Bought a L/H retrieve baitcaster to match one of my right handers. Gonna try this not switching hands thing. Anyway.... To tighten the drag on the right hander you turn the star clockwise towards the front of the real. On the left retrieve you turn the star counterclockwise to tighten the...
All righty then!.... Couldn't stand it any longer ...reservations are made for a week long Musky trip. Have caught them before incidentally...but nothing over 26-28". Here's the issue... The heaviest tackle I have is a 7' Peregrine med action casting rod, with my old Ambassaduer 5500c spooled...
Just ran across this. New to the fishing forum...not to fishing...60+ yrs.! Have fished Wisc very rarely,last time was in the 80's. Do fish in the Mississippi on the Wisc side though. What is the reasoning behind this absurd law anyway? Can you even drift fish?....same diff! You guys sure must...
Who actually manufactured Force outboards after Chrysler was required to sell it's marine division? It appears the quality took a major nosedive. 99.9 % of the problems on this forum are Force engines! Chrysler....not so much. So what happened?
I fogged the H out of my 1975 45 hp , as this is the second year it hasn't been running. Previous owner kept it in the basement for a year ...and due to parts availability and lack of time after boat repairs I never had it up and running. Here's the question.....shouldn't 't the only place...
Anyone heard of a Mariner glass hull runabout made by Midwest Marine Inc. out of Red Wing Mn.? It appears to be an early sixties vintage judging from the looks of it and the equipment. It has no metal placard on it where capacity,horsepower rating,and etc. was listed. What year was that coast...
Johnson Meteor
Today my step father in-law dragged home from an auction an old glass Mariner runabout with this outboard on it. Johnson Meteor V-4 electromatic 100 hp. Anybody know anything about these? The ser no. is J2657553.. ... mod no. V4ML-12R . Early sixties? How does the shift...
Winterizing time. Drained gear oil,, didn't seem like much came out.... but had just a trace of water...may have just been condensation there was so little. The question is....all the gears are in the stump stabber part of the very lower end. Your supposed to pump oil into the drain until it...
Hey guys......my boat restoration project got a little long winded. Didn't help that it was already mid Sept. when I bought it! Winter is sneaking in up here in the great white north...and due to availability of some crucial parts the motor never got running! It wasn't run last year either but...
Well...everyone warned me! Nearing completion of major cleanup of my 3 hp that I last used in 1983. Never missed a beat since I bought it in 1968. My late father used it in 1991 and it conked out on him a long paddle from the cabin. It has great spark. But as I disassembled to clean more I can...
Rewireing an old cobbled up bass boat. Has a mid 70's minnkota 555 bow mount trolling motor. Distance from the battery to the motor is 16 ft. What gauge wire should I run to it,and what size circuit breaker? Also....anyone know the thrust rating of this old motor and the current draw...
Anyone know offhand the initial settings for the low and high speed mixture screws? First time the carb has been off of this motor since it was new! I last used it in the early eighties. It always ran perfect every year previous....pre-ethanol! I think it was due! Also....I forget where the...
Does a depth finder work on land with the boat on trailer? New to me boat came with one...have never used one . No instructions! Everything seems to work from the menu..but..... it always reads 54.8 ft for depth. is there a reset or some function I'm missing? It is an Eagle Cuda 242. Not top of...
Does anyone know of a chart or formula that correlates piston travel in thousandths of an inch to crankshaft rotation in degrees? Last time I used these methods was in the seventies...so if there was a formula I forgot it long ago. Counting flywheel teeth or fractions of a tooth is too damn...
So .... this motor so far has been so buggered I don't trust any things right. To time this thing the Clymer manual says you need special tool in spark plug hole. Ya.....like you'll ever find one of those! There is one hash mark on the flywheel... a sticker on the block with a TDC mark and 2...
