Search results

  1. Z

    bought pontoon boat. hearing water in tube.

    so, i am finally back on the water, traded my travel trailer for a 1993 24' suntracker party barge. i took it out last weekend, and aside from some small issues, when i was putting the boat in storage i noticed a 'sloshing' shound in the front port side tube. it sounds like its only in the very...
  2. Z

    scariest moment while boating.....

    um.. i dont think i can compare with this... i mean, i have nearly sunk quite a few times... i have heard that automatic bildge kick on a few times, and freek me out pretty good but this... i would die...lol.
  3. Z

    keel guard on aluminum ???

    is it possible to put that 3m keel guard on an aluminum boat? or is there an alternative to this? thanks zuke
  4. Z

    home made folding trailer tongue w/pics!!!!!

    well, after talking to many people, and doing a lot of little drawings, and talking to trailer shops, and folding tongue manufacterers... i finally did it... stock steel - 20$ bolts - 5$ paint - 5& total cost - about 30-40$ tools needed... sawzall, and a drill... here is the "after" pics...
  5. Z

    i have a 2.5"x2.5" trailer tongue will the 3"x3" foldable work?

    i am going to buy a 3x3 foldable trailer tongue shown here http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F3PSJU/dealtime-sg-ret-20/ref=nosim this is a 3x3 and i just measured my trailer tongue and its 2.5x2.5 i am wondering if this will still work, and if it wont what should i do, and if there...
  6. Z

    bad luck with boats... w/pics

    here are some cool pics that i have found in my bass club library... one is a brand new boat that had too many people in it and not enough drain plug. one is a bass boat that is sinking in rough lake water... you can see the front live well just uner the water... the other one is just a...
  7. Z

    hot foot or hand throttle?

    just wondering if anyone can tell me which one they think is better... the foot control throttle or the good ol' hand throttle, or if there is even a plane the two can be compared on, i just saw em on sale at the cabelas, and im wondering if i should blow the money on it or just stick to the...
  8. Z

    can i turn my toungue into a removable one? and where can i hide the tire?

    my idea is to have a buddy cut the tounge right after the bow support piece ( the thing with the crank on it ). then i was going to take the tounge that was cut off and put a piece of square steel ( just abit smaller than the tongue ) and weld it in place , then have a holes in the new recieving...
  9. Z

    how do i make the paint not rub off with transom saver?

    hey i have a 60hp johnson on a 16' cajun demon, and i have been using a transom saver i bought at the walmart, my question is, how do stop the transom saver from rubbing the paint off the lower unit? here is a pic of the back of the boat, just so you can see. ill take a pic of the paint spot if...
  10. Z

    can i file it, or is it good, or do i need a new one???

    here is a pic of my prop, i had posted it before, and someone said i should have it reworked, but it was posted in a section where i was asking questions about electronics, so i didnt want to go off topic... so here it is, does it look like i can just file it down a little? as it is it still...
  11. Z

    1988 vro johnson 60hp loud buzzer at low rpm???

    hey, the original owner told me about a loud buzzer that would go off if i trolled with the motor for too long... the thing is, i was in a no wake zone and had to troll with the main motor quite a ways, and about three quarters of the way i heard the loud buzzer for the first time... the...
  12. Z

    how to wire in a tach

    i am wanting to hook up a tachometer to my 1988 johnson 60hp vro 3cyl motor. first of all, is this possible? and how would i wire it in... i dont know if i shoul post this in johnson or not, but ill try here first... and what type of tach can i get... if you know of a post that this has been...
  13. Z

    they told me to talk to walleyehed????

    well, they said that walleyehed would have all the answers...... so heres the questions does this prop need replaced? can it be "reworked" by me? and will grinding/ fileing the blades damage balance? and i fish lakes that have primarily a very rock based lake bottom... so would i benefit...
  14. Z

    will chips in prop affect performance?

    hey, my prop has some flat spots, and some chips in it. i still can get the boat to do about 35 without maxing out the rpms....... i just want to know, will having this prop being beat up possibly damage the motor/perfomance/boat? this pic should give you an idea of what it looks like, but if...
  15. Z

    where can i put a radio/speakers ( w/pics)

    hey, i got this new boat, and i have some nice marine speakers for it, and i am going to get a marine dash radio... but i cant think where i can put it... there might be room in the captains console, but im afraid of structual integrity being weakened... heres the pics... let me know if you...
  16. Z

    special thanks to iboats w/'pics

    so, all my friend s have started ripping on me because i have been into boats for less than a year, yet i am on my fifth boat... i started off with a john boat, then after iboats helped me out on that one, i traded up for a runabout... then i fixed that one up and sold it with a little...
  17. Z

    transducer placement???

    hey, im putting my old fish finder on my new boat, but i cant find the instructions for the transducer placement diagrams... i tried searching through the old posts to find some help, but i couldnt find anything... so if someone could tell me where to place the transducer on the exterior...
  18. Z

    how to drop shot???

    i live in phx az, and the fishing here is tuff because of the water run off from up north and the extremely high heats... but the reports say "drop shot " is working well in the 15-30ft depth so my question is... how do you rig a " drop shot " ??? if any one knows or has pics that would be...
  19. Z

    DAISY CHAINING BATTERIES... and keeping it 12v???

    i was told by the guy at cabellas that i could hook my two trolling batteries together and they would drain together so i could troll for twice as long... my question is, how do i connect them together with out them turning into 24v i would like to keep my system 12v since that is what my...
  20. Z

    can you change polarity on motor???

    a brief history first... i bought an old johnson trolling motor on craigslist for about 50bucks... i its a bow mount... it had an old prop on it, so after a few crappy displays of 24lb performance, i decided maybe the prop needed changing.so i cut off the old fishing line i found around drive...
Top