The 20HP Tohatsu I ordered a couple of weeks ago came in so my boat is at the Marina getting it installed. Got a couple of weeks to break it in before I leave for Florida. Fingers crossed I don't encounter problems.
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The 20HP Tohatsu I ordered a couple of weeks ago came in so my boat is at the Marina getting it installed. Got a couple of weeks to break it in before I leave for Florida. Fingers crossed I don't encounter problems.
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Good Luck! :biggrin
You will enjoy that engine. I bought a 20 hp tohatsu last august. Plenty of power and runs real quiet.
Ray enjoy your new motor
Ray, come run it up the Little Saluda above the Bridge near the swamp. The crappie are doing good up there.
Glad your motor came in Ray. I hope all goes well and enjoy the motor.
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Good for you, hope it brings you many years of service.
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Wow, I was reading the owners manual and I see it requires 10 hours of break in before running WOT. Not sure I can log tht much time before I go to Florida. Guess I'll leave my poles at home and ride all day.
That sounds good Ray you can bring it to my house and I will break it in for you.a
Ray half throttle might be as fast as you want to go!
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I had a 40 Tohatsu installed when we did our build last year. The break-in period is long. First couple times in the water with a new toy and you can't open it up is like torture. You'll like the Tohatsu though, good torque and pretty quiet.
I have a 20hp tohatsu that I bought new in 2013 I think. It's been excellent.
hope your new motor works good for you Ray
you goin back after the Oscars again this year?
Yep April 6-14Quote:
Originally Posted by uncle remus
I've got a 30 4 stroke that as quiet as my tm. You'll love it.
Well i found today that they shipped my motor without the control box, so now they trying to round one up. Tohatsu apparently changed their policy or at least that's the story I'm getting . Mercy I don't like last minute doings.
Ray, where did you get your new motor from. I'm thinking about getting one.
Weeds Marine had best price but jury still out til I get boat back. 3 Tohatsu dealers around here. One at Jake's Landing, one up near Billy Dreher Island, and Weeds here in Lake Murray.
Hooray! Got an unexpected call this afternoon telling me my boat was ready. They had said earlier it might be Friday before they got a control box in, but it came in today and they got it ready. They did the 10 minute break in then a brief spin on the lake. Be Friday before I can get it out for a run, but super glad to have in time to break in before Florida trip. Looks really good. I'm impressed with the technology, it is fuel injected not carburetor.
Ray, I know you did your research. I was talking with the mechanic at Buddy's Marine and he told me that Tohatsu is making all of the 30hp and smaller motors for Mercury now. Have fun, it should make your new boat fly.
I had a Tracker with a 25 Mercury on it that was made by Tohatsu. It was a 2001 2 stroke and it was bulletproof. This one has so much more technology I'm excited to run it. One thing I need to do is change the prop. It came with a 9 pitch and the tech said it maxed out RPMs at 3/4 throttle so I will have to watch that until I can swap it out to a 11.5. It has a safeguard that slows the engine down if you exceed max RPMs.
Can't decide whether to go with aluminum or spring for a SS one.
Are you pitching jigs in the bushes yet?
PS: What I didn't know til I read up on it, Tohatsu is the 2nd largest manufacturer of outboards in the world. They make some of the smaller Evinrudes too.
Oh yeah to the throwing jigs but this cold snap has shut me down. I would spring for the Stainless Steel prop if I were you because I have had many aluminum ones rebuilt or totally ruined.
I am no mechanic but I've been around engines all my life so I usually am somewhat conversant on motor issues. Well this new motor is beyond me. I knew it had fuel injection so that part didn't throw me. However, I have a small hour meter that you wrap a wire around a spark plug wire and it times the hours the motor is running. So I pull the cover off and spent a good 15 minutes looking for a spark plug to no avail. I know where they should be, but it is all covered with wires and tubes running everywhere and I'm not about to start taking things apart to look for one.
I'll just use the hour meter on the DF if I can remember to turn it on and off appropriately.
Came with a spare spark plug, should have come with instructions too.
Gonna run it tomorrow for first time. 1/2 throttle for 5 hours. Geez.
Made my first run with the new motor today. Other than an early scare due to cockpit problems, it ran great. With all the new technology today,the EPA has to stick their nose in as well. The gas cap works like your car cap, turn till it clicks a couple of times. It also has a vent cap on it which you are supposed to close when not running. Well, I forgot to open it and I made it about 500 yards and the engine shut off. Wouldn't restart, what the heck? Then I saw the bulb was flat as a pancake and the hose had uncoupled from the tank. When I plugged the hose back in, the bulb slowly regained it's shape and after opening the valve on the cap, it pumped up, engine fired right up and off I went.
Did you know it can actually get boring running up and down the lake at half throttle for 3 hours? But I got part of the break in done. Also ordered a SS prop with an 11Pitch, this one has 9 and maxes out the RPMs at 3/4 throttle. Still got some more break in but when the new prop gets here hopefully i can get to full throttle (2 minutes every 10 minutes) without over revving.
Best part of story, took 1.6 gallons to fill it up after 3 hours running.
By the way,the water temp was 55 in the Clouds Creek Big Mans Marina area in Murray. I spoke with 4 different guys at the ramp and only one had caught anything, and his catch was a whopping 2 fish.
I didn't fish, all I got was a bit of windburn.
keep riding Ray you'll get er there
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Still got about 5 hours to go on the break in
. Factory prop is a midrange pitch(9) and as light as the boat is, it hits max rpm at 3/4 throttle. So i put a SS prop with 11 pitch on today. Hope it allows me to optimize power. Also added a DF up front. Got a tach coming then I'm ready to quit fiddling and start fishing.
Still got plenty of pollen here too!
You getting there Ray I finally finished the toon and ready to fish just waiting on the weather to clear up. Down right cold today with the wind. Not much better tomorrow.
Looks good Ray. Hope you got her ready for The Spring Fling in April. I wont be able to keep up with you now so just leave some bread crumbs on the water for me to follow.
Looks like the plan is coming together and there is light at the end of the tunnel !
I think you will have the "Fishing Machine" completely ready for serious action very soon.
Played an ugly trick on myself, unwittingly, I might add. I was checking the 10 day forecast on my weather app and I gleefully told my wife, "it's going to be sunny and 80 Monday. I'm hitting the lake!" She asked if i was sure because all she had heard was windy and cold next week.
After double checking, I realized I had been checking the weather in Florida for my upcoming trip and that's what I was reading on the app. Duh...guess I'd figured it out when I ran out in shorts, huh?
Yea, done turned cold again. You gettin around better this week?Quote:
Originally Posted by sinkermaker