Boat Motor Installation

Our new Yamaha motor came in yesterday and I went to work on it as soon as I brought it back from the airport. The old motor was still hanging off the back of the boat, so I started off by removing the rest of the bolts holding the transom to the stern of the boat. These bolts hadn't moved in a long time so it took some elbow grease to break them loose. After that I called our friend Tim Daniels (airplane mechanic) to see if he could come over and help me take off the old motor. We took it off and placed it into the back of our pickup. After the big cage the new motor came in was removed, Tim came back over and helped put the new motor onto the transom (I didn't know how hard it would be to lift 236 lbs up 4 inches). We got it placed and to our surprise all of the holes for our old motor matched up with the new one.

I started to run the throttle lines when Janelle came out and said it was time for our evening hike up Army Hill. So Janelle, Daniel, and I took a break. We hopped on the 4-wheeler and cruised up to the trail at the base of the hill. We walked about 3/4 of the way up the hill, but the wind started to pick up and DJ was getting pretty tired of walking around up there so we headed back down the hill.
Halfway up Army Hill. Janelle bearing her 6.5mo belly. Janelle & DJ chillin on the tundra.

After we came back and put Daniel to bed I made the attempt to assemble the throttle cables, but there were no directions on where they hooked up on the motor. Instead of getting frustrated I just ran them along the side of the boat and came inside for the night. I finished the motor tonight when Tony can come down and helped me run the lines. More to come on our 2nd boat trip of the season, and first run with the new motor...

Jake