Re: How to remember plug
Ok, I've got a plug story to top you all! It's a long one, but worth it!<br /><br />When I was about 19 I had got my first boat. It was a 1977 VIP w/ an evinrude 70. After having the boat for a few months, I had to have the motor rebuilt. Well, when I finally got it back about 3 months later, my friends dad that rebuilt it for me told me to run it at about half throttle for a half a tank of gas, then it would be ok to open up. Well, on the day I get it back, me and my buddy and this girl I was trying to hook up with all went out on my newly rebuilt boat. We launched ok and were easing down the river real nice and slow. We got about a mile, maybe 2 down from the dock and noticed a "little" water on the floor of the boat. Well, the way my boat was set up, in the back of it, there was a little alcove type box that had a cut out so you can hide your gas cans and battery in there. It was VERY difficult to get to where the plug goes because you had to be pretty much completly inside this cubby hole thing in the back. well, I raise the flap door up and check the bilge, and it was completely full of water! The battery was completly submerged and my 2 gas cans were floating! Now, mind you, we can only go half throttle and we were atleast a mile from the dock. Well, what was I to do? I grabed my spare plug from the glove compartment, took a deep breath and held it, and I went it! it took me almost a minute to finally get the plug in. Kinda hard to do when you are completely underwater. Did I mention I didn't have a bilge pump??? So, we creep back to the dock, put the boat on the trailer and pull it up (that was job in itself). We get it out of the water, pull the plug and let it drain for what felt like an hour. Once it finished, we put the plug back in, and out we went! it ended up being a good day with a funny story to tell at the end of it. Although needless to say, I am married to someone else this day!
Ok, I've got a plug story to top you all! It's a long one, but worth it!<br /><br />When I was about 19 I had got my first boat. It was a 1977 VIP w/ an evinrude 70. After having the boat for a few months, I had to have the motor rebuilt. Well, when I finally got it back about 3 months later, my friends dad that rebuilt it for me told me to run it at about half throttle for a half a tank of gas, then it would be ok to open up. Well, on the day I get it back, me and my buddy and this girl I was trying to hook up with all went out on my newly rebuilt boat. We launched ok and were easing down the river real nice and slow. We got about a mile, maybe 2 down from the dock and noticed a "little" water on the floor of the boat. Well, the way my boat was set up, in the back of it, there was a little alcove type box that had a cut out so you can hide your gas cans and battery in there. It was VERY difficult to get to where the plug goes because you had to be pretty much completly inside this cubby hole thing in the back. well, I raise the flap door up and check the bilge, and it was completely full of water! The battery was completly submerged and my 2 gas cans were floating! Now, mind you, we can only go half throttle and we were atleast a mile from the dock. Well, what was I to do? I grabed my spare plug from the glove compartment, took a deep breath and held it, and I went it! it took me almost a minute to finally get the plug in. Kinda hard to do when you are completely underwater. Did I mention I didn't have a bilge pump??? So, we creep back to the dock, put the boat on the trailer and pull it up (that was job in itself). We get it out of the water, pull the plug and let it drain for what felt like an hour. Once it finished, we put the plug back in, and out we went! it ended up being a good day with a funny story to tell at the end of it. Although needless to say, I am married to someone else this day!
