I am nearing the point (very soon) of rolling my canoe, and I have a rotisserie arrangement I purchased from another builder in Austin. The rotisserie attachs to the firewall at the engine mount bolt hole locations. I don't have my finishing kit yet, so without the engine mount itself I don't know the location or size of the mount bolt holes. In the firewall there are 4 pre-punched holes in the corners, I'm assuming these are for the engine mount holes as I can't see any other reason for punching holes in a firewall. The rotisserie was set up for a 6, so the holes will not be the same and I'll need to make the rotisserie stand match my firewall.
What I need to know from others is this - are these prepunched holes actually the location for the engine mount bolts, and what size are the engine mount bolts that will actually go there? I need to put a couple bolts through the firewall to attach the nose section of the rotisserie, and I don't want to screw up and overdrill those holes or punch holes in the wrong place. Small bolts will hold the weight of the fuse on the rotisserie, I just need to know what final size those holes will be so I can make sure and stay UNDER that size, so as to still be able to matchdrill to final size once I get the engine mount.
For what it's worth - I sent an email to Vans Tech support asking this question 10 days ago, and got ignored. No response at all.
What I need to know from others is this - are these prepunched holes actually the location for the engine mount bolts, and what size are the engine mount bolts that will actually go there? I need to put a couple bolts through the firewall to attach the nose section of the rotisserie, and I don't want to screw up and overdrill those holes or punch holes in the wrong place. Small bolts will hold the weight of the fuse on the rotisserie, I just need to know what final size those holes will be so I can make sure and stay UNDER that size, so as to still be able to matchdrill to final size once I get the engine mount.
For what it's worth - I sent an email to Vans Tech support asking this question 10 days ago, and got ignored. No response at all.
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