With the corona I’ve been working on the boat motor. No major motors issues with it, but I’m converting it to a tiller steer. This motor has less than 30 hours on it but it spent its whole life on one of those orange safety boats on a merchant ship. They just had to pull the motor because they are required to have motors no older than a specific age.
Problem number one was converting the motor to a tiller steer. It had side console controls and the bracket/bolts that holds the tiller handle on were completely rusted and corroded. So I had to grind what was left of the bolt heads off. Remove the old handle bracket. Then grind the studs into a rectangle and use vice grips to get them out. Took about 8 hours of patience, beating with a hammer and heating parts up repeatedly.
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Problem number one was converting the motor to a tiller steer. It had side console controls and the bracket/bolts that holds the tiller handle on were completely rusted and corroded. So I had to grind what was left of the bolt heads off. Remove the old handle bracket. Then grind the studs into a rectangle and use vice grips to get them out. Took about 8 hours of patience, beating with a hammer and heating parts up repeatedly.
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