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When we got our Mac 26S it was winter and I wanted to bring the outboard inside in case there was any water in it and I didn't have time to figure out how to drain it and it was freezing outside. The boat came from Arizona, so I didn't know if it had been drained or not. Ruth had a cheap 2 wheel cart she had bought at Home Depot and I decided to use that as the basis for a portable stand.
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I drilled two two pieces of 1/8 inch strap and welded them on vertically to the top of the cart and then.......
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...... added some short pieces of 1/2 X 1/2 thin wall square tubing at an angle to brace the top of the strap. I clamped a piece of wood to the vertical straps and drilled holes through the wood and bolted it to the top of the stand.
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Next I welded some 1 X 1 thin wall square tubing to the bottom of the cart and some 3/4 X 3/4 braces to that. The arrows point to short pieces of 1 X 1 square tubing that was welded to the other square tubing. These pieces raise the front and tilted the cart back a little to help better balance it with an outboard on it..........
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.............and they stuck out a little towards the center of the base to support the.......
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........the forward edge of a piece of plywood that I cut for a floor in the cart. The arrow points to a short piece of square tubing that keeps the plywood from sliding rearward.
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I could get the motor on and tilt it, but it was a pain with the top of the cart (the curved part) in a vertical position. I cut the top off and rotated it 90 deg. (middle and right arrow) and welded it back on and welded a piece of strap to it (far left arrow) and on to the previously welded brace. Now things work much better.
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Here the motor is tilted up as far as it goes. The stand is very stable in this position and in the down position and everywhere in between.
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Here is the finished cart (picture taken before I rotated the top of the cart 90 deg. rearwards) with the outboard mounted on it ready for a test and tune run. I'll get some yellow rattle can paint and paint the new pieces that were welded on. This was a fast project.
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On another note I have a 2 post lift in my shop and it is the handiest thing to work on stuff like lawnmowers and in this case the Honda motor. Lower the lift and put a piece of plywood on the arms and drag whatever you want to work on over to it and raise it to a convenient work height. I was working on the Honda and making parts for it. The levers to tilt the motor and then let it back down were missing and I had to machine some new ones.