Recent content by Mike Redmond

Bought a new propeller for my 15 hp honda,original was 9 1/2 by 9 1/2 ,,got a new one 9 1/4 by 9,,hoping this will slow down the boat a little bit for trolling,hoping I was right,havent tried it out yet,was told I would loose some at top end but should be a bit slower for trolling hope I made...

Got this 15 hp honda cant get it to slow down enough for properly trolling ,prop is 9 1/2 x9 1/2,,,there is another prop in the owners hand book 9 1/2x8 5/8 tis intended for long leg or extra long leg,,just wondering if if I bought one of these if it would somehow slow down the trolling speed.

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I meant that I could not find the year of this motor,,,

Bought this motor yesterday,can quite figure the year,its a 4 hp evinrude with a seperate tank number on it is 4306C97186, has points on it rather than electronic

Just purchases a new to me honda 15 hp ,short leg,pull start ,,On the identity plate BAAS 1216553,,,BF15A,Seller says its 2001,but on the hood tis written 2006.Tried to find out on google no success,can anyone figure this out for me thks

Hi,gonna pick up a 2001 15 hp honda short leg non electric start tomorrow,can someone tell me how much it weighs in at.Someone was supposed to buy it at sellers place but he was no show,so I was the lucky guy,had to move fast on that deal ($1200.)wich is a sweet price in this neck of the...

Problem solved.Just amazed that at that kind of price,Princecraft didnt put a set of those in,,,checked at the Princecraft seller in my area ,his reply was that Princecraft dont make any oar sockets for their boats,,,,,I sorta doubt his word>>>>

Recently bought a princecraft yukon 15, theres no oarlock sockets on it cany seem to find any in this neck of the woods n dont know how to install em either any ideas,,,

Not shure about this,friend had same problem,hed bought a 15hp honda,he didnt know much about ob motors,his problem was that hed bought a short shaft engine,n he needed a long shaft one,twas a pricy mistake,hope this is not your case,,,wishing you good luck in solving your problem

Opened a bottle of Kimpex 2 cycle out board motor oil,,,been sitting in the shed for a bit n never used that brand before,,its black in colour?its a first for me usually that kinda oil is blue or red or other light shades hoping I had not put some old oil in that bottle,talked to a few friends...

Finally got the old engine to run properly,did what pappy sugested and almost had it running nice but not quite,so seing I had nothing else to loose tried what an old timer had told me,turned it upside down and gently tapped the carb about ten times with the rubber end of a pair of pliers put it...

Thanks for the info everyone,will fiddle with the adjustments for the rich and lean its got two of them,it didnt have any writings on the engine,someone along the life of the engine painted the whole thing white,,,got to see a picture of it on the net,the two settings are one on top of the...

Got a sunny day today,fired up that oldie,it runs, but,doesnt want to run at full trottle,its got an on n off gasoline supply(it gravity fed)while its running if I turn the gas off it starts to run at full trottle,but it runs out of gas n dies,,,,whats the problem,,guessing it could be the...

Tinkering around that new to me 1970 20 hp johnson,want to replace plugs,it has a set of QL77JC4 on it,been looking on the net what were the originals ans I get was J4C another says RJ8C ????getting confused?seems to be a mark on top of the pistons when I shine a light in the hole are them...