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<blockquote data-quote="bassboy1" data-source="post: 39168" data-attributes="member: 55"><p>That motor has low water pickup right? On many of the smaller OMC motors of the '80s, the water pickup was a split one, both on the top and bottom of the lower cav. plate. On these motors, you need to even up the top cav. plate to the hull. However, if you have a low water pickup (which from your pictures, I think it does) you can raise the motor to the point that the bottom cav. plate is even. If your transom jack added any setback, you might can go higher (biggest thing is to keep the water intake submerged), just see if you feel any prop blowout, especially on turns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bassboy1, post: 39168, member: 55"] That motor has low water pickup right? On many of the smaller OMC motors of the '80s, the water pickup was a split one, both on the top and bottom of the lower cav. plate. On these motors, you need to even up the top cav. plate to the hull. However, if you have a low water pickup (which from your pictures, I think it does) you can raise the motor to the point that the bottom cav. plate is even. If your transom jack added any setback, you might can go higher (biggest thing is to keep the water intake submerged), just see if you feel any prop blowout, especially on turns. [/QUOTE]
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