Recent content by rtpassini

I just did a new housing and impeller. Because of the recent issues I had, Im a bit paranoid. I never paid attention to where water would come out when I pulled it from the water. One of them is a small hole which I assume may be normal? It had a decent stream for 10-15 seconds. The other spot...

Nearly made me crap my points. never had this happen! Before the season, I changed the impeller. Didnt have any problems. Took it out tonight and made it probably 300 yards out (no wake speed) and the thing started screaming. I didnt even know it did that. So I shut it off right away. Looked...

Sometimes if I go WOT it feels like a slipping clutch or tranny would. i can hear the motor rev up (I havent watched the tach to actually see if it does), but i dont go any faster for a second or two. generally its around 20-25 mph. it doesnt slow down or anything. No clunks, weird noise, etc...

I have an optima blue top less than a year old. hardly used. d27m model. This runs all my electronics. Everything is on switches. I fully charged the battery lastnight. My charger said it was at 9%. Took about 45 minutes to charge back up to 100%. This morning when out on the lake, I watched the...

I removed all the bolts needed (and extras) two on each side, and 3 in the middle by the trim tab. also released the shift linkage. I cant get it to budge at all. I've been smacking it with a rubber mallet all over. nothing. I sprayed the seam down with Fluid Film for now. are there any other...

I noticed a few times out when Im at idle, it sometimes dies. I recall hearing about people opening up the gap from .030, to .040 Think this will help?

I dont have fancy equipment, no down riggers, or planer boards etc. I just let out my spinning reels and let a rip. Set the drag at the right point. I did this for the first time on Lake Winnebago (the only lake in wisconsin you can troll besides the Great Lakes) It was nice for a change of...

This thing sounds like a wreck going down the road. Is there a good waterproof lube that I can basically spray the whole thing down with?

So, I was lucky enough to have it fail. Brand new line, brand new anchor. Went to pull it up and it was gone. Here is a pic of the line. Nothing cut, or torn. Perfectly "fine". https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28917583/2013-07-02%2016.17.07.jpg Here is what it should look like...

I read that if you push the key in you should be able to hear a "click" from the solenoid. I dont hear anything. is there a way to check to see if this is working?

I'll try to give the cliff notes. a few weeks ago, ran out of gas so I switched to the other tank which has its own line. it never started. I had to pour the fuel from the "bad" tank to the good one. Fired right up. Got home and made sure everything was good. I could get fuel to spray out of...

For having a dedicated starting battery, can I just hook up the 2 main engine cables to that motor since thats what takes the highest draw? Then have everything else to the deep cycle?

I currently have a deep cycle that runs everything, including starting the motor. I have the chance to get an optima for less than half the price retail. So I figure I might as well. Which one would you recommend? I'll use the other one for starting primarily. But might hook a few other things...

I recently bought the boat and trailer a few months ago. Of course, he assured me everything was fine. I put a bunch of silicone in there because it had a couple holes due to water settling there. I'm assuming the "dip" is normal, but I wasnt sure if the top sides were supposed to "pinch" in...

Maybe I'm not understanding this right. I have a homemade livewell currently. I want to add another pump so that I can flip a switch and have the water come in. I plan on drilling a hole in the back somewhere below the water line. What kind of pump do I need? All this stuff Im seeing has a...