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Hey MacGyver, what's your best on-the-water/at the lake fix?
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<blockquote data-quote="pamountainman" data-source="post: 160423" data-attributes="member: 1722"><p>It wasn't how I fixed it, but how I got it back to the dock. When I got my first boat at 16, it had a 5 hp Eska on it. The lower unit was trashed, so I frankensteined it with a wards motor to get it to work, so I could get it on the lake. The motor was finiky, you had to work the throttle/choke for a long time before it wouldn't stall, so it was easier to cock it to the side and do donuts until it was warm, and with rotted off exhaust, it looked like and sounded like the only aqua dirtbike around.</p><p></p><p>One night around 2 am, I snagged a tree on shore(as usual) and managed to snap the fuel connector off of the motor on a limb. I was 5 miles from the launch, and my deep cycle would't have made it that far. I cut the broken connector off of the fuel line, and shoved the fuel line into the carb., and put the primer bulb under my foot. It took some figuring out, like if I gave it too much gas, I'd have to pull the line out to work the choke until I used the fuel up, and find the carb in the dark before it starved out. I know every person/animal heard me on the lake that night, between the dying/surging motor,the "dirt bike" sound, and me swearing.</p><p></p><p>I told my dad that story the next day, he laughed hard for a long time, and gave me his 72' 6 hp Johnson I still run today, problem free 13 years later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pamountainman, post: 160423, member: 1722"] It wasn't how I fixed it, but how I got it back to the dock. When I got my first boat at 16, it had a 5 hp Eska on it. The lower unit was trashed, so I frankensteined it with a wards motor to get it to work, so I could get it on the lake. The motor was finiky, you had to work the throttle/choke for a long time before it wouldn't stall, so it was easier to cock it to the side and do donuts until it was warm, and with rotted off exhaust, it looked like and sounded like the only aqua dirtbike around. One night around 2 am, I snagged a tree on shore(as usual) and managed to snap the fuel connector off of the motor on a limb. I was 5 miles from the launch, and my deep cycle would't have made it that far. I cut the broken connector off of the fuel line, and shoved the fuel line into the carb., and put the primer bulb under my foot. It took some figuring out, like if I gave it too much gas, I'd have to pull the line out to work the choke until I used the fuel up, and find the carb in the dark before it starved out. I know every person/animal heard me on the lake that night, between the dying/surging motor,the "dirt bike" sound, and me swearing. I told my dad that story the next day, he laughed hard for a long time, and gave me his 72' 6 hp Johnson I still run today, problem free 13 years later. [/QUOTE]
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Hey MacGyver, what's your best on-the-water/at the lake fix?
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