I decided to change the thermostats about 2weeks ago. When I got to them they were stuck open and rusted pretty bad. So I finally got the new ones installed which was a real pain in the wazoo with the bubble exhaust in the way. I figured got the callon off might as well do the water deflectors...
Got the first lizard of the season the other night and my neighbor said we should use a compressor to help with the skinning process. So we slit a wrist and pumped air into it then the next wrist and so on. Well it helped at first but about 1/3 way through it was back to skinning a usual. What a...
I've just acquired a 1997 honda accord from my sister. It overheated the other day and she had it towed to the honda dealer and they said the radiators shot $400 to fix plus $1600 for the a/c condenser. Anyway she didnt want to dump $2000 into the old car so they offered $500 for trade in on...
Ive been having trouble with my steering lately. It seems after the boat has sat a week or two the steering locks up and I have to hit the cable with a hammer while applying wd40 to get it to slide back. I wanted to put a grease fitting by on the motor were the cable mounts but the thread are...
Got a echo weed eater. Went to crank it the other day and it starts fine and runs fine until it warms up. Then whenever you give it gas it dies and is a pain to restart. Im thinkn i need to clean the carb or maybe change the sparkplug.
Went to oreillys to get a set of plugs for the evinrude and they said they had hot burning plugs and cold burning plugs for my motor. I asked what the difference was and was told one burns hoter and one burns colder. So which is better for an outboard?
Went to change the spark plugs on my motor and it has 2 different type. This boat is so jerry rigged it aint even funny. Its a 1988 110hp evenrude vro.
Ive got a 36 gal inboard tank. It sat up for sometime and the fuel went bad. The other day i put a gallon of lucas fuel conditioner in it and pulled about 3 gallons of seperated fuel out. Could I just flush the tank with about 10 gallons of clean fuel and injector cleaner and it be alright? A...
Heres the deal. I just got a 1980 180 fisherman, the guy let the inboard gas tank sit for a year or two when the gas gauge went out and put a 12gal tank under the console. Ive been flushing the tank since ive replace the gas gauge and found out the sending unit is bad.(gotta cut fiberglass to...
Alright Ive got a 1988 110hp evinerude vro v-4. The tach was working sometimes and only up to 2500 rpm. So i replaced the tach and the new one does nothing. Ive looked in my seloc book and all they say about tachs is that they can be installed but nothing on trouble shooting. Anyway Ive been...
Check this out. My bilge pump was blowing fuses so i disconected it and no more blown fuses. Checked voltage and had 12v dc. Now I've installed a brand new bilge pump and it didnt work. Cut the wires and I've got 12v dc. Hooked the pump straight to the battery and it works. Tried reconnecting...
I've got a 1988 110 v4 vro evinrude. The power tilt and trim is slow for about 15 seconds then it picks up speed. Looking at it there are 3 hydrolic rods 2 short rods on the outside and a longer one in the middle. It seems slow on the 2 short rods once they max out the longer rod picks up and it...
