Thread: Boat update

Originally Posted by Wannabe...

Well, I went out and visited with the boat yesterday. I think it was happy to see me.

The Terrova came in yesterday. Sweet. Gonnabe a chore to install though.

The Lowrance shipped yesterday and the 997 should ship today. Having fits with the hotfoot though. The problem is that it has a Land & Sea dual action hotfoot installed already. Well, that one lets you control throttle from either the hot foot or the hand control. Fine, but with the tight seating, it's pretty dang easy to reach for the trim and hit the hand throttle. Hate it. Weird too, cause it's got a cable going into the bottom and out the back, but there's only 2 cables into the motor housing, shift and throttle. Can't figure out how the dang thing is hooked up and tied into those two cables. Anway, the solution is to get a T&H hotfoot and scrap the old one. Think DonG on here is gonna hook me up.

Next up, brakes. It's got hydraulic surge with drums. Well, the reservoir was slap empty, but it will get and hold pressure. Just appears the cylinders are frozen. Haven't decided if their toast yet, but the adjuster on one side somehow brok off and was rolling around inside the drum. Gonnabe a chore to find individual parts and might just have to buy all new assemblies.

Replaced the water pressure guage. Steam cleaned the exterior of the motor and greased everything up. The batts are installed and the wiring cleaned up. Got a few annoying little things left to do like a light here and there that's blown, an hour meter that doesn't work etc.

Still a ways off, but it's starting to take shape.

Wannabe...

Which Lowrance are you going with on the bow? I have a 997 on the console and a 917 on the bow, and I'm not real impressed with the 917.

Going old school Rock. LCX 19C. I wanted something relatively cheap, relatively big - 7" and relatively not a Humminbird for 2D and GPS function.

If I had my looks and your money, I'd have went with an HDS 7 though.

Post office has it right next door waiting on me to be bop up in there right now. Woohoo.

Now all I need is about 27 dozen more items and 112 kitchen passes to install it all.

Wannabe...

Originally Posted by Wannabe...

Going old school Rock. LCX 19C. I wanted something relatively cheap, relatively big - 7" and relatively not a Humminbird for 2D and GPS function.

If I had my looks and your money, I'd have went with an HDS 7 though.

Post office has it right next door waiting on me to be bop up in there right now. Woohoo.

Now all I need is about 27 dozen more items and 112 kitchen passes to install it all.

Wannabe...

You better start suckin' up to Is, now, Wannabe... You need to get ahead of the game for once!

I think he got way ahead of the game long ago when he got IS.

Originally Posted by G-3 Fisherman

I think he got way ahead of the game long ago when he got IS.

You think the marriage was "arranged"?

Don't know about that CN.....I just think the boy married above hisself.:D

Originally Posted by G-3 Fisherman

Don't know about that CN.....I just think the boy married above hisself.:D

If he's even married.....? No one has seen the infamous, IS!

Bigger talked to her once on the phone. Banged my shin on the coffee table scrambling for the phone when I realized it was him.

Wannabe...