Saturday, April 1, 2017

Installing New Engine Mounts

After we finished spray painting the engine parts. It was time to install our new engine mounts. 

Check out our rusty old engine mount on the left below (which we've replaced multiple times throughout our journey), and the new Poly Flex ones we installed on the right. These mounts are moulded from heat cured polymer alloys which are long lasting and oil/fuel resistant! Let's hope they'll perform as advertised.

Old Mount 
(one of the better looking ones)
New Mount
(made of polymer = no rust)
The new mounts are unfortunately a lot taller than the original mounts. So we had to make some modifications to our engine "rack". See photo's below.

Cut out wood for new mount
Nothing is ever simple or easy to access - Alex had to cut the wood from under the boat
Next, sand and level the surfaces
Apply layers of fiberglass with epoxy
Sand & measure to ensure that the surfaces are level
Note: We had to add more fiberglass & epoxy on some areas
Sand, measure till satisfied & drill holes for the mounts
Install mounts, measure and adjust till the mounts are level

Time consuming process but finally installed, leveled and ready for the engine! It always feels good to scratch an item off our very very long list! ;)


Other related posts:

Hauling Out Our Engine

Spray Painting Our Yanmar Engine

How To Clean A Heat Exchanger

Rebuilding Our Yanmar Engine

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