light24bulbs
E30+ 1984, San Juan Island, Wa
I posted recently about maybe needing to repower and many of you were extremely helpful in deciding on a repower and what motor to get and so on.
Now I'm further along and I'm hoping to fit a Beta 20, it looks superb. I'm now hoping to find one of you who has a 30 plus with a Beta 20 (or 16 I guess) in it that can comment, particularly on fit. Even if you've repowered with something else (like a Yanmar) in the 30+, I still like to hear about it. I used the search to no avail.
I haven't measured to be sure but I suspect that the shallow sump beta 20 may be needed.
Changing the mounting stringers seems difficult (since I'm hiring this out, expensive) but I hope the beta will be a close fit. The old universal is also a Kubota. However, one strange thing about the old motor is that it is a tri-mount. Here's a picture.
So that's making the mechanics a bit nervous and I'd rather ask here before things get (more) expensive! They aren't sure the existing stringers will work, I guess around the front there. Apparently beta even makes custom mounting solutions but that sounds...invested. I think just somehow moving the front feet back a little bit somehow with a plate so they hit the stringers might work.
Another fit question is the shallow-sump question. From eyeballing it, it definitely looks like the shallow sump model might be needed. Luckily beta has one. The pan on the beta looks like it sticks way more down than the universal, especially with the return tube sticking out of the bottom. No harm in using the shallow-sump model, just a thing to figure out.
Anyway, I know I can figure a lot of this out myself with a tape measure and so on, I was just hoping someone has already thought it all through. I guarantee you somewhere there's a 30+ floating around with a Beta in it.
Thanks!
Now I'm further along and I'm hoping to fit a Beta 20, it looks superb. I'm now hoping to find one of you who has a 30 plus with a Beta 20 (or 16 I guess) in it that can comment, particularly on fit. Even if you've repowered with something else (like a Yanmar) in the 30+, I still like to hear about it. I used the search to no avail.
I haven't measured to be sure but I suspect that the shallow sump beta 20 may be needed.
Changing the mounting stringers seems difficult (since I'm hiring this out, expensive) but I hope the beta will be a close fit. The old universal is also a Kubota. However, one strange thing about the old motor is that it is a tri-mount. Here's a picture.
So that's making the mechanics a bit nervous and I'd rather ask here before things get (more) expensive! They aren't sure the existing stringers will work, I guess around the front there. Apparently beta even makes custom mounting solutions but that sounds...invested. I think just somehow moving the front feet back a little bit somehow with a plate so they hit the stringers might work.
Another fit question is the shallow-sump question. From eyeballing it, it definitely looks like the shallow sump model might be needed. Luckily beta has one. The pan on the beta looks like it sticks way more down than the universal, especially with the return tube sticking out of the bottom. No harm in using the shallow-sump model, just a thing to figure out.
Anyway, I know I can figure a lot of this out myself with a tape measure and so on, I was just hoping someone has already thought it all through. I guarantee you somewhere there's a 30+ floating around with a Beta in it.
Thanks!