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Don't. Too many interconnected items. You should handle one at a time and not start the next till its finished.
1. Diagnose and solve tach problem.
2. Re-test boat with existing prop with light load/heavy load.
3. Verify motor mounting position is correct. Change and redo #2.
4. Select a decent stainless steel prop.
P.S. No one really cares about precise time to plane. If you push the throttle to WOT, boat should pop up quickly if lightly loaded and much longer if loaded.
Hello GW1996 and a couple of inquiries, why 2 batteries and why is your fuel tank (8 gals.) at the stern?
Your Dauntless being the same year as mine should have fuel tank storage within your helm seat housing. Their is a small 1 inch diameter deck hole which enters the rigging tunnel for running your fuel line aft to your outboard.
Your 8 gallons at the stern are adding roughly over 50 more pounds to your Dauntless 15. It may seem as insignificant weight but balancing your load on deck helps.
Sorry to revive an old thread, but are you saying on a 15' SS (84') the E-TECs should be mounted higher? IE, 2" above the keel is okay? Having trouble gauging where I should drill the bottom holes to ensure I have it right.
Thanks Phil
Phil T wrote:
optimal position with the pressure plate level with the bottom of the keel
You need to find a new "expert" since the feature of the lower unit that is important is the anti-cavitation plate.
Additionally, for a Boston Whaler hull, the member recommended optimum position for the motor is to have the anti-cavitation plate 1 1/2 -2 inches above the keel. There are two exceptions.
Exception 1 - E-TEC motors should be mounted all the way up.
Exception 2 - Some propellers require a lower or higher setup depending on blade material and design.
Redrilling I get, I but I was wondering on the keel level on the ETECs. I have heard 1" above, but it looks like with my 60HO, its going to be 2" up off the keep to make the drill holes line up. Your quote was saying ETECs all the way up which was what I was curious about.
Thanks Phil
Phil T wrote:
For re-drilling, review this article.
