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Imco SCX drive reservoir mount

I'm sure most have saw my thread on the AT pages of my upgrades to my 33 Evolution. Well just so happens that moving the shift quadrant to the transom, having backing plates for the swim platform, and other things there its only so much room you have to work with due to the design of the inside of the transom wall. Well the addition of SCX's require a larger drive reservoir that needs to be mounted there as well. I'm glad I have a engine builder who like to make things look really nice and has the patience when it comes to rigging. He spent almost an entire day measuring, cutting, tig welding and milling these mounts to mount the reservoir to the inner transom assembly plate. It will be powdercoated in candy blue to match all the other items in the engine compartment as well. Just thought I would share this if anyone else ever runs into this problem and thanks again to Eddie Young and Travis
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@ Young Performance Marine.

Nice touch! Will you have room to get back there and add fluid? (need room above the res to tip a bottle)

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Originally Posted by IGetWet (Post 4814737)

Nice touch! Will you have room to get back there and add fluid? (need room above the res to tip a bottle)

Yes sir, but I'll just need a folded up foam yoga mat to lay on across the whipples to reach it..lol

Lol. Gotchya. Figured Eddie new what he was doing. Always a good idea imo when you don’t have to put more holes in the transom. My boats staggered and they’re still a bit of a trick to get to mounted just above the transom plates but I know how to do it now.

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Less holes is way better and he didn't like the idea of mounting them on the transom with screws, because mine is all composite transom.

Looking good. Eddie is top notch!!!
He probably has already thought of it, but I would put some rubber/silicone bumpers on the transom side of the upper 2 bolts where the reservoir mounts to the plate https://www.mcmaster.com/dampers/unthreaded-bumpers-6/

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Originally Posted by Griff (Post 4814792)

Yes sir, he said he was going to use them on both the upper and lower mounting points of the reservoir.

Drill and tap the bottom for the level sensor.
Install a baffle at "full" mark. I used clear tubing on the stud to set the height of baffle(round plate 1/8" smaller than cylinder), and clear tubing on top to keep it there. If you don't use the baffle the alarm will go off.
Install a "riser" pipe on the oil line. Make it 1/4" above the bottom of the reservoir. This keeps debris that ends up in there, there.

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Originally Posted by 1 MAIDEN AMERICA (Post 4814837)

I'm leaving the sensor off of these for now.