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Last weekend raised some questions for me on the proper way to treat fishermen who are fishing right on or in a navigation channel. This weekend was an extreme example. The crappie were staging along the creek channels in Kentucky lake and the weather was nice. The lake is still at winter pool...
I was thinking about this the other day. If for some reason my cranking battery went dead (radio, depthfinder, whatever reason), could I unhook one of my trolling motor batteries and use it as a temporary cranking battery? Any danger to this? Thanks. I'll hang up and listen.
After a weekend of winter fishing and blissful cruising up and down the river I dropped my boat (Scooter) off at the dealer for annual maintenance. I could have sworn that I felt the trailer resisting as I backed Scooter into the row of other boats. When I left the lot and looked back at my dear...
My five year old daughter has decided that her Barbie life jacket is no longer "cool". When did five year olds start caring about cool anyway? Of course wearing a life jacket while our boat is under way is not up for deabte so I just force her to wear it. I took her to Bass pro to pick out a new...
I have noticed a muffled popping noise at idle the last few times out. After looking at some other threads and videos it looks like I have what is called a "lean sneeze". It is happening maybe a handful of times per minute. Once every 15 seconds or so. It runs mid and WOT strong and I can't hear...
I noticed the other day that the trim tab (anode) was missing from the engine. It must have come off while I was under way. Is this something that needs to be fixed ASAP or can it wait until I take the engine in for maintenance next month?
I am curious what type of scheduled maintenance other V150TLR owners have been performing. I plan to take it in for annual maintenance soon, but am just curious what I should be doing on my own in-between yearly maintenance.
All I am currently doing is running 3 ounces of ring free plus at...
2002 Yamaha VMAX 150 carburated
2002 Triton fish/ski
When I trim my engine down from full tilt up it begins to creak very loud as soon as it gets to the rams (is rams the right word?. The two silver poles rounded at the end) It gives me the impression that something needs to be greased. Can...
14 1/2 diameter
23 pitch
stainless steel
2002 Yamaha 150 VMAX 2 stroke
I recently ran aground a few times coming home at night. I was going very slow (less than 10 mph) due to low visibility so none of the impacts were abrupt. One of them was firm enough to stall the engine though. The next...
