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Okay, with recommendations here I started painting my trailer with foam roller. Know what? It looks like I painted it with a foam roller. I admit I'm not a painter and maybe a second coat will make it look better. Once at work my boss asked me to paint the restroom stalls and I told him I was...
Okay, I am fixing up my old trailer and doing it on the cheap side. I have been sanding and priming with rustoleum and it is begining to look better. I'm not sure if I should go with rustoleum or van sickel tractor paint. I do not need marine paint or epoxy paint, because like I said, cheap...
I have a 24ft Nissan pontoon. I use it on a lake that gets pretty windy. I have drifted and bottom bounced for catfish and ocassionly caught some, once while kinda napping. I have thought about making a small sail and use one of the front seat posts to mount it. Maybe some pvc and a small tarp...
I have a 1984 travler by sea nymph, kinda heavy aluminum boat, I have a transom mount minn kota 55D, It doesn't do very good, I bought it used at a yard sale. I'm thinking it might do better if i was bow mounted. Do you think I could just rotate the head to make it a bow mount? I assume the 55...
Lever won't stay in release position and I have have to hold it in release position to raise the motor. This is not a problem when I'm standing on the ground but on the water it is difficult. I have rotated the bolt that goes through it thinking it might have a worn spot but it didn't help. Used...
Glad I came to this forum now I don't feel so stupid. Finally got my old boat running good, so I went to the far side of the lake down an arm of lake not seen from the rest of the lake. pulled up to beach the boat and looked back and saw a mud trail in water. thought not bad so I dropped the...
I am so close to being finished on my gale, only one screw left over. I bought a recoil off a 28hp johnson, it fits but is not drilled for the lever for the comp release. I could swap the upper housing from the old, but I'm afraid of having trouble with the spring. I pulled it a little and it...
Title says it all, have been using cheap gas in almost everything I own. I noticed on my johnson gas tank it says use regular gas or white gas. also it says avoid third grade low priced oil, use marine oil. I have been running 20:1 mix with seafoam added about three gallons through it, but most...
been running in barrel and have been letting it run for awhile. water is hot like didn't burn me but hotter than I really want to put my hand in. is this normal? still have a miss occasionally, well every 3 or 4 seconds, seems if I backout low idle some it helps, could my miss just be something...
finally got motor running on both cylinders, but it seems to release compression on one of those valves. recoil has been removed so no levers are intact. so do these springs get weak? do the valves need lapping? doesn't happen at wot.and I haven't got the carb set yet. think my float is...
saw on craiglist a 35, 40 and 50 hp johnson motors and was wondering about pros on cons on these engines? are they reliable or should they be avoided. any comments are appreciated, thanks, ron
I tested the resistance on the coils awhile back and they checked good. but still lower cylinder had no fire. swapped coils from one side to other and still had no spark on lower cylinder. installed new points and cond. and everything was good. ran good in barrel. started yesterday and sounded...
It is a long key part #302602, should it be parallel to the taper, or more parallel to crank? Hate to have to buy another one for$17. and drive couple of hours to get another. please advise, thanks , ron
saw a 20 hp evinrude on craigslist, electric start, so if any one has one, worked on one, or good bad stuff let me know. I really don't need it because I would also need another boat, like I need more holes in my head. thanks, ron
I have my lower unit off to rplace impeller and was thinking about flushing out and refilling while it is off. would diesel fuel be good to flush it out with?
I have the the parts breakdown but need advice as to where they go. kit has two red washers, two white nylon washers, and two cork or other material washers. all are about same size. What I am thinking is two cork type on high speed, and white and red on low speed. or maybe two cork and two...
I have a Gale sovereign model 35DE13B, thought it was 1958, but now I think it is 1960. Have been buying parts for a 1958 johnson, points, carb kits and so. Don't think that is a problem but I might do more research because I don't find listings for 1960 johnson parts. Anyway have gotten it...
