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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    On our bucket list is a jet boat trip up to Hells Canyon dam. Next summer we’re gonna do it. I was watching some vids the other day and they were catching smallies and sturgeon on the way.
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Got into some smallies on my 2nd outing on the Snake River yesterday morning. Even the little ones are hard fighting. The first pic was the biggest and he came out of deep water, 14’ or so, which is why he’s so dark. I caught 3 out of the deep and 4 others on top water.
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    E-tec 40 hp

    So, after spending Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday evenings for an hour + on the phone having Guy try to walk me through this, he couldn’t even figure out what was going on. So I uninstalled everything and on Friday we set up remote access ( he lives near Reno) and he worked on it and worked on...
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    E-tec 40 hp

    My mother in laws BF was here a month or so ago and he’s a whiz on computers. He installed windows 10 on the laptop that I’m using. He helped me go through a couple things, I tried them, but I haven’t followed up with him yet. But I’m thinking that there’s probably an issue in the BIOS...
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    E-tec 40 hp

    I appreciate the help, I really do. I’m not computer savvy, at all. However I did install the software onto the laptop without help. After no communication notices, I installed the 5.9 update, and believe me, I’m very surprised. My point is, reading that all that stuff, it may as well be written...
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    E-tec 40 hp

    I found the emm port but apparently I need an adapter of some sort. Are there lights on the EMM Itself? I didn’t know to check that . But I will. I started the engine a bit ago and the volt meter on the dash was showing about 12.5. I’m beginning to think that the gauge is screwy. Could I check...
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    E-tec 40 hp

    I’ll look a bit closer. I shouldn’t have to pull all the cover off to get to it?
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    E-tec 40 hp

    A little update. I plugged in the onboard charger overnight and this morning the battery read 13.2 volts. I fired up the motor, the dash meter is still reading around 11.5. Shut it off and the battery reads 13.0. I think the battery is probably going bad. It is 6 years old. And this is the end...
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    E-tec 40 hp

    So a week or so ago, I had the hose connected and the engine running checking something out, and it died. Wouldn’t start at all. Shot of ether, nothing. So I started checking thing out and I found the + battery cable loose. I had taken both sides off before a fishing trip about a month ago...
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    FAFT. Fish around Find trout.
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    Leaky leaky 40hp E-Tec

    I just finished replacing my gear case after 1 year+, and upon starting it up I see water coming from where it shouldn’t be. After taking the oil tank loose I found the source of the leak. This plastic nipple. What I don’t understand is that I can swivel the hose around a bit, but it won’t come...
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    So here it is. Seems to be in order, buuuuuuttt, I got water coming out where it isn’t supposed to be. Dammit!!! Idk if there’s a gasket back there or a water hose/ line that failed or what. Do these have freeze plugs? I wonder if over the winter that there was water trapped somewhere and it...
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    Update time. I’m getting close to bolting this back up. I thought I had posted this already. One day I spent a half hour trying to get the pinion onto the shaft and had to give up. Couple days later I nailed it in a few minutes. Got the nut on it with some thread locker on it.
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    I haven’t looked on SEI. I’m not really looking to buy a new one since I have everything to fix mine. If one was available for mine at $1200 I would have been on the water last summer LOL The price I saw for my gear case was on Crowley Marine
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    My neighbor came by yesterday and I told him what I would do if it was mine. He mentioned that bolt on thing. I thought that sounds like a good way to go. BTW he says he can get a brand new gear case ready to bolt on and go for $1200. I find that hard to believe. For my 40 E-Tec a new gear case...
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