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This is my "pond" built by beavers. Is a few hundred yards wide x about 1/2 mile long. About 8 ft deep just back from the dam. I own from the beaver dam back about 650 ft to the end of my property line. Has bass, pickerel and all panfish. Nice catfish and probably the best duck hunting in the county

Just set up first set with my homemade brackets. Looks like a good setup.

Come in various lengihs

Forgot to mention each plank weighs only 27 lbs

I have the EZ Docks at my camp on Sandy Pond. Prices are crazy. They wanted over $2k for a 10 ft plastic ramp. I decided to do something myself. Bought alum planks for scaffolding. 19 in wide x 7 ft long for $106 each. I have 2 side x side fo 38 in width. They have hooks on both ends for hanging between scaffolding pipe. Load rating is over 1000 lbs per section. They are knurled on the surface for anti-slip. Made my own pivot mounts. Out fishing now and will send pics and info later.

Tough to find the proper one without paying

That one is for 2005 which is for carburated models. Fuel injection came out about 2014. Probably most other items may be the same.

Ok, thank you. I always do all service myself. Only go to auto, Marine, etc dealers for warranty covered items.

You are welcome. Another good addition to that same motor that I did was a small digital tachometer/hourmeter. They are available online for about $20. Run on a watch type round battery and display hours when the motor is not running and RPM when running. Good for maintenance scheduling, etc. FYI, the flashing light alarm on the Suzuki is going to go off at 20hrs for the first oil change and every 100 hrs after that. Of course I don't usually read manuals thoroughly so I was worried and surprised at the first alarm. Manual explained how to reset it. Good fishing!

The simple solution is to do what I did. Clamp only the alum plate onto the transom bracket in the proper position. Use the largest transfer punch you can fit snugly into the holes and slots on the transom bracket. That will be a touch over 5/16 or 8mm, probably 21/64 (.328). Make a good center punch mark in the two top holes and in the middle of the slots on the bottom. Take the plate out and start your holes with a center drill. After a good start, drill thru with a F drill, that is a letter drill bit (.257) which is the tap drill for 5/26-18 thread. A drill press works better than by hand. Tap the 4 holes in the plate for 5/16-18. Obtain bolts that are as long as the thickness of the plate + the thickness of the transom mount + the thickness of the washers you will use minus about 1/32. Cut the bolt length down if necessary. 1/2 inch of coarse thread in alum is plenty of strength. Put you complete mount together and on the boat. Put the motor on last, clamp the motor just snug after aligning the bolt holes. Put the bolts in with a bit of blue Locktite and you will be a happy fisherman. Don't use red Locktite , that will be hard to remove. My setup has been on 2 seasons and nothing came loose yet. The F drillbit, tap, center drill and transfer punch are available from McMaster. A 1/4 inch hole instead of an F drill will be ok in alum just use plenty of oil and go slow when tapping. The brown trout will be waiting for you to get done. The way you are describing the transom bracket attachment to the alum plate would require the alum plate be attached to the transom bracket before the alum plate is attached to the Panther plastic plate. That will work as long as you can get the new long bolts in and thru both plates with the motor on. blockquote widget

The way you are describing the transom bracket attachment to the alum plate would require the alum plate be attached to the transom bracket before the alum plate is attached to the Panther plastic plate. That will work as long as you can get the new long bolts in and thru both plates with the motor on.

Doing work like that involves somewhat accurate drilling by hand. Check out a set of transfer punches from McMaster Carr. They will "center punch" accurately to allow hole to hole accuracy. As I recall, the hole size on the Suzuki is for 8mm bolts. 5/16 transfer punch will do a nice job on that.