Im replacing the steering on my 94 Stratos Bass boat with a 150 Johnson. It's new to me this year and i drove it all season on some seriously stiff cables. This is the first bass boat i have ever owned and as such my first Cable job as well.
I pulled the old cables out and they are the old...
We broke the old prop on my 9.9 (Happy River Hunting!) and need to replace it. The Engine was having trouble getting out on plane and i was told upgrading to a 4 blade prop could add to the boats Holeshot...which to me is more important than top end speed.
My question is what pitch do i change...
I need to now what a good prop would be to run on this type of motor.
It's a pushing a Tri-Haul bodied 225 pound 13ft boat.
Currently it has a 3 pronged prop on it.
Should i stick with the 3 pronged prop?
Do i need any particular pitch?
I have no idea what the difference is, i just know my...
I'm about to buy one off craigslist, guy is unsure of year and i can't get a hold of him for model number.
I'm having a tough time finding anything that says 52#....which is starting to scare me a bit.
I'm still very new to outboard engines and just removed my impeller for the first time.
What i want to know is should i just get a repair kit and replace all the parts, or is just the impeller good enough to get me through the next 2 seasons?
Also, looking at the impeller i see it has a...
I have a 1973 65HP Johnson i'm trying to test. I bought it with a 1979 Gypsy Regal and the 9.9 Evinrude it came with for a little under 1k and i need to know exactly what im working with.
The old owner said he got it to fire up just fine, and the only thing i can visibly see wrong with it is...
Hello ladies and gents,
I'm a new boater, my buddy and are i fixing up our first boat in preparation of getting into a nice fishing/leisure boat in the near future.
I recently purchased a 1974 Gypsy Regal with a 65hp Johnson Outboard and a 9.9 Evinrude outboard. The Johnson is a project but...
