Had a First To Happen

This past weekend I was headed down the river and came upon a No Wake Zone and was going to be a good law abiding citizen, specially since I left my wallet at home, and slow down and idle thru it. Pulled the throttle back and nuthin. Still wide open. Shoved it back forward and this time really jerked it back only to no avail. Throttle cable broke. There was a moment of skeered slipped thru my drawers. After some attempts at WB riggin and on the water mechanicing, I decided there was no fixin this issue on the water. I looked at it several times with a spool of line in my hand & then decided to leave well enough alone. Did manage to get her to idle. Saw alot of water with SI that I hadn't planned on seein cause she idled at 3.1 mph. Made fer a long run to catch a few fishes and get back before dark. Got me a new cable in yesterday $30.25 and put her in. Went in too well. Gotta get it on the water now and make sure it's right.

sho glad you did not get stranded to far out...bet you had to just throw them drawers away, I would have

I had no idea Toyota made boats.

amen

Aite minner, now tell us what you did to stop the boat. This is exactly why I keep preaching to TEST THAT KILL SWITCH! At least twice a year.

Been a bunch of boats and people get beat up this way.


Wannabe

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Originally Posted by Wannabe...

Aite minner, now tell us what you did to stop the boat. This is exactly why I keep preaching to TEST THAT KILL SWITCH! At least twice a year.

Been a bunch of boats and people get beat up this way.


Wannabe

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Short story....when I was a boy my family camped alot but Dad didnt have a boat so he always borrowed his bosses boat for us kids to ski behind. Well, a storm was coming up quickly so Dad decided to move the boat to this small protected nook in the bank so once he pushed out and got the boat cranked he took off and the throttle hung wide open. Well, I guess from sheer panic he didnt think clearly and his best thought was to beach the boat on a sandy area to choke out the motor. It worked.....but a kill switch woulda worked better. Heck, there was nothing wrong with just using the key....but as I said maybe he panicked a little and didnt think clearly. Good thread...maybe it'll give someone something to think about just in case this hapopens to them.;):)

Minner, if it can break I have broken it on a boat. This duck season I had the same thing happen, the blind on my duck boat got to running on the shift and throttle cable and the throttle cable broke. I also broke the steering cable, Froze one morning and I jerked a little too hard, thank god it happened at the ramp.

That would cause some stains in my drawers

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Originally Posted by Wannabe...

Aite minner, now tell us what you did to stop the boat. This is exactly why I keep preaching to TEST THAT KILL SWITCH! At least twice a year.

Been a bunch of boats and people get beat up this way.


Wannabe

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I,ve been there--big bumb on side of my head but the boat stopped--:eek:

What makes ya really feel dumb is when that daggum motor just WONT crank....you choke, throttle up, whateva....it aint crankin till ya realize you pulled the likk off by mistake.

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Originally Posted by biggerjigger

What makes ya really feel dumb is when that daggum motor just WONT crank....you choke, throttle up, whateva....it aint crankin till ya realize you pulled the likk off by mistake.

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DONE THAT TOO--:):):)

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Originally Posted by Wannabe...

Aite minner, now tell us what you did to stop the boat. This is exactly why I keep preaching to TEST THAT KILL SWITCH! At least twice a year.

Been a bunch of boats and people get beat up this way.


Wannabe

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WB after the initial thought of how I was going to clean me britches out I calmly reached down and turned the key off. My kill switch gets tested on a regular basis with two kids helping pilot the ship, but that is a good idea fer some of yall known gewbers who aint got the luxury that me and WB do, of having a couple of co-pilots that are under the wing of masterful, overflowing with knowledge, fish catchin captians. (Did I leave anything out WB? You're better at this HS than I am, but I'm learning) Anyhow back to the subject, check your kill switches.

Minner don't you go and be joining the ranks of them wannabe types, I used to have some respect for you...lol

Dang...he just like him. :eek:

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Originally Posted by Minnerman

This past weekend I was headed down the river and came upon a No Wake Zone and was going to be a good law abiding citizen, specially since I left my wallet at home, and slow down and idle thru it. Pulled the throttle back and nuthin. Still wide open. Shoved it back forward and this time really jerked it back only to no avail. Throttle cable broke. There was a moment of skeered slipped thru my drawers. After some attempts at WB riggin and on the water mechanicing, I decided there was no fixin this issue on the water. I looked at it several times with a spool of line in my hand & then decided to leave well enough alone. Did manage to get her to idle. Saw alot of water with SI that I hadn't planned on seein cause she idled at 3.1 mph. Made fer a long run to catch a few fishes and get back before dark. Got me a new cable in yesterday $30.25 and put her in. Went in too well. Gotta get it on the water now and make sure it's right.

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whats this new WB riggin is u talking about,,,:o:D

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Originally Posted by old fuzzy

whats this new WB riggin is u talking about,,,:o:D

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WANNABE riggin- the act of doing what you can, when you can with very limited resources and implemeting the use of anything a feller can get his hands on, regardless of what it looks like or what people says about you, just to gets your boat back in some kind of working order.

Had it happen last year myself, I just turned the key off to stop it. I couldn't get it to idle though, so I had to crank it wide open and throw it in gear a couple of times in the process of getting back to the ramp, trailering was fun that day too. When I got home, all I needed was a plastic cable tie to fix the plastic linkage that had cracked and slipped off, it has worked perfectly since then.

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Had it happen last year myself, I just turned the key off to stop it. I couldn't get it to idle though, so I had to crank it wide open and throw it in gear a couple of times in the process of getting back to the ramp, trailering was fun that day too. When I got home, all I needed was a plastic cable tie to fix the plastic linkage that had cracked and slipped off, it has worked perfectly since then.

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Modified version of WB Rigging. When you're at home and still resort to the wire ties or duct tape instead of getting the proper replacement part. The official term fer this is "WB/Tight Wad/Cheapscape/Too Lazy To Go To The Store Rigging". It works too.:D

Believe that! I'm just mad that I didn't figure it out on the lake, I had a zip tie in my boat:):)

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Originally Posted by Release to the Grease...

Believe that! I'm just mad that I didn't figure it out on the lake, I had a zip tie in my boat:):)

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With only 330 post under your belt it's understandable why you didn't. You gotta get on here more and learns. Just take what DD say's with a grain of salt cause he dont know shoe polish from ............ Wait that won't make it past G3. Well you know the old saying.:p:p

Same thing happened to my longtail motor this past duck season. After a little rigging, I got back with a shoestring throttle cable :D

man, ya'll keep talking all this stuff and I am gonna be scared to take my boat out

T-man, haven't you already had your bad luck for awhile?