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I have that completed, actually did that last fall before storing the boat.
Actually had my boat out on the water Friday to test, livewell's etc. & got a "HOW NOT TO LAUNCH/REPAIR" a Sea Doo show of epic proportions.
I left my phone in the truck, because I didn't think I to need it or be long on the water. 1.50 hours later, I was finally off the water.
First time I had ever seen a car pulled in forward with 1/2 the grill under water, and some one standing in the water with jumper cables hooked to the car attempting to jump a SeaDoo, WHILE standing in the water.
I about crap when the ends touched, started arc-ing, and came about an inch or so from the water.
Good news is every thing works, I am ready for some fishing finally when not so much spring, but the "Free Time" arrives.
Speedy Prep, and get ready.
Looks familiar Don,
Finally put my stereo and speakers in.
Changed the impeller on Friday (with help from OneidaEagle's son)
I spent yesterday evening out to the boat as well. Lower unit oil replaced, engine oil replaced. New fuel filter, oil filter, spark plugs. Greased the bearings...crap, forgot to grease the stearing linkage. Guess I'll do that when I reset the oil indicator.
Boat goes in tomorrow for sponsorship wrap and decals. Pre-fishing for the first tournament starts on Saturday.
You gotta wonder about people sometimes.
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Wick,
Might see you down there, we might make a "Day Trip" for Saturday, just to try and get some to eat.
You get your stickers or did he "obscond" them like you did the T-Shirts?
If you do see me, I prefer "Cat Calls" or the "showing of some leg"!
I did indeed get the stickers.
The shirts however went to the Daughters. I don't think anyone wants to see me wearing what they would think is SPANDEX, due to the size ratio distribution aspect, of my chiseled physical attributes/Bicep's & Pectoral's to make all other jealous.......:Rofl
Cat Calls it is, because my legs are one of those things in life that you just can not "Un-See".........
Found out yesterday my trolling motor battery wouldn't take a charge. Went today and bought a new deep cycle battery. I bought an Interstate, never had one of them. Also bought new spark plugs for the motor. Changed oil & filter, new oil in lower unit. Getting close to taking the shrink wrap off. Ice finally off one of our favorite Crappie lakes..
Good call Don dont forget about checking your tires, nothing worse then having a blow out, been there before
Boat already been out over to Saginaw, just waiting for us to head over to Detroit
We will be there 11 -13 anyone else going to be out then, going to try to avoid the weekends
I did check them. I replaced them a few years back before one of my trips down south. They date stamp as 23/04. I didn't buy them in 04 obviously but I've noticed that if you don't specifically tell the tire dealer you won't accept tires that have been on the rack for years, you might find brand new ones with 8-10 yr old date stamps.Quote:
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One thing I havent done but it sounds like a good idea, is to carry a extra hub with bearings along. When I had my hubs off I wrote the casting numbers down......but I should have written down the bearing numbers as well for proper fit. Next spring I guess I'll be more dilligent.
Should lower unit oil be changed every year? Mine was done last spring and I maybe put 10-15 hours on the outboard since...
Steve, it is a good idea to change it every year. I do mine in the fall just to be sure there isn't any water in the lower unit. I don't store mine in a heated space so I have a concern about freezing.
One of the biggest reasons to change the lower unit oil is in case there's water in it. If you have water it could freeze and do a lot of damage. It's best to change the lower unit oil before you put the boat away for the winter.
I change mine in the spring for a couple of reasons.
1: when was the last time we had a winter?
2: I'm still using my boat in December (many years January and February)
If you have crush washers (or O rings) make sure to change those out when you change your lower unit oil. Those are the number one culprits to allowing water to gain access to the lower unit!!! Usually one on the upper bolt and one on the lower bolt.
New bearings and tires and a better motor, not new but electric start, already fishing.:fish
Covers off time to go!!!Attachment 262537Attachment 262538
I always like the color of your boat Gary. Tons of blue, black, and gray, but that one is different.
New prop finally came in and went on. Got the fluids and prop changed in dads boat too.
One thing to note for people. If you ever change from an aluminum prop to stainless steel, it is a good idea to decrease the pitch. Stainless adds weight which decreases RPM. The range you want is 5800 to 6200 at full throttle.
I switched his from a 19p to a 17p.
Good Pictures Gary, Spring is here
Did the same, changed oil yesterday and check a few other things, The Stainless prop is on my list yet this year
Im running a 4 blade Alum. prop, last year I went from a 19 to 17 just to get my rpms up to 5800, Im buying my Stainless online and i have up to 2 weeks to return it if i dont like it
Received a hot bite tip yesterday so i changed my plans and went out of Grand Haven to fish the skinny waters for some Browns and kings, quess I was a day late. lol
Did get to try my Smooth Move seats and there amazing
I tried Holland for browns yesterday and lake macatawa for crappie .........nada
nice day on the big lake though.
I have yet to find crappie in Macatawa. Some guy once told me he knew of an old fisherman years ago that placed structures along an area down in the east end, but I've never found them. I haven't heard many stories about crappie out of Mac but I believe their in rhere.Quote:
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I finally got my boat back from lund after a 6 month wait, I had all the fluids changed and trailer bearings re packed at dealer this time. I had a chance Sunday afternoon to take boat out for a quick run down of all systems. But then decided to check a few docks out and to my surprise guess what we found Attachment 262859Attachment 262860
Nice. How deep of water were the docks in. I may have to do some lookin also.
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Waiting on my truck. Had a fuel leak somewhere in the left side. Hey YD The strange phone number last night was me needing some diesel information. They have to replace the common bar and all the pipes.
The 1089 number? You should have left a message. I never answer calls that aren't in my contact list.
I just had to replace all my lines up to the fuel filter. Rails are good still. Year before it was all new brake lines. Truck only has 143k on it so it's hard for me to think about a new one just yet.
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It rang about 5 times, thought maybe you were eating. They have to replace the common bar and all the pipes. Don, would that include injectors?
I think not Larry. A set of 8 injectors will run somewhere around $4500 installed I think. Don't know what they are quoting you?
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It's covered under warranty. They must be doing something, it's been there since 9 am Mon. morning. Wish I could tell you more, I don't understand this diesel stuff. The lady that wrote up the tag said "replace the bar & all pipes" I'll let you know. Thanks for trying to help.