portabuddy
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- May 27, 2007
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well we went on a bit of a Boys-only-weekend and had some fun, my brother dad and i went "camping low-key-style" We rented a cabin for the night and went fishing. we set out at 6:00 in the morning saterday and headed up to north eastern lake simcoe and headed out on the lake, and after 5 hours or nothing And huge waves thet almost toppled out little boat we all decided to take a time out, we drove a bit further up and go to the casino(casino-rama).
My brother lost $80 i won $130 and my dad won a whopping $380. then we headed back down to the cabin and by that time the waves calmed down to nothing and the sky opened up, so we went back out on the lake. and after the second spot, i was driving the little 16' 1960's orange fiberglass boat with a 1967 Mercurey 500 50hp motor, i started it like normal and like usual it putted along at like 10km/p we where realy thinking or either renovating the damm thing(if the parts are still avalable) or getting a nice new(er)75hp...
well after heading out a bit further, I had my hand on the gear selector leaver and the throtle, well something clicked and the gearselector popped further forward taking the throtle with it...
The boat lunged forward and lept out of the water into the air, for the first time ever from when we had it the bow was out of the water and it was floating on the stern leaping on top of the waves??? I looked back like WTF? and my brother and dad looked at me then the roostertail that we where making so i throtled it backs after a little while and shut it off... Well neadless to say we where shocked that the foat asts like a boad and not like a log, this was the 10-20th time out and its never went faster then 20km/k, so imagin my surprise when we accelerated to 45-50...
Damm we might just keep the motor, i checked on ebay and the exact same motor was selling for 500-700..Holly crap i thought it was a terd cutter, now all i need is a fish finder so we can catch more then one perch(also cought by me)
and what caused this?, when i was pulling out of the harbor i popped the motor in reverse and as it turns out there is a licking claw that keeps it from popping up, well the bitcher job that the previouse guy did broke, abd it popped up and out of the water A) running it dry which is bad for the water pump and B) it broke the coat hanger wire crap that the last guy had onb the throtle cable that stoped limiting the engine abut i slso lost all throtle respone after that...
lol a good weekend. But now i have been searching fo about oooh 4-5 houres for a place to find some stock lines, it has a mercontroller and it seems to work odlt, when i push the gear selector forward it pullt the throtle back, the full actuation of the throtle as about 4" and all this time i have been using it at neat idle, or about an inch...
My brother lost $80 i won $130 and my dad won a whopping $380. then we headed back down to the cabin and by that time the waves calmed down to nothing and the sky opened up, so we went back out on the lake. and after the second spot, i was driving the little 16' 1960's orange fiberglass boat with a 1967 Mercurey 500 50hp motor, i started it like normal and like usual it putted along at like 10km/p we where realy thinking or either renovating the damm thing(if the parts are still avalable) or getting a nice new(er)75hp...
well after heading out a bit further, I had my hand on the gear selector leaver and the throtle, well something clicked and the gearselector popped further forward taking the throtle with it...
The boat lunged forward and lept out of the water into the air, for the first time ever from when we had it the bow was out of the water and it was floating on the stern leaping on top of the waves??? I looked back like WTF? and my brother and dad looked at me then the roostertail that we where making so i throtled it backs after a little while and shut it off... Well neadless to say we where shocked that the foat asts like a boad and not like a log, this was the 10-20th time out and its never went faster then 20km/k, so imagin my surprise when we accelerated to 45-50...
Damm we might just keep the motor, i checked on ebay and the exact same motor was selling for 500-700..Holly crap i thought it was a terd cutter, now all i need is a fish finder so we can catch more then one perch(also cought by me)
and what caused this?, when i was pulling out of the harbor i popped the motor in reverse and as it turns out there is a licking claw that keeps it from popping up, well the bitcher job that the previouse guy did broke, abd it popped up and out of the water A) running it dry which is bad for the water pump and B) it broke the coat hanger wire crap that the last guy had onb the throtle cable that stoped limiting the engine abut i slso lost all throtle respone after that...
lol a good weekend. But now i have been searching fo about oooh 4-5 houres for a place to find some stock lines, it has a mercontroller and it seems to work odlt, when i push the gear selector forward it pullt the throtle back, the full actuation of the throtle as about 4" and all this time i have been using it at neat idle, or about an inch...
