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I did the Mayfair complete helm to wing plate from CP for like $3500. No special tools and it bleeds itself. Gravy job even for a rookie. You will need a bench vise for hose end assembly |
Originally Posted by zz28zz
(Post 4678348)
I did this 3 years ago. It's a big job and requires lots of planning, measurements and some precise drilling.
If your planning on used equip, it's best to find a setup being removed from a boat that's similar. That way you get everything. Missing hardware can add up quick. I was missing a special stud needed to attach the bracket to the drive. Had to have a machine shop make a replacement.$$$ |
It was done in the off-season so I wasn't in any hurry. Took abt a month altogether. I made glass liners for the thru-hull bolts and hyd fittings and I gave it a week for the epoxy to dry. Machine shop guy did the work on the side, so another week there. Spent the most amount of time researching, planning, and measuring. Paid $1700 for everything except that one special stud ($80). Bought a drill press (I wanted anyway) to fabricate drill guides ($400), A set of brad point drill bits (~$40) Couple tubes of epoxy ($30) Almost forgot, a Craftsman low-profile type rolling stool just to be comfy down at that level for long periods ($30). Call it $1850 not counting the drill press or stool.
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Originally Posted by zz28zz
(Post 4679299)
It was done in the off-season so I wasn't in any hurry. Took abt a month altogether. I made glass liners for the thru-hull bolts and hyd fittings and I gave it a week for the epoxy to dry. Machine shop guy did the work on the side, so another week there. Spent the most amount of time researching, planning, and measuring. Paid $1700 for everything except that one special stud ($80). Bought a drill press (I wanted anyway) to fabricate drill guides ($400), A set of brad point drill bits (~$40) Couple tubes of epoxy ($30) Almost forgot, a Craftsman low-profile type rolling stool just to be comfy down at that level for long periods ($30). Call it $1850 not counting the drill press or stool.
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My installation wasn’t as elaborate at the transom, but I know I spent a few days making the helm mounting plate for my Formula’s dash. It was also a major pain getting the old cable system and its hydraulics out. UPS also lost my Latham drive brackets (that amazingly were sent back to Latham because their address was stamped on the brackets!). I probably had 30 hours in the whole thing. It would have been longer had I needed to make the lines. I got the entire used system from a similar sized boat; everything fit perfectly. |
Originally Posted by TomZ
(Post 4679328)
My installation wasn’t as elaborate at the transom, but I know I spent a few days making the helm mounting plate for my Formula’s dash. It was also a major pain getting the old cable system and its hydraulics out. UPS also lost my Latham drive brackets (that amazingly were sent back to Latham because their address was stamped on the brackets!). I probably had 30 hours in the whole thing. It would have been longer had I needed to make the lines. I got the entire used system from a similar sized boat; everything fit perfectly. |
40 hours sounds abt right. Try and find some quality pics of your setup online. That helps a lot. Probably the 2 most important things: Make sure the hyd cyl/s bottom out before the drive/s hit the hard stop and located the transom plate/s on the same plane as where the drive/s pivot up/dn.
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Yes measure 10 *, mock it up again to verify, measure again before drilling and mounting cylinders and fittings. I hear you, you only get one chance doing it or you're doing fiberglass repair.
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