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motor mounts My lag bolts wouldn't tighten on my e34,I raised the engine marked location of mounts on beds,overdrilled holes with hole saw,lightly sprayed new bolts with pam cooking oil, placed bolts thru mounts put them in place and after I was able to back lags out and tighten without any...

engine beds I have a 1987 e-34, my rails that the motor mounts attach to have wood inside with just a lag bolt holding mounts.When I replaced my mounts I used a hole saw to remove soft wood in that area filled with thickened epoxy and thru bolted mounts to rails.

Thanks Loren after looking at the lines wrapped up in a ball at the end I think you are correct

On my e-34 there are two lines on the mast that attach between the spreaders I have no idea what they are for.Any help would be appreciated thanks Mike

I have purchased two boats which had the engines both totally and partially submerged one being an a-4 the other m-25 universal.The a-4 was totally seized I filled it with marvelous mystery oil and after a few weeks it freed up and ran perfectly. That was fifteen years ago and the new owner just...

Looks like you might have just enough room with a hooked pick to pull out old packing but looking at the condition of things in those pics I would consider pulling the shaft and replacing everything with new.Ijust replaced my trans.and found packing nut worn on one side from miss alignment and...

Thank you so much the photos are great and just what I needed to see!!

I bought an 87 e-34 three years ago which was neglected and left on hard for eight years,after hundreds of hours of reconditioning I am thinking I could actually splash late this season.The problem I have is rig was down when purchased and have no idea how to run lines at base of mast to boom...

thanks so much for your quick and informative reply,better than google!Mike

Thanks Tom,I guess that location makes sense with the location of the pump out deck fitting,I cant tell from the photo but my muffler and hot water heater are in that same area is the tank aft of them or do you have a different set up? Thanks again Mike

Hi,I bought an 88 e-34 that never had a holding tank,cananyone tell me where thiers is located?Ialso pulled the aluminum fuel tank and the bottom is deeply pitted is there some way to coat an aluminum tank to preserve it,its not leaking YET? thank you Mike

Hi,I bought a 1988 ericson 34 2.5 years ago and have been tearing her apart and putting her back together ever since.She was left sitting on the hard for eight years and when i looked at her she had a good foot of water above the sole.I am a genius obviously for buying this boat and also a...