Recent content by KC_Jones

Thank you for the suggestions, I'll let you know how it turns out.

I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction on this one. My boat came with 2 6.6 gallon Chilton plastic fuel tanks (see reference picture from internet). Well both fuel caps started leaking this year due to cracking open. So I want to replace the caps, but I have no idea which cap...

Don't need to advertise it's food, it's "biodegradable". EPA loves it FDA ignores it, well until someone's wife complains about her drunk husband with the pretzel breathe, then it's all over the news...

Cheeto's? No way, pretzel or peanut flavored would be the way to go. Only possible problem is you would drink faster to access more snacks. lol

A valve setup is exactly what I would do. My plan (if it fits) is to convert to a single 12 gallon tank with an additional 3 gallon tank with the 100:1 mixture. Switch when I run slow, then switch back maybe 30 minutes before I end my day and throttle up. Sounds like the consensus is this...

Thank you for the feedback. Just to be clear, this isn't a commercial application. I crab like some people fish, its for recreation. I don't run traps it's a trotline, do a youtube search and you can see how it works. So I don't have the worry of throttling up between traps, just slow steady...

What you describe is exactly the opposite of how engines work. Higher viscosity at lower RPM can happen as a function of heat, but it is definitely not a requirement. A pressure feed oiling system is less pressure and volume at lower RPM and more at higher. As stated this is how all variable...

So this question came to mind as a result of another post I made a while ago, at this link: https://tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=46840 The engine in question is from the VRO series, but the system has long since been disconnected by a previous owner. First, I have no intention of...

All back together and everything is workin great! This motor has never had water squirt out of the tell tail with such force. My mind is at ease knowing this is squared away. Thank you to all that commented!

Motor runs great. Used it all last year and it never missed a beat. I will say this, I run a trotline for crabbing so a typical day consists of idling in the early dark hours, maybe 10-15 minutes running hard once dawn breaks, then 6-7 hours of idling, and finally 25 minutes of WOT to get back...

You can basically eat off of it at this point. Something I learned a long time ago with machines, clean is absolutely critical to longevity. To add to things a bit. I am replacing the water pump and thermostat, while everything was apart I flushed water from the thermostat through the water...

1989 Johnson 50HP engine, water pump died (so I thought) so I tore the lower unit off for replacement. What I found wasn't what I was expecting. It appears my water pump wasn't bad (replacing anyway), but the output grommet was pinched on installation causing water to bypass going to the...

I have some stuff under the console, but it's much neater than it was. I should say I have fuses now and there weren't any before. :shock:

This year I decided to rebuild the front decks, as part of that I raised them up as the area is primarily storage for me. The boat also needed a complete rewire as the previous owner surely wasn't an electrician. I did everything in aluminum and the intention is everything will be dry storage...

OMG I feel so much better reading this thread!!! This was my first year with the boat, launched it 9 times this season. The first couple times I used a checklist and then I thought "hey you don't need that anymore" and then the mistakes started. Transom straps were the most common. So the...