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I found an old Evinrude outboard of my grandfather's in my Dad?s stuff (both have passed away) that I have slowly been working on the past year. I know a little about outboards which I have mostly learned from all the great folks on iboats and from borrowed library books etc. I have...
I have an older Lund with a 1996 Johnson 60 hp 2 cycle outboard. It has the VRO2 oil injection system which mixes the oil and gas inline. The engine seems to give off a lot of smoke when running. I was wondering if the oil in the oil reservoir could have gone bad? The oil has been in the...
I am trying to determine the appropriate bow-mounted trolling motor to purchase for my older Lund boat. It is a 1994 ProAngler 1700 DLX. I determined the thrust needed is in the 50-55 lb range, but I am not sure how long the trolling motor shaft needs to be. Is there an easy way to determine...
I inherited a '94 Lund 1700 ProAngler DLX boat with an older (1986) Eagle trailer. The trailer seems to be way oversized for the boat and I'd like to replace it with a smaller, newer trailer. Is there an easy way to determine what trailers would fit this boat?
I have a 1996 Johnson 60 hp (model J60TLEDR) on a Lund 1700 ProAngler DLX that starts up and idles fine. When put in gear, it runs fine up to about 50% of the max throttle and then once I go above 50% max throttle, it bogs down and just stays around 2500-3000 rpm. I replaced the fuel filter...
