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Alumacraft 1436LT Conversion
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<blockquote data-quote="onthewater102" data-source="post: 391266" data-attributes="member: 13702"><p>AHHHRRRRGGGG this never ends...always something going wrong. The cheap plastic shift cable terminations aren't nearly as long as they should be, and as a result I didn't have enough threads attached to the shift cable & I stripped the connector. Picked up a scrap piece of 1/2" aluminum bar stock to make a quality replacement tonight.</p><p></p><p>In other news, the mount for the trolling motor is exerting too much stress on the aluminum sheet used to make the little front lip bench, and is forming stress cracks which will require some attention. I'm probably just going to add a piece of angle cupping the lip of the bench under the TM mount and attach the TM mount to the angle to prevent additional flexing / cracking...</p><p></p><p>I got the boat uncovered and noticed the cracks just in time for a storm to form up on the backside of the ridge behind my house and send me running back inside. I'll post pics to night of the stress cracks.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>EDIT - This wasn't due entirely to the cheap plastic cable connectors - the bushings that came with the remote components were shot. I was able to finally track some down & when I replaced them this year (2016) everything is in tight working order & shifts perfectly forward & backward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="onthewater102, post: 391266, member: 13702"] AHHHRRRRGGGG this never ends...always something going wrong. The cheap plastic shift cable terminations aren't nearly as long as they should be, and as a result I didn't have enough threads attached to the shift cable & I stripped the connector. Picked up a scrap piece of 1/2" aluminum bar stock to make a quality replacement tonight. In other news, the mount for the trolling motor is exerting too much stress on the aluminum sheet used to make the little front lip bench, and is forming stress cracks which will require some attention. I'm probably just going to add a piece of angle cupping the lip of the bench under the TM mount and attach the TM mount to the angle to prevent additional flexing / cracking... I got the boat uncovered and noticed the cracks just in time for a storm to form up on the backside of the ridge behind my house and send me running back inside. I'll post pics to night of the stress cracks. EDIT - This wasn't due entirely to the cheap plastic cable connectors - the bushings that came with the remote components were shot. I was able to finally track some down & when I replaced them this year (2016) everything is in tight working order & shifts perfectly forward & backward. [/QUOTE]
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