Hello All,
Well we gave in and bought a different boat it's a 1993 Alumacraft Competitor 170, it needs a little work but over all think we did okay and I hope that you all can confirm so It came with a 1994 70hp Johnson with EFI and a 2001 55 lbs thrust Minn kota.
Looks like someone originally backed the one side step of the trailer into something so that's sort of bent and that rear lens is busted but the trailer is a 1997 Yacht Club.
The radio currently doesn't work and I'm not sure if that's wiring or the headunit itself but either way when going to put the faceplate on the whole unit slides into the dash so I'm hoping a new radio will come with a better way to secure it to the dash. I've attached pics in the hope that it helps show what i'm talking about.
The new boat has quite a bit of extra cables/wires from what I believe to be from old depth finders running through the side wall, any reason I should pull them out?
Also this boat came with a Lowrance Hook 3 depthfinder but we have a Lowrance Elite 5 DSI which we like and want to swap from our old boat to this one. Originally I was thinking since they are both Lowrance we wouldn't have to do much but the plugs seem to be different. That being said what will all have to be changed? Also there is a cable going up to the bow, wondering if that would have been for an old depth finder?
Also what does the Auto Pilot feature on the trolling motor really mean? i'm a bit confused as there's a smaller/skinnier wire coming from the trolling motor as well.
Lastly for now the trailer on this was far longer than we expected and would be super nice to add a swingaway hitch, is that something that's hard to add? Is there a good kit to purchase to do so?
here are some pics to hopefully help explain some of the stuff I'm referencing.
Thanks in advance!
Well we gave in and bought a different boat it's a 1993 Alumacraft Competitor 170, it needs a little work but over all think we did okay and I hope that you all can confirm so It came with a 1994 70hp Johnson with EFI and a 2001 55 lbs thrust Minn kota.
Looks like someone originally backed the one side step of the trailer into something so that's sort of bent and that rear lens is busted but the trailer is a 1997 Yacht Club.
The radio currently doesn't work and I'm not sure if that's wiring or the headunit itself but either way when going to put the faceplate on the whole unit slides into the dash so I'm hoping a new radio will come with a better way to secure it to the dash. I've attached pics in the hope that it helps show what i'm talking about.
The new boat has quite a bit of extra cables/wires from what I believe to be from old depth finders running through the side wall, any reason I should pull them out?
Also this boat came with a Lowrance Hook 3 depthfinder but we have a Lowrance Elite 5 DSI which we like and want to swap from our old boat to this one. Originally I was thinking since they are both Lowrance we wouldn't have to do much but the plugs seem to be different. That being said what will all have to be changed? Also there is a cable going up to the bow, wondering if that would have been for an old depth finder?
Also what does the Auto Pilot feature on the trolling motor really mean? i'm a bit confused as there's a smaller/skinnier wire coming from the trolling motor as well.
Lastly for now the trailer on this was far longer than we expected and would be super nice to add a swingaway hitch, is that something that's hard to add? Is there a good kit to purchase to do so?
here are some pics to hopefully help explain some of the stuff I'm referencing.
Thanks in advance!