as stated you need to make modifications to fit the fixed M15 motor mounts work with the 4-cycle power heads (the old 2-cycle power heads are smaller). couple of pictures attached of my old M15 showing the outboard mount created by a prior owner. -- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Mike Z <speedernut2@gmail.com> wrote:
Charlie,
A couple of us have used a wood spacer on the back / rear of the motor mounting surface.
My older Honda was good with a 3/4 ply board. Varnished and double sticky tape to the mount. The fiberglass mount still carries the weight, the board just spaces the engine back a tad.
Just picked up a new model Honda. They have a larger cowl and it could use a tad more, but it looks like what I have will work ok until I get one of those round tuit things.
Easy to experiment.
Monty 15 Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Fortner
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 5:41 PM
Hello wrinkle boat lovers,
I have a late '80s M-15 with the fixed motor mount and I've just purchased a Honda 2.3 hp to go with it.
How the heck do you get this motor to tilt into the up and locked position? I've twisted the thing every which way and it always hits the transom before it locks. It'll tilt all the way up if I remove the motor's cowling, but that's a ridiculous thing to do on the water.
The old Tohatsu 3.5 would clear the transom and tilt up if I used a spacer on the motor mount, but that won't work on the Honda because its jaws are narrower. It looks like all I really need is some way to move the motor's horizontal pivot point aft about 2 inches.
I know lots of you love the M-15 & Honda 2.3 combo, so I'm sure my problem is not unique. I've searched the archives, but there wasn't much in the way of solutions to this problem. How have y'all gotten your motors up and out of the water? Better yet, have some photos of the solution?
Thanks,
Charlie
-- Charlie Fortner Earth, USA, Georgia, ATL M-15 #411
