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Hey thanks everyone! Like I said, I just bought the boat and motor and had only had tiller handles before so I was pretty clueless as to whether it was set up correctly! Patriot2, that manual is much better than the Yamaha one I found online. In particular, yours says very clearly: "Make...

I just bought a 204 40 hp Yamaha (2 stroke) with a 703 control box. I've always had a tiller before so I'm a little confused on operation (read the manual but this was not covered). When I have it in neutral, the prop moves easily. When I move the handle from neutral to the 2 o'clock...

Wow! I have a L1440M that has a transom with some bend in it. (Bought it used - looks like the head of the bolt running from the plywood on the outside of the transom thru to the knee brace compressed the plywood to where the head is embedded in the plywood, allowing the transom to flex away...

So I've recently replaced a few leaking rivets on my 14 ft jon boat. As gripped as I was to drill into my hull, all went well and I am leak free. Do a search; there are many good threads already on how to do (in particular, DaleH has a post in one thread about how to drill out the old rivet...

I found a post Mike made regarding his trailer (the link seems to be dead, likely 'cause the magazine is defunct). The pockets he refers to are the spaces between the side of the canoe and the side of the utility cart - I didn't get so fancy on mine. Below is his post: ++++++ Here's a link...

There was a guy - Mike McCrea - with the Monocacy Canoe Club that had a blog about DIY canoe stuff and he made one (which I then copied) using a 4X8 utility trailer. Throw a sheet of plywood in the bottom for a floor. Rip a sheet in half for sides. Across the front and back I put 2Xs to the...

I second everything DaleH said especially regarding the prick and centering punch. I didn't know to do both but can see where that would have made my project much easier. Thanks for sharing Dale!

I just did my newly acquired 1440 Lowe jon boat. I used 3/16 closed aluminum rivets with steel mandrels (I also bought 1/4 ones in case I screwed up drilling the old ones out). Also used a long handled puller (not the small hand puller). My hull thickness was something like 1/16 so I bought...

I think you are correct. Take a look at the picture in the following thread and picture (new to posting so hope this works): https://www.duckhuntingchat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=488609

I just picked up a used 2001 Lowe 1440 and had (I believe) a similar problem. The rivet just forward of the thru hull fitting had a slight leak with water coming in around the head of the rivet. Same with the rivet just to the left of the fore mentioned rivet. The left hand rivet...