350 CHANGE OUT FROM 305

Hey GNC,

Good to hear you are still kicking, hope you get that baby running soon, the season is.......well never mind, your season never ends down there, but you still need to get on the water.
 
Hey GNC,

Good to hear you are still kicking, hope you get that baby running soon, the season is.......well never mind, your season never ends down there, but you still need to get on the water.
 
yea man I need to get on the water, I'm having withdraws. Maybe when I retire at the 1st of next year I'll have to only worrry about landscapng and fishing.

I looked at my leave calendar yesterday and I could have gone out 56 days ago and still got a paycheck until I retired.
 
yea man I need to get on the water, I'm having withdraws. Maybe when I retire at the 1st of next year I'll have to only worrry about landscapng and fishing.

I looked at my leave calendar yesterday and I could have gone out 56 days ago and still got a paycheck until I retired.
 
Got the bilge done and alot of some of the electrical crap I've been wanting to do. I got the trim tabs back on.
I beefed up the truss and installed my vertical braces for the trusses. I lifted the new 350 and set it in the boat. I talked to some boat guys and my old motor was lower in the front than in the rear or level and they tell me mine should be have been level or higher in the front. To get mine level I would have to raise my motor 1 1/2".

Does this seem right to you inbd guys?

If this is right I'm going to have to install blocks between the motor mount and the boat ribs.

Has anyone else added blocks?
 
Got the bilge done and alot of some of the electrical crap I've been wanting to do. I got the trim tabs back on.
I beefed up the truss and installed my vertical braces for the trusses. I lifted the new 350 and set it in the boat. I talked to some boat guys and my old motor was lower in the front than in the rear or level and they tell me mine should be have been level or higher in the front. To get mine level I would have to raise my motor 1 1/2".

Does this seem right to you inbd guys?

If this is right I'm going to have to install blocks between the motor mount and the boat ribs.

Has anyone else added blocks?
 
You need an alignment tool to see if the front of thengine needs to come up or not. The angle of the engine isn't important, it's wether or not the driveshaft goes into the coupler straight or not that IS important. You need to get an alignment tool and check it, then decide if you need a block or not.
 
You need an alignment tool to see if the front of thengine needs to come up or not. The angle of the engine isn't important, it's wether or not the driveshaft goes into the coupler straight or not that IS important. You need to get an alignment tool and check it, then decide if you need a block or not.
 
its not uncommon to use blocks, but like Ferm said, its to align the engine with the alignment tool. Do a search for alignment tool, some one on here has one, they might rent it to you. I use mine too often to part with it.
 
its not uncommon to use blocks, but like Ferm said, its to align the engine with the alignment tool. Do a search for alignment tool, some one on here has one, they might rent it to you. I use mine too often to part with it.
 
I would think that since the 350 and 305 are the same externally that you would put the 350 back in the same location/angle as the old.

The above mokaniks sound like they have your answer.
 
I would think that since the 350 and 305 are the same externally that you would put the 350 back in the same location/angle as the old.

The above mokaniks sound like they have your answer.
 
The alignment tool ya'll talk about, I don't think the Volvo has one because the bell housing has the drive shaft spline already installed. I don't know how you would use one with the drive shaft spline in place. On the volvo it has to be installed before you put the bell housing on the motor.
 
The alignment tool ya'll talk about, I don't think the Volvo has one because the bell housing has the drive shaft spline already installed. I don't know how you would use one with the drive shaft spline in place. On the volvo it has to be installed before you put the bell housing on the motor.
 
The alignment tool I'm talking about basically slides in where your driveshaft does so that the engine and gimbal bearing are aligned properly. I'm 99.9% certain that VOLVO uses them. You have to remember what is important is that when the driveshaft slides in through the gimbal that it goes straight into the coupler bolted to the flywheel. Solid shafts don't like to be flexed, and would eventually break the transom or driveshaft from binding(if you could even get your outdrive on).
 
The alignment tool I'm talking about basically slides in where your driveshaft does so that the engine and gimbal bearing are aligned properly. I'm 99.9% certain that VOLVO uses them. You have to remember what is important is that when the driveshaft slides in through the gimbal that it goes straight into the coupler bolted to the flywheel. Solid shafts don't like to be flexed, and would eventually break the transom or driveshaft from binding(if you could even get your outdrive on).
 
Ferm
my gimbal bearing is on the outdrive shaft of the outdrive and not on the shaft from the flywheel.

You cant align the the motor/shaft that way on my volvo because that would mean I would have to pull the motor all the way back out just to install the drive shaft and bell housing
 
Ferm
my gimbal bearing is on the outdrive shaft of the outdrive and not on the shaft from the flywheel.

You cant align the the motor/shaft that way on my volvo because that would mean I would have to pull the motor all the way back out just to install the drive shaft and bell housing
 
I'm not familiar with VOLVO but I know on a MERCRUISER the driveshaft splines go into the coupler and right in front of the u-joints is where the gimbal bearing rides. I know the alignment tool i have is also listed for a VOLVO.
 
I'm not familiar with VOLVO but I know on a MERCRUISER the driveshaft splines go into the coupler and right in front of the u-joints is where the gimbal bearing rides. I know the alignment tool i have is also listed for a VOLVO.
 
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