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Princess 50 Engine Mount Replacement in Miami

Discussion in 'Engines' started by Nick Sharma, Sep 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM.

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  1. Nick Sharma, Sep 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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    Nick Sharma

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    Hi Folks,
    My 2009 Princess 50 Volvo D 11 A1A needs engine mounts replacement for one of the engines. The engine room is very tight and I want to make sure I get a high quality job done, hopefully at a reasonable price. Let me know if you have any recommendations. I will buy the original Volvo engine mounts in next couple of days.
    Thanks,
    Nick
  2. Pascal, Sep 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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    Try Luis at Mesa Marine. I ve been using him for 20 years for thruhulls, mounts, alignments, shafts, etc. On my personal boat and the boats I run full time including the 110. Old fashioned guy who carries calipers on his back pocket. He also repowered my 53 hatt incl fabricating new engine beds. I ll DM you his phone nr.
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  3. Nick Sharma, Sep 7, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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    Thank you Pascal. I’ll reach out to him tomorrow.
  4. mapism, Sep 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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    If you don't mind my curiosity, why do those mounts need to be replaced?
    Surely it isn't because of age, and if it were due to extremely high hours clocked (which is unlikely anyhow, in that type of boat), both engines would be involved...
    Defective parts, maybe?
  5. Nick Sharma, Sep 8, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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    Good question Mapism. I am getting vibrations at higher RPM. I am getting it rechecked tomorrow with Luis. We will see if it’s another reason like shaft alignment or something else. It’s only around 2000 hours. I’ll report what we find out.
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  6. Silver Lining, Sep 10, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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    Good question by Mapism. I would be very surprised if it was motor mounts. I would first thoroughly check propellers - is it pods or shafts? I would look closely at shaft straightness, and alignment before suspecting motor mounts..
  7. Capt Ralph, Sep 10, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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    Inspecting the mounts would normally be step one for an alignment check anyway.
    If they are covered in corrosion, loose, broken, wore out or not able to take any adjustments,,,, then any alignment would be a waist of time.

    And YES, Low hour mounts do fail.
    I have witnessed it.