Recent content by sturdi87

I may be wrong as my control box is different than yours, but the small black lever you describe should be your fast idle lever. The cable it makes move is your throttle cable. This cable allows you to increase the idle speed while in neutral. If you have a 2 stroke this allows you to warm the...

I've been where your at and being on the bank is the worst, especially when you are watching guys in boats going by headed out to the spots you wish you could fish. Start out with whatever you can afford, the cost of a 1232 of craigs list will be well worth it even if you just fish out of it for...

If your bass fishing, making the investment in a good bow mounted foot controlled trolling motor is one of if not the best additions you can make to your boat. If i had nothing but a bare hull, the first thing I would buy would be a foot controlled bow mount trolling motor. Next I would buy a...

I have been doing a little here and there between trips. I installed a Lowrance Mark 5x-Pro sonar on the bow that is easily visible from drivers position when underway. Put in switches for anchor, nav and docking lights. Also put some Wise seats in on pin type pedestals and bases. I'm getting...

How wide is your boat? I am running a 40 hp on my 14 ft starcraft that has a bottom over 52" wide. I have a 7.5 I use on it sometimes also and with the 7.5 the boat is badly underpowered. That may be enough power for a narrow 14 ft boat but if it is a big wide boat like mine it may just be...

You don't want something like that. I actually made the mistake of buying one of those for the same purpose after someone recommended it to me. Those brackets are made for kicker motors and although the description didn't say any of this when I got it it said to be used at low or idle speeds...

That just means your using it right! Its like showing off scars, but you need a story for each of them since your setup is so pretty. At least make something good up if you don't know... "I was fighting a great white on the south end of kentucky lake..." :lol:

To answer this question I would say use good judgement. If your transom is solid, the biggest worry at least in my mind is in the immediate area of the transom that receives the most stress from the tube. This would of course be your tow points first off, then consider where points your transom...

I don't have it... yet. Why? because I haven't gotten too it yet although it probably should have been one of the first things on my list. Thanks for reminding me. I will get on that before it moves again probably. Why? I have learned the hard way seeing someone close to me make a mistake...

haha yes I considered the possible mess but wasn't really thinking about taking it off again to repaint it. Isn't your motor like 2 yrs old or so? Thats probably why I didn't consider that even. If you got to the point where the paint was worn out to the point you wanted to go through that kinda...

Here is a link to a table to look up the year of your mariner https://www.storesonline.com/site/573683/page/608047. I did a lot of searching and found the same table from several different websites, some were in different languages that is the one I saved. Mine is supposedly an 83 from the table...

I have no idea what that all that means but wow it really sounds good. My trolling motor was accompanied by a manual that said it may cause damage to the trolling motor/and or the other accessories connected to the battery, if the trolling motor battery is also used to crank, power a chart...

Sounds like you need a pinch, or a slap, to wake you up from your dream. Maybe back in the kiekhofer days I suppose. But I wouldn't use that spray on adhesive stuff. I bought some adhesive to glue the "V8 Magnum" emblem back onto the front quarter panel of my truck after a road sign scraped it...

Seems long to me, neither of my motors (both early 80's johnson and yamaha built mariner) take anywhere close to that amount of time. However, pappy seems to know what he is talking about. Excellent answer pappy. I know in some forums you can give people's comments likes/points/thumbs ups or...

I recently went through the process of replacing a prop which included lots of research as I had virtually no experience prior to that. But I would agree with you, I would say that is the prop he put on for you as well. What I learned from my research the michigan match series of props are...