I have a 2001 Lund 1675 Explorer with a 2002 60 HP 4-stroke Mercury tiller. I was having trouble getting on plane when fully loaded with gear and people, so I put a 12 pitch prop on the motor along with a hydrofoil. It has helped considerably, but I was wondering if raising the motor up one mounting hole would help even more. If it does, is there anything special that I need to do to raise the motor? (I have access to a hoist) When I'm fully loaded with 3 people, fuel, livewells, and gear I get 27-30MPH at 5800-5900 RPMs...does this sound about right for this set-up? I'm not a speed demon, I just want to make sure everything is performing like it should.
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we had some nice weather yesterday and this conundrum was driving me crazy so I drove up to the house to take another look. I got a bunch of goodies via ups yesterday (cables, winch ratchet parts, handles, leaf springs etc).
I wanted to make sure the new leaf springs I got fit. I got everything laid out and ready to go. Will be busy this weekend with kids stuff and too cold to fish anyway, but I will try to get back up there again next weekend and get it done. I don't think it will be bad once I get it lifted up.
For anyone in the google verse, the leaf springs are 4 leafs and measure 25 1/4" eye to eye per Yetti. I didnt want to pay their markup so just got something else comparable rated for the same weight.
I am a first time wheel house owner, this is all new to me. My house didn't come with any handles for the rear cables? I was told this week by someone in the industry that cordless drills do not have enough brake to lower it slow enough and it can damage the cables and the ratchets in the winches. I put on a handle last night and it is 100% better than using a drill, unfortatenly I found out the hard way lol and will only use the ICNutz to raise the house now.
I haven’t done any leaf springs for a long time and I can’t completely see the connections in your pics BUT I I’d be rounding up: PB Blaster, torch, 3 lb hammer, chisel, cut off tool, breaker bar, Jack stands or blocks.
This kind of stuff usually isn’t the easiest.
I would think you would be able to get at what you need by keeping the house up with Jack stands and getting the pressure off that suspension, then attack the hardware. But again, I don’t feel like I can see everything going on there.
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I have a 2001 Lund 1675 Explorer with a 2002 60 HP 4-stroke Mercury tiller. I was having trouble getting on plane when fully loaded with gear and people, so I put a 12 pitch prop on the motor along with a hydrofoil. It has helped considerably, but I was wondering if raising the motor up one mounting hole would help even more. If it does, is there anything special that I need to do to raise the motor? (I have access to a hoist) When I'm fully loaded with 3 people, fuel, livewells, and gear I get 27-30MPH at 5800-5900 RPMs...does this sound about right for this set-up? I'm not a speed demon, I just want to make sure everything is performing like it should.
Any info will greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Fishinglund
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