I've noticed the more successful TH-camrs do what they do but also take their subscriber's on what they call their journey it's funny I love hunting and fishing videos but I've gotten hooked on catch and cook from people like yak motley, blue Gabe and Kelly deer meat for dinner and others they involve people in their every day life and it's amazing how we the subscribers become involved watching their kid and families grow you have a great personality and there's no reason you shouldn't have 2 hundred thousand subs just food for thought
Enjoyed the vid. Got my first boat a few months back and, like yours, it's just over 20 years old and has (had, now) a lot of dodgy, broken, and plain worn out bits. Fortunately I've always been mechanically handy so I've been able to do it all myself (other than tig welding the 15" crack in the chine... ouch! No wonder it was filling up with water!) so was good to see how you went about doing the trim motor, since I'll probably have to do the same thing soon. I had a similar broken bolt when replacing the anode on the bottom of the engine mount... my repair wasn't as attractive as yours though as I was upside down under the boat with a hand drill and alloy shavings in my eyes... ended up putting in a helicoil, not pretty but it got it done. Old boats are actually holes in the water into which you throw money.
Subscribed You're living the dream Quit your job , guiding for a living- Love it I'm still punching a clock , only able to get out on the water 2- 3 times a month
There's another way to remove it, by taking one of the transom brackets off of the motor. You still need to hoist up the motor to do that. It's such a pain.
Nice ! Can you please tell me how you got that lower trim shaft out without pulling the unit all the way off. I got a leak there on mine & by the looks you got it out before you pulled anything because the big hydraulic ram was hanging. Much help would be appreciated. Thanks
It was a pain. But all you have to do is knock the roll pins out on the starboard side and then you can use a large punch to knock that shaft out. It comes out on the port side. It takes some finessing...
Well that's good to know. But I'm guessing you did unbolt the whole unit from motor bracket to give you room to knock it out?? I really appreciate you messaging me back.
What brand drill bit did you use? I had the same issue and could not drill out the old bolt. I finally just mangled it enough to get a helocoil in there.
I never got a chance to film anything about the old boat before I sold it. I received an offer literally less than a day after I put it up. But it doesn't really make any sense to do a video on the Alumacraft since you can't get one right now. Might never be available again. I'll do a video on the new boat eventually, but being my own boss its difficult to give up a day when you don't get paid for it. Hopefully before end of Sept I'll have a vid up on the skiff.
Might have been easier leaving they bolt thread in and just putting a nut on top .. one side will have the Allen bolt & the other will have a permanent bolt
@@FloBass oh. Ok. I didn’t know it broke off flush. Man that sucks , I’ve been fiddling with my 2009 50 Merc 2 stroke trying to get the tilt tube out. It’s a pain in the butt and I’m hoping my buddy can come assist me Thursday. I have an electric winch & the outboard lifting eye. I just want an extra set of hands incase things go bad lol
So how then??? Please explain I’m stuck right now with the same problem but don’t want to remove the engine I already have everything loose but how in the world does it come out??
I personally like the boat & engine maintenance and "real world look" type stuff. Way to keep it real.
It's about as real as it gets 👍🏻
I've noticed the more successful TH-camrs do what they do but also take their subscriber's on what they call their journey it's funny I love hunting and fishing videos but I've gotten hooked on catch and cook from people like yak motley, blue Gabe and Kelly deer meat for dinner and others they involve people in their every day life and it's amazing how we the subscribers become involved watching their kid and families grow you have a great personality and there's no reason you shouldn't have 2 hundred thousand subs just food for thought
Enjoyed the vid. Got my first boat a few months back and, like yours, it's just over 20 years old and has (had, now) a lot of dodgy, broken, and plain worn out bits. Fortunately I've always been mechanically handy so I've been able to do it all myself (other than tig welding the 15" crack in the chine... ouch! No wonder it was filling up with water!) so was good to see how you went about doing the trim motor, since I'll probably have to do the same thing soon. I had a similar broken bolt when replacing the anode on the bottom of the engine mount... my repair wasn't as attractive as yours though as I was upside down under the boat with a hand drill and alloy shavings in my eyes... ended up putting in a helicoil, not pretty but it got it done.
Old boats are actually holes in the water into which you throw money.
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You're living the dream
Quit your job , guiding for a living- Love it
I'm still punching a clock , only able to get out on the water 2- 3 times a month
Thanks Paul. Not living the dream just yet, but getting there. It takes a while to build up a guide business from nothing.
Thanks Bro!...I knew I had to take the motor off but had a couple of mechanics tell me the assembly would come out the front ...
There's another way to remove it, by taking one of the transom brackets off of the motor. You still need to hoist up the motor to do that. It's such a pain.
Bravo! Thanks for sharing!
Pretty cool mission buddy 👍👍👍. But congrats..
Good job, bro! What motor are you considering in your future and why such motor?
what a job that turned out to be
Yeah man, no kidding.
Little bit oil on tap hole would help
Heyy. Great video
Nice ! Can you please tell me how you got that lower trim shaft out without pulling the unit all the way off. I got a leak there on mine & by the looks you got it out before you pulled anything because the big hydraulic ram was hanging. Much help would be appreciated. Thanks
Also this is the lower shaft that slides thru the lower part of the ram & has a tiny pin on one side. The shaft itself has like 6 Orings on it
It was a pain. But all you have to do is knock the roll pins out on the starboard side and then you can use a large punch to knock that shaft out. It comes out on the port side. It takes some finessing...
Well that's good to know. But I'm guessing you did unbolt the whole unit from motor bracket to give you room to knock it out?? I really appreciate you messaging me back.
hole curtesy of your boy Capt AJ
What brand drill bit did you use? I had the same issue and could not drill out the old bolt. I finally just mangled it enough to get a helocoil in there.
Use cobalt 42
I guess you didnt do a video on getting this boat or getting rid of the old boat?
I never got a chance to film anything about the old boat before I sold it. I received an offer literally less than a day after I put it up. But it doesn't really make any sense to do a video on the Alumacraft since you can't get one right now. Might never be available again. I'll do a video on the new boat eventually, but being my own boss its difficult to give up a day when you don't get paid for it. Hopefully before end of Sept I'll have a vid up on the skiff.
@@FloBass 👍
Merci beaucoup ❤❤❤❤❤
What is that tool call to remove the motor
I put a link in the video description that will take you to it 👍🏻
Might have been easier leaving they bolt thread in and just putting a nut on top .. one side will have the Allen bolt & the other will have a permanent bolt
It broke off flush. How could I have put a nut on top?
@@FloBass oh. Ok. I didn’t know it broke off flush. Man that sucks , I’ve been fiddling with my 2009 50 Merc 2 stroke trying to get the tilt tube out. It’s a pain in the butt and I’m hoping my buddy can come assist me Thursday. I have an electric winch & the outboard lifting eye. I just want an extra set of hands incase things go bad lol
Bust out another hundred thousand lol
Boaht?
you removed the engine just to remove the tilt trim unit,,no,no,way to much work,very inexperienced you are
Never said I was a professional, Yoda.
@@FloBass It was a great video. Ignore the no value add commenters. Cheers dude
How did you get the top hydraulic swivel out?
Boat mechanic here and I didn't watch the video, but there is absolutely no reason to remove the outboard. Whether to fix, replace the trim unit.
So how then??? Please explain I’m stuck right now with the same problem but don’t want to remove the engine I already have everything loose but how in the world does it come out??