Thread: Minn Kota ultera

Glad you got it fixed. Sometimes I think the manufacturer needs to pay YOU for the trouble we have to go thru when something brand new doesn't work when you get it. It just doesn't work that way though. On one of the I-pilot TM's I bought it had to go back to Greenville 2 times.........on my dime. Still......they the best thing going IMO though.

Originally Posted by sinkermaker

Thanks for all the suggestions but none helped. I took it to Greenwood this morning and had it fixed. It had a pinched wire on the left side magnet that I missed. He repaired it and it is back on the boat. So relieved it was nothing major.

Don, you might remember me having problems getting a DF to work with the Ipilot transducer. I had gotten a new HB Helix and the picture was all snowy. It had worked fine on an older unit. I was at the point of putting an external transducer on the TM but I decided to pull the cover off the top of the Ipilot and I found the TM has a connection under the cover and it had worked loose. Probably wasn't snugged tight at the assembly plant and over time it came loose. Those simple things can drive you nuts sometimes. Glad that is all it was.

Great news!

Along the same lines. I went down to Cane Creek Park to try for some Crappie. Launched the boat, Anchor locked it, parked the truck, retrieved the boat found I didn't have the keys for the big motor and anchor loved the boat went back to then truck retrieved the boa and started to move away from the dock, the Ulterra wouldn't turn. So I though I'd crank the big motor, it wouldn't start I'm drifting away from the dock still thinking the motor would start, it fired a couple times but wouldn't stay running. I got the paddle out and made it back to the dock. Note to self get a longer paddle.
Loading a Toon without power is fun, yea right.
Got he loaded and went home. After it warmed up a bit I went out to see if the batteries were dead or? Batteries were fine, both at 13.6 volts, found two wing nuts that were loose, Tightened them up and it will deploy so I guess it's fixed.
I'll make someone a deal on a couple dozen un trained minnows.
Never had these problems with my 14" jon boat and the 6 hp motor, no sonar

Yeah Grady the more we spend on toys the more they cost and the more problems we can have with them. But I love my ultera motors and I would not trade for anything else. I never take the keys out of my boat.

I always leave the key in the boat. If someone drives off with my boat they may as well have the keys to.

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Well at my age and mental capacity I have to do everything I can do to minimize my screw ups. I can do enough damage when everything is going okay.