My buddy has a 2005 225 Opti and every time he hits the trim or jackplate the motor stalls momentarily. He's changed the battery cables with larger ones and replaced the battery. All electrical connections on the motor have been cleaned. Any ideas or suggestions? It didn't always do this, just...
Anybody going to the open house tomorrow at Maverick / Hewes / Pathfinder / Cobia? I knew about it but didn't realize I was going until the wife saw the ad on TV last night. She was kind enough to inform me right after that though.
Had the flats boat just under a year now and have pretty much let the wife learn to drive it off & on the trailer by herself. Granted we use a ramp that hardly anyone else uses but she's got pretty darn good at it. Last weekend was the test.
We fished a tournament with about 50 boats. Naturally...
Reports published in the US indicate that Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) has ceased building Johnson branded outboards and will build no more in 2008. This effectively puts an end to the iconic brand. According to the report, BRP said that it would be focusing all of its efforts on...
Congratulations to Wizard Performance on this year's national championship in Mod-U. Great job by Dean Pink, owner of Wizard Performance and driver Bruce Washburn. I'm proud to have these guys running some of our custom parts. Dean and Bruce are a class act. Great job guys, you deserve it!!
Picked up my new-to-me Hewes with a 98 carb'd 150 (150TLRW) Thursday. Brought it home and decided to run it on the hose for a while. Started right up, sounds good etc. Until -- and there's always an "until" -- the starter bendix would jump up and hit the flywheel. That makes lots of noise...
By IBI Magazine/Michael Verdon
Mercury Marine has recently made technical changes to Verado outboards shipped to US dealers by increasing its fuel efficiency in order to counter the rising price of fuel in the US. It began to ship the more fuel-efficient engines last month. But the increased...
Ever thought of having a "Oil" forum? Then there'd be a place to start this same ol argument without getting the other forums oily... I mean muddy.<br /><br />Maybe call it the "Ol Slick Forum". Or "Greasy & Oily". <br /><br />I'm sure we could have some fun with the name. maybe a contest to...
Hey guys & gals, we're heading out tomorrow morning (Dec 26th) for our 22nd annual fishing trip. Staying down the bay for 3 days in the fish shack. Only accesable by boat. No electric, no phones (well, OK -- the cell phones but no work phones), no running water except for the tide coming and...
