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swamp,
i have been working on this one for about a year and a half...my wife has had enough for a little while 
it would be great to get together and i can explain what i did...its not that difficult...i also have a couple guys here in greenville that work at a local boat company that helped with some of the grunt work, at a good price..instant message me your phone number and maybe we can get together...
REEL, i mounted the hermco exactly where Don said to put it...the instructions that came with it were very easy to understand...only mistake i made during installation was i temporarily put 3 bolts on to hold it while i tweaked the other holes...the lock bolts stripped (put them on with air wrench) and it was a real b getting them off...otherwise, was pretty straight forward...
the engine was mounted on the center holes to begin with, when i put it in the water the first time the anti cavitation plate was splashing water everywhere...i lowered it to the bottom set of holes to get the engine as high as possible and that solved it...
it is a 30" on Don's twin bracket...did that with his recommedation for flotation purposes..
have you seen my post on scuppers? that is really the only issue that came up after rebuilding the transom and adding the bracket...since you already have a bracket, you are probably already aware of this...
take care..
Tim
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Thanks Tim, I'll PM you my number. I would appreciate any tips you could pass on!