Anything wrong with keeping the stuffing tube this way?

Cheapie408 · Mar 25, 2021

Motor moves freeway and it's acting sort of like a chain link.

I'm about to put a 165q cooler across this area and don't want the tube.to rub against the cooler.

Andy · Mar 25, 2021

Cheapie408 said:
Motor moves freeway and it's acting sort of like a chain link. View attachment 28343I'm about to put a 165q cooler across this area and don't want the tube.to rub against the cooler.

The sharp bend in the tube is not helpful/not recommended... Yamaha doesn't even recommend raising the engine when it is turned hard to starboard, as that too kinks the control cables.

sydngoose · Mar 26, 2021

Your rigging tube is too confined. It needs to be able to letdown on that Splashwell region uninhibited. I would lay that rigging tube out w/ one part of the tube in front of the other, not stacked on top.
Furthermore, I don't think a 165 quart will fit that space without it coming way out into the cockpit. A yeti 110 fits that space perfectly...even w / your rigging tube laid out front to back instead of top and bottom.

warthog5 · Mar 26, 2021

"Stuffing Tube" is where the Prop shaft comes threw the Hull on a Full Inboard.

That "Rigging Tube" in the pix will result in failed Shift/Throttle cables...

Cheapie408 · Mar 26, 2021

I picked up this 120Q cooler the other day thinking that i'd like to to fit between the handrail but after looking closely, I ordered a Coho 165Q which will fit in front of the grab rail and more forward, it should have more clearance to move the stuffing tube towards the front and not have that sharp bend. I should have the 165Q here today so I'll see how it goes.

https://www.amazon.com/COHO-Performance-Insulated-Removable-Threaded/dp/B08DCP3151
I can see myself wanting a 2320 just for the brackets already.

sydngoose · Mar 27, 2021

Cheapie408 said:
I can see myself wanting a 2320 just for the brackets already.

100% ! It really does open up the cockpit, full transoms with brackets make for much larger useable space. BUT, don't discredit that 2120 yet...it's a beast of a workhorse.

But, yeah...you stick w/ it long enough, and you'll be into a 2320 sooner than later...