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Cranks and runs perfect---run it to get to fishing spot-cut it off fish for couple hours ---will crank back up fine but give it throttle to go cutts off----go to back reprime bulb hard will run just fine--just dam aggrevating having to reprime it---ideas on whats going on ?--already replaced...
Read all the issues about this ---i fish 4-5 times or more a month----boat only sits in winter --only if i cant get out because its too cold--live in nc----should i buy ethanol gas and use additive or non ethanol and use no additive --comes out to about the same price unless i find an additive...
Cranks then when u give it gas shuts off will do this after u cut engine off while u fishing for a while---ill go to the back reprime the primmer bulb good and hard and its fine--sometimes does this sometimes not---iam in process of buying this motor to put on another boat the guy let me try it...
Testing a motor out to buy---done compreesion readings as instructed on here--they are as follows---right side--- top--110psi---middle--110 psi---bottom--105--------left side--top--110psi--middle--110psi---bottom--105 psi---done test three times all the same readings --is this good or bad--are...
Wondering if i should go to a hotter plug--its got champion ql78yc in it now----what is the higgest performance plug i can get for this engine--johnson recomends the ql series --iam looking for easy crank and overall performance--running non e10 gas--has helped some but not enough
new coils---new cdi box---good used stator off running engine numbers match--carburator been through---compression 120 each cyclinder----any ideas---bought the engine this way --dont know history
Need to know how to hook the batteries up--two throlling and one starting--it has amaster cut off switch---two seperate high volting solnoids for the throlling motor-- one for 12 one for 24--they are on the left side---mater cut off switch is on the right next to starting battery
Mine has a minn kota 50 lbs thrust----is this what came on it or has it been changed ---is this enough or do i need to go bigger--this is my first triton and trying to get everything setup right being a used boat i dont know whats factory or not
Should i put one on this boat ---havent had it on water yet---just wondering if i should go ahead and do it----had one on my nitro 901 with 200 merc--just trying to see if any one has one on a boat about my size with that size or close to it motor---any information would be great
