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    Think I may have blew my motor.....Now what.

    Quick history. I've used the boat twice this year and it performed fine. I've been letting my 21 y/o son used it to go sking, and he say's it's been fine until the last time he used it. He said it would hardly run and smoked alot. Over the course of the 2 or 3 year's I've owned it, it seemed...
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    Battery load test result's,,,are they good??

    Well I had my batteries load tested. They are Stowaway deep cycle's. Rated at 180 reserve, 650 cca@32 degree's, and 500 cca@0 degree's. I don't beleive they are connected together in any way, but I have to dig through the wiring to make sure.<br /><br />The trolling motor battery tested bad at...
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    Proper charging method,,,and other battery ?

    Last year, on what was to be my last fishing trip of the year, I was doing my pre-trip inspection before leaving at 3 a.m. Well the trolling motor was dead, so I thought the battery was shot. I just put the boat in storage for the year. I have 2 wet deep cycle battery's. Today, I went ahead and...
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    Fumigating boat

    Hi guy's,,,it's been awhile.<br /><br />I'm getting ready to drag my boat out of storage. It's been in a pole barn out in the country for the winter. I'm really worried about the creepy's and crawly's that's climbed aboard. :eek: It just make's my skin crawl thinking about spider's being in...
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    Anyone remember the crooked eye rod's for top water

    I had one several year's ago, but I broke it. They had a nice top water rod. Anyone remember the brand name or where to get one. My kid seems think it was made by a company called Earnhart. Heck, I even checked ebay for a used one. I think I might have the name wrong though.<br /><br />What...
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    Am I turning too many rpm

    I have a Force 150 with a 19, 3 bladed stainless steel prop. When my motor is running it's best, I go 48 mph, and turn 5800 rpm. Is that too much for my motor. When I bought the boat, the guy said he allway's thought the tach was wrong, but that could be just a line. Should my boat do better...
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    Where to find part # for force 150 stator

    I belive I found the problem with my motor. I found a rigged up wire going to the stator. Someone actually put a cable tie on it tring to hold it tight against the stator to make contact. I guess from it arcing it made the stator burn up.<br /><br />I called the local shop and from my #'s she...
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    Force 150 won't tilt/trim up

    Now among the other problem's I'm having [see other thread], I'm going along today and notice my motor won't trim up. I thought it was just a bad connection on the throttle. But if I keep messing with it, it will work. When I got it out of the water, I discovered I had the same problem at all 3...
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    New guy with Force 150 trouble

    First, I want to say what a great site you guy's have here. Also,I have to admit I'm a complete novice when it comes to boat's, so please bare with me.<br /><br />I just bought this boat mid season last year. It ran fine for 3 outing's, then on a sking trip it started getting hard to start, and...
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