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- Jun 28, 2002
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This boat has been in my lift since last winter when my neighbor sold his house and gave the boat to me. I pulled it to my place with a kayak because the fuel pump was ruptured. I have since converted to electric and got it running well enough to get it to the ramp and on the trailer. At least he must have winterized it at some time!
The switch was disconnected so I checked with a meter and it checked out. so I reconnected it and the engine runs with it hooked up. water drips out of the lower shift cable when running so I suspect a bad cable was his reason for un hooking it.
I want to check out the shifting process while in the water and wondered if I could tie the boat up to my dock and still put it in gear without ripping the cleats out of the deck or pulling the dock down. I have done this with smaller boats but this boat is a lot heavier and has a good bit of thrust I'm thinking.
The switch was disconnected so I checked with a meter and it checked out. so I reconnected it and the engine runs with it hooked up. water drips out of the lower shift cable when running so I suspect a bad cable was his reason for un hooking it.
I want to check out the shifting process while in the water and wondered if I could tie the boat up to my dock and still put it in gear without ripping the cleats out of the deck or pulling the dock down. I have done this with smaller boats but this boat is a lot heavier and has a good bit of thrust I'm thinking.