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 Mud buddy carnage 
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Post Mud buddy carnage
I bought this motor from a fella who had insurance on his boat. He was rear ended by another boat and it tore up the motion base a bit. I’ve welded a bunch of cast aluminum- and the aluminum used on these motion bases welds almost exactly like billet aluminum! None of the nasty black porosity that I’m accustomed to. I’ve taken it out for a test run... all seems good. End up making a jig to hold it all together, ground out two of the bolt threads and filling them with weld so I could drill and tap them again as the break went through each bolt.

The only thing I’m not too sure about is the temperature of the motion base / clutch cover. Seems like it gets pretty warm- like 125* or so. Is that normal?


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Wed Jul 24, 2019 11:17 am
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Post Re: Mud buddy carnage
Badass save! Lol. They get a little warm from belt friction and reverse but not bad. Just service the reverse often. Watch the belt wear pattern


Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:54 pm
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Post Re: Mud buddy carnage
I can tell you, that was not a fun day in the water. I was in the boat that hit him, as a passenger. A little too much throttle and not paying attention, could have ended up much worse. Glad to see the motor get back to work.


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