Started to get ready for install today. Hard part so far is making sure where i drill the holes so that there is enough clearance in the engine compartment. Shaft needs to clear the exhaust manifolds that head into the transom assembly.
Also making sure that the hole is drilled so that the light is deep enough under water with out being too low that the light fixture extends beyond the bottom of the boat.
Then you have to make sure you dont just drill from the outside as you could very well drill into the shelf/cavity that the batteries and hot water heater sit on. If you do this you wont be able to screw on the bushing to hold the light
Its not easy to measure inside the boat and then apply the same measuring on the outside. Thickness of hull sides and bottom needs to be taken into consideration.
Below is a picture of what i belive to be the spot. Not in the Cavity, not too low that the light will overhang and enough clearance on the inside to secure and attach the connectors.
I could use a little help with the picture of the transom assemly. note at the bottom left of the assembly there is a protrusion, circled in red, that I belive to be where the stud is mounted in the assembly that goes thru the transom and has a nut on the inside of the transom. I am using this as a reference point for measuring. Can anyone verify this for me? or send me a pic of this assembly not on the boat.
I think i have found the spot.
Also making sure that the hole is drilled so that the light is deep enough under water with out being too low that the light fixture extends beyond the bottom of the boat.
Then you have to make sure you dont just drill from the outside as you could very well drill into the shelf/cavity that the batteries and hot water heater sit on. If you do this you wont be able to screw on the bushing to hold the light
Its not easy to measure inside the boat and then apply the same measuring on the outside. Thickness of hull sides and bottom needs to be taken into consideration.
Below is a picture of what i belive to be the spot. Not in the Cavity, not too low that the light will overhang and enough clearance on the inside to secure and attach the connectors.
I could use a little help with the picture of the transom assemly. note at the bottom left of the assembly there is a protrusion, circled in red, that I belive to be where the stud is mounted in the assembly that goes thru the transom and has a nut on the inside of the transom. I am using this as a reference point for measuring. Can anyone verify this for me? or send me a pic of this assembly not on the boat.
I think i have found the spot.