WHAT THE! I lost my anode

[sergioy]

I went on a fishing trip this past weekend to Lewisville Lake. To make a long story short: dead starting battery, got lost, didn't catch any fish, didn't even get any bites, got stuck on ramp with motor down <br /><br />And last but not least, when I was getting the boat ready to take the trip home I realised that I had lost my anode. I have an '89 dt200 Suzuki. I am still struggling to figure out how in the world I lost my trim tab/anode. I jsut got this boat about 2 weeks ago and I guess the guy before me did not have it tightend properly or "something." I just ordered one from here, I will make sure that the next one is tightened correctly.

 

[JRJ]

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Sounds like a good shake-down cruise Might want to keep the ramp in sight next trip

 

[05GlastronSX]

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it sounds like you hae a pretty crappy day to say the least...i feel for you though..we've all had those days before. thats weird though, losing an anode/trim tab. the guy who installed it must have not known what he was doing. oh well, hopefully your next outing will be a lot better.

 

[joblo33]

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Check your prop for dings. I can't see any way an anode could fall off and not hit the prop at least once unless you were accelerating when it happened.<br />Eric

 

[rodbolt]

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kinda odd to lose the trim tab anode on that motor but it happens. use loc-tite 671 on the threads. on the 3.1 yams its actually quite common and yes they can fall off and never touch the prop.

 

[Perfidiajoe]

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Use loc-tite, I had a buddy w/ a '87 200 zucinni, & he lost 1 or 2 a year 'till I loc-tited it. Good Luck, Joe

 

[sergioy]

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Thanks for the advice guys. I am guessing its becuase of the rough idling the motor does, which I've read here is very common for these motors. I will make sure to use the lok-tite.

 

[rodbolt]

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89 DT 200 should be smooth if all is right. that motor actually idled very well for a big 6 in 89.

 

[ZmOz]

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Last time I went out my trailer lights stopped working, the engine seized, the distributor seized, and my lower unit took a dump. All completely unrelated, catastrophic problems. <br /><br />Dontcha love boating?

 

[Perfidiajoe]

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Your friends call you lucky as a nick name?

 

[jim dozier]

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Just remember that a bad day fishing beats a good day at the office.

 

[sergioy]

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With gas prices climing through the roof I don't know if that is true any more. I am going to stay local so that the "bad day fish..." comment will remain true.

 

[sergioy]

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Well, I got my anode the other day but quickly figured out that it did not inlcude bolt that is used to tighten it Can I find one of these at a hardware store? Guess the search is on for now till I find one, or is there a boat place yall know of that I can get one from?

 

[txswinner]

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Your trip sounds great I had to work last weekend.