Mark42
Fleet Admiral
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- Oct 8, 2003
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My 1985 85hp Force has no power tilt/trim, and unlike some Johnson/Evinrudes, it does not even have a manual tilt assist.
Looks like I will be keeping this motor for a while and need to come up with solutions to running in shallow water. IE, the motor needs a tilt setting where the gear case and skeg sit only about 3 inches below the keel. This will allow the boat to idle around in shallow waters to get the boat back out to deep water where the motor can be let fully down. I often anchor in 2 ft of water, load the boat and with wind and waves, its hard to push the boat out to deep water, get in , drop the motor, and fire it up before the wind pushes it back into shallows and the skeg/prop hit bottom.
My solution is to make a tilt lever similar to the small motor tilt lock used to hold the motor in the full up position, and it will allow the motor to "lock" at my desired tilt angle. Thinking of a 3/16 x 2 x 8" flat steel bar mounted on the starboard side of the transom mounting bracket with two or three slots cut that will engage the nut similar to what is on the port side, but heavier duty, and piviting in a different location so forward/reverse will not let the motor "kick" out of the slots.
Anyone else come up with a solution to the "no tilt lock" problem? I sure would like to hear it!
Mark
Looks like I will be keeping this motor for a while and need to come up with solutions to running in shallow water. IE, the motor needs a tilt setting where the gear case and skeg sit only about 3 inches below the keel. This will allow the boat to idle around in shallow waters to get the boat back out to deep water where the motor can be let fully down. I often anchor in 2 ft of water, load the boat and with wind and waves, its hard to push the boat out to deep water, get in , drop the motor, and fire it up before the wind pushes it back into shallows and the skeg/prop hit bottom.
My solution is to make a tilt lever similar to the small motor tilt lock used to hold the motor in the full up position, and it will allow the motor to "lock" at my desired tilt angle. Thinking of a 3/16 x 2 x 8" flat steel bar mounted on the starboard side of the transom mounting bracket with two or three slots cut that will engage the nut similar to what is on the port side, but heavier duty, and piviting in a different location so forward/reverse will not let the motor "kick" out of the slots.
Anyone else come up with a solution to the "no tilt lock" problem? I sure would like to hear it!
Mark
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