I was in town yesterday so I picked up one of the Eagle claw combo’s. They listed they had 4 in stock but one was it. I also grabbed a Daiwa 8’6 downrigger medium heavy as well.
Never thought about watching the line guide travel to measure a set distance. Makes sense though as it’s constant and counting in 10’ lengths is easy math
Principle of a teeter totter. The motor is going to push the stern down so it’s going to plow water until it can overcome that. If you equal the weight and equal the teeter totter more, you get a straighter forward motion. This is why most of the plastic bass boats have sliding seats
Alkyd enamel is what SC used. You’ll spend $50 a gallon in today’s money at the hardware store. $75 at the paint store if you want the matched Color. I forgot to mention you’ll also want hardner. Or if you really want to spend some money for a notch above, you can use acrylic or urethane single...
Few years ago I had a guy come in who was running on a blowout run flat for a couple days. Then couldn’t afford tires. Somehow that tire was HOT but you wouldn’t have known unless you looked on the inside
Alkyd enamel is all you need. Sherwin Williams and possibly others can custom mix for you, or you could get whatever the hardware store has and roll with it. Rustoleum, or like Ace rust stop, Majic paint ect….
Anyone have any experience with them? 8’6 medium heavy with a line counter reel is $90 at Dicks sporting goods. Walmart has a similar rod and reel for same price but it’s probably built for WM as they do that. I’ve got to outfit my boat since I’ve never had a trolling boat myself and I need a...
Your shift cable probably isn’t holding position like it should. So you get it to pop out of gear and yes if it is no longer structural so to speak. Your cable is spinning on the other end
It’s basically a Yamaha clone. Rebuild the carb. That premix OPE stuff is actually known to be pretty bad and not what an outboard should run anyway. I boil carbs in a light lemon juice mixture
Are there any gotcha’s with the impeller on the 9.9 Yamaha? Every video I looked at made it look like probably the easiest one to do. Ive watched probably 5 videos on it and each one does it a little differently with what gear it goes in to do the service but the basic service is still 4 bolts...
Yeah the ball gears on the outdrive make it stiff to turn over because they partially bind. ( this is why you don’t start it like that )
If you want to donate it to a non profit needing that much work, just give them $6k and call it a day. That’s the minimum amount you’ll be into it. $6k can...
