A rebuild thread to keep you all happy for the long winter

[kashurst]

All looking really good, especially the leather. That looks terrific

I wouldn't touch the P bracket nuts. If they are through bolts you could end up with a slight leak and all sorts of surprises. Try everything else first. Can you tell which side is causing the vibration?

Edit. On the engine mounts I would slacken the top nut off 5 to 6 turns, then lower the engine mounts until there is a gap, then take it back up again etc.
It could be one is actually under tension and an engine is effectively sitting on three points. Which stationary is OK, but not when it's all moving.

 

[Mr Googler]

All looking really good, especially the leather. That looks terrific

I wouldn't touch the P bracket nuts. If they are through bolts you could end up with a slight leak and all sorts of surprises. Try everything else first. Can you tell which side is causing the vibration?

Edit. On the engine mounts I would slacken the top nut off 5 to 6 turns, then lower the engine mounts until there is a gap, then take it back up again etc.
It could be one is actually under tension and an engine is effectively sitting on three points. Which stationary is OK, but not when it's all moving.

Thanks K

Starboard side causing vibration

 

[Little Ricky]

I am torn between loving but also hating these posts. I love to see the progress, and hate at how inferior I feel afterwards.

 

[Mr Googler]

I am torn between loving but also hating these posts. I love to see the progress, and hate at how inferior I feel afterwards.

Never feel that mate. We are all just mucking about with boats which is great no matter the age, size, appearance or price bracket…..unless its a 90’s Sealine…..then youre in trouble

 

[Mr Googler]

So can anyone identify this mount? It looks like a standard cushyfloat but with a thick collar on top. Volvo only list the standard mount but this was an updated mount according to the guru volvopaul. Just cannot find them online!

 

[Little Ricky]

Never feel that mate. We are all just mucking about with boats which is great no matter the age, size, appearance or price bracket…..unless its a 90’s Sealine…..then youre in trouble

Appreciate the reply. Even after watching 50 YT videos and having all the right tools, fitting a stern thruster seems too much of an ordeal, so Volvo Penta are quids in...yet again. Hope my Christmas busking outside Harrods helps with the VAT.

 

[paulbrown22]

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So can anyone identify this mount? It looks like a standard cushyfloat but with a thick collar on top. Volvo only list the standard mount but this was an updated mount according to the guru volvopaul. Just cannot find them online!

Possibly another case of a Volvo special? When we had to replace the Cushyfloats on our Ovni sailing yacht with an MD22, the original Volvo mounts (made by Metalastik Cushyfloat) used (from memory) a finer thread with fractional difference in diameter. We couldn't buy those direct from the UK Cushyfloat distributor, only in a Volvo-branded box for 4x the price (and no VP dealer locally actually had on the shelf or could source 4 mounts when we wanted them...). Cushyfloat would sell us the identical spec, but the studs had a slightly different thread pitch and diameter which meant they wouldn't quite go through the Volvo mounting feet, so we enlarged the mounting holes by ~1mm and bought 4 of the standard Cushyfloat mounts direct from the supplier for the price of about 1 Volvo-branded Cushyfloat!

 

[Mr Googler]

Possibly another case of a Volvo special? When we had to replace the Cushyfloats on our Ovni sailing yacht with an MD22, the original Volvo mounts (made by Metalastik Cushyfloat) used (from memory) a finer thread with fractional difference in diameter. We couldn't buy those direct from the UK Cushyfloat distributor, only in a Volvo-branded box for 4x the price (and no VP dealer locally actually had on the shelf or could source 4 mounts when we wanted them...). Cushyfloat would sell us the identical spec, but the studs had a slightly different thread pitch and diameter which meant they wouldn't quite go through the Volvo mounting feet, so we enlarged the mounting holes by ~1mm and bought 4 of the standard Cushyfloat mounts direct from the supplier for the price of about 1 Volvo-branded Cushyfloat!

Ive emailed trelleborg with photos and i reckon they are just 1769’s. I know the shore hardness is 65 for the “normal” tamd61a mounts so likely just have to get standard. Shame as the big collar on mine is a good idea. I was thinking about just changing the rubber element but not sure how easy or hard that is.