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I am planning to raise my 1987 Johnson 90 all the way up, glassing in the blind holes and re-drilling new holes per the recommendations to accommodate an E-Tec when I ultimately repower and to improve performance with the current engine until that time.

Does anyone have pictures of this process? I am not near the boat and am trying to evaluate my options. Right now I am thinking I can remove the old motor bolts, elevate the lower unit and tie the motor out of the way via my barn's ceiling beams while I fill the blind holes with 3/8" mahogany plugs and west system epoxy.

From there I can reinstall the top bolts "all the way up" and drill new bottom bolts from the outside transom in. I will then coat the lower bolt holts with thinned epoxy, let cure and bolt with 4200.

PS. My lower engine bracket has the "slot" arrangement rather than "holes" -- I believe this is the case with the Etec as well correct? I don't want to drill the new bottom holes in such a way that they don't perfectly match the future engine however if they both use the slot approach this is irrelevant.

(corrected the abbreviated year as per guidelines on front page)