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Okay, here is the straight skinny on my problem. Got the stainless braces and examined the boat closely. Yes, you could see where the flange, the horizontal mounts, had rusted off with the remaining parts still bolted to the deck. Rubber band my ass, they were just pulling my chain. I think I...

I get the idea of a mounting flange on the bottom of the bracket, except it is not there. No indication that it was cut off or rusted off either. Yeah, roger that, or as we once said, That's a Charlie! ;)

Many thanks for the replies. I had looked pretty closely for holes in the deck that might be threaded or otherwise have held fasteners and found none. Curiously, the bracket shows no means of fixing it to the deck, and there is no sign that anything has corroded away, which lead me to accept the...

Took the boat (215 Express Cruiser) out and the drive trim was working intermittently. Returned and examined the engine compartment, although I did not think much could have changed since I looked before we went out. The drive trim pump and reservoir were laying on their side and most of the...

I agree with the previous post (jssearay). It is pretty common to get caught up in wanting to turn our boats into something more than they are when we get them ... I put in a GPS speedo (the pitot tube original was unreliable), some other electronics and such, but you have to recognize the...

You can always tell a pilot, but you cannot tell him much.

My 215EC has a pump out head, has a small storage tank. Likely you could do a mod and have the pump out closer to the head, otherwise you'll have to mess with the instrument panel wiring harness and that is a pain in the butt.