OMC V4 clamp bracket adapter

[bill-loveland]

The V4’s from the sixties mount to the transom by sliding into a bolted on bracket. I’d like to be able to mount one with a regular clamp bracket. I’ve given some thought to adapting a Merc 800 bracket I have kicking around, but it will be cumbersome. Has anybody done this?

[dan-in-tn]

Dont know if anyone has done it, but you can get into some real danger issues with regards to impact control with larger engines when you re-engineer the clamp brackets and tilt mechanism. Beware!

Dan in TN

[wiscoboater]

I agree with Dan. I would never trust a V4 that was clamped on. Through bolts to a solid transom only. This past summer I was running 85 to 140 V4’s and the torque these things have is unreal. I saw my neighbor lose a 140 into the drink due to the motor torque tearing his 1/4" aluminum mounting bracket in half 😮 😯

[frankr]

Those brackets are not that hard to find. It only took me about ten seconds to find these. There are others but I quit looking.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Johnson-Evinrud … 3K&vxp=mtr

[garry-in-michigan]

The V4 of 1958 -’59 clamped on the boat. It incorporated a heavy tilt assist spring. OMC was sued over a dozen times by owners who wanted to mount the motor on a boat that was flat on the ground and had there arms broken in several places when the pried open the safety interlock with a screw driver to tilt up the bracket. . . . 😮

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