Re: 1982 AMF crestliner got it for free
ignition switches for boats are really cheap.....about 10 bux.....but as a student...even that can be a stretch.
ok....one thing to allways remember......the motor on a boat is
NEVER started without water going to it.....
in side the lower unit (by the propeller) is a small rubber impeller,,,(water pump) it will burn out within 3 seconds when run with out water. that means, when you are on the lake....no water will flow to cool the motor. and you wont know about it......no way to tell. it will cook your very exepncive motor in just minits....and that will set you back at least 5 grand.
on the back of your motor.....(i think the yammys have it) is a pee hole.....yep. pee hole.
on the lake.....it shoots a stream of water back into the lake......this is a "tell tale" that your impeller is working properly. this is something that you should always check every time you start you motor at the lake.....every time !
when you are hooked up to the muffs at home....the water pressure from the garden hose flows thru the motor.....so you will never be able to tell if the impeller is working properly on the motor......but on the lake you can.
you are in the right place bud.....read lots here, and we will guide you...... i am a fibreglass boat i/o board guy...(the kind of boat with the motor inside the boat and the leg or "drive" sticking out the back) so i am of limited help compared to some of the tinny guys (aluminium boat) or the ob (outboard, thats what you have) motor guys.
but a boat is a boat......and i have done a few tinnys too.....so, between us all.......you will be killin fish and pickin up chicks next season.
may i suggest, that you take a safe boating course over the winter.....this is really important.
boating is really fun.....we all love it here at iboats......but we all also know that in ONE SECOND someone could die !.
you , as captain of the boat, are responsible for all the lives of each person on the boat. you...!!!! yep you !
coming back to the dock with a dead person on the boat is not something that you want to have to deal with.
it may sound far fetched......but its not......every one on your boat having fun..sunny day..a few sody pops......some chick up front......doing the titanic thing you are cruising slow at 20 mph.....just on plane......hit a wave.....she goes over the bow and you kill her with the prop......that fast.....no reaction time....none.
we lost an nhl player on our lake last year, just like that. sliced his neck open....they pulled him form the water in seconds, he was dead long before they got to the dock.
you have quite a boat there....lots of fun.....you will have chicks all over you in the summer.....just keep a level head bud.....make rules, and if people dont follow them.....back to shore, imeadately. no if's and's or but's.
every time i get new people on my boat......i drive away form the dock and get out of the launch ramp area. then i stop and have a quick orienteering meeting with all people.
i tell them where the life jackets are, where the fire extingusher is....what to do in case a "man overboard" situation happens....tell them not to move around the boat when the boat is at speed....then we go out and have a fantastic time.....
but every body know the rules.....and they respect it.....they all want to come out with me on my boat, because they feel safe.
i dont have a 2011 master craft with a wake tower and sound cans all over the boat.......but i always got lots of girls on my boat because they know that they are safer with me. ill raft with those guys, but when i feel like its getting out of the safe range....we leave and go somewhere else....and usually ill have a few more girls on my boat after !
any how.....enjoy your boat bud.....you got a real score there.
we will help you fix it up properly.
cheers
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