > This is a little tough to do in the water, unless you can really see that > your shaft is absolutely centered in the shaft log. I did this at least two > times, and I located the shaft from the outside with wedges so it was dead > centered in the log. Then you adjust your engine with wedges so it is > perfectly mated where you bolt the flanges together.(with feeler gauges) > Then, with the motor mounts attached to your engine, you can see where your > base has to be. In my case the last time, all this amounted to was welding > some 3/8" X 2" aluminum plates onto the heavy Aluminum angles that were > there, as the new engine mounts were narrower and higher. > It seems complicated before you do it, but when you have your engine > sitting > where it needs to be, you can usually decide what you have to do to make > the > engine mount adapt to it. > I will send you some pix. > > Bill Coleman > C&C 39 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Curtis > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 8:39 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Is it time to replace motor mounts? > > 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-wo > rk-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 >
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