Kohrah
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- Aug 24, 2011
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So after purchasing my first boat, pulling it home and cleaning it up, I'm beginning to work on the engine since the winter months are coming. (nice living on a farm, closed off one bay of barn and insulated and have a heat source for working over the winter)
A recap I have a 16' lone star biscayne runabout with a 75hp johnson outboard both from '62. Pulled the battery out and let it sit on a trickle charger for a full 24 hours, checked the water/acid level in the battery as well at that point. After it charged up I hooked everything up again. I than dropped the engine into a bucket of water, turn the key and CLICK from the solenoid. sigh ok after reading 'Augoose' topic http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=512844 I go back and check all the small things. Checked the connections both visually and physically, from the battery all the way to the engine, try turning the fly wheel to make sure engine wasn't seized, it was free turning.
At this point I unhook the rewiring work I had done to the lights to make sure I hadn't crossed anything. Turn the key... CLICK.... ok so that wasn't the issue, hook it back up again and check the fuse in the electric start unit. That's ok, hmmmm... Ok time to call in reinforcements I've been banging my head against this too long, call my backyard/junkyard mechanic that every small town has. Didn't even have to entice him with a 6pack, called him up told him I was working on an old boat and next thing I hear is a muffler roaring as he's pulling into my driveway.
He hops out opens up the back of his mini-van and pulls out his battery. Unhooks my battery and hooks his up and turns the key and the engine tries to spring to life. :facepalm: I forgot after hearing the click to double check the battery. Turns out it no longer holds a charge, I even had the meter sitting right there with the rest of my tools.
He loads everything back up checks out a few other small items on the boat that he brings to my attention and just before the roar of the mini-van muffler starts again he tells me to call him when I start working on it and he'll come down and give me a hand overhauling it.
He's also going to be bringing one more fuel tank down for me to throw in the boat and keeping his eyes open for a trolling motor that I can use as a back up engine. I will admit I do love small town life for this reason.
On that note feel free to blast me as much as you want. I realized my mistake and am laughing at myself so feel free to laugh at me too. Just hope this will help out someone else too.
A recap I have a 16' lone star biscayne runabout with a 75hp johnson outboard both from '62. Pulled the battery out and let it sit on a trickle charger for a full 24 hours, checked the water/acid level in the battery as well at that point. After it charged up I hooked everything up again. I than dropped the engine into a bucket of water, turn the key and CLICK from the solenoid. sigh ok after reading 'Augoose' topic http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=512844 I go back and check all the small things. Checked the connections both visually and physically, from the battery all the way to the engine, try turning the fly wheel to make sure engine wasn't seized, it was free turning.
At this point I unhook the rewiring work I had done to the lights to make sure I hadn't crossed anything. Turn the key... CLICK.... ok so that wasn't the issue, hook it back up again and check the fuse in the electric start unit. That's ok, hmmmm... Ok time to call in reinforcements I've been banging my head against this too long, call my backyard/junkyard mechanic that every small town has. Didn't even have to entice him with a 6pack, called him up told him I was working on an old boat and next thing I hear is a muffler roaring as he's pulling into my driveway.
He hops out opens up the back of his mini-van and pulls out his battery. Unhooks my battery and hooks his up and turns the key and the engine tries to spring to life. :facepalm: I forgot after hearing the click to double check the battery. Turns out it no longer holds a charge, I even had the meter sitting right there with the rest of my tools.
He loads everything back up checks out a few other small items on the boat that he brings to my attention and just before the roar of the mini-van muffler starts again he tells me to call him when I start working on it and he'll come down and give me a hand overhauling it.
He's also going to be bringing one more fuel tank down for me to throw in the boat and keeping his eyes open for a trolling motor that I can use as a back up engine. I will admit I do love small town life for this reason.
On that note feel free to blast me as much as you want. I realized my mistake and am laughing at myself so feel free to laugh at me too. Just hope this will help out someone else too.
