hagbard
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This last fall I bought an old Tracker Magna 17.
I finally got it out on the water this past weekend and everything seems to be working great but I have a few questions as I've never owned a boat like this. So please excuse the newbie questions
First the live well. I've never had a live well before. I noticed while we were out on the water the live well filled up a bit. Then when I pulled the main drain plug when we got out of the water a decent amount of water came out, draining for a few minutes. I'm guessing that is from the live well? Or is it possible I have a leak in the hull?
If I want to hold water in the live well should there be a drain plug for the live well? I really have no idea how live wells are supposed to work. I do have a switch for an aerator pump. Is that supposed to fill the live well? I forgot to test that.
Now the drain plug. The boat came with a new drain plug and an older one. Snap lock style. The new drain plug I could not get to fit in the drain hole. The older plug I was able to get 3/4 of the way in but I just could not get it to go all the way in. Any suggestions? I was thinking of spraying it with WD40 to give it a little lubrication to get all the way in?
When I pulled the boat out out of the water I noticed the handle on the drain plug was not snapped over anymore but straight. That worried me a bit but it didn't look like the drive plug moved out at all.
And lastly the pedestal seat bases. This boat has twist lock bases and posts. 1 seat is completely stuck in the base. I was able to remove the base with the seat attached but now I'm thinking this might make it even harder to get it lose. Maybe a pipe wrench on the seat post?
Another one of the seat poss is in bad shape and wobbles when twisted into the base. But I can not seem to find new twist lock parts anywhere. Are they actually called something else?
Since most pedestal bases are mounted with bolts through the floor any suggestions on how I could install new ones without having access to the bottom of the floor? Toggles maybe? The old bolts are so rusty it's not too hard to get them out. At least the one I did remove.
I'm guessing it probably needs a new floor but the floor screws I have tried to remove just spin so I'm not quite sure how to get the floor up.
Thanks so much for any help and suggestions!
I finally got it out on the water this past weekend and everything seems to be working great but I have a few questions as I've never owned a boat like this. So please excuse the newbie questions
First the live well. I've never had a live well before. I noticed while we were out on the water the live well filled up a bit. Then when I pulled the main drain plug when we got out of the water a decent amount of water came out, draining for a few minutes. I'm guessing that is from the live well? Or is it possible I have a leak in the hull?
If I want to hold water in the live well should there be a drain plug for the live well? I really have no idea how live wells are supposed to work. I do have a switch for an aerator pump. Is that supposed to fill the live well? I forgot to test that.
Now the drain plug. The boat came with a new drain plug and an older one. Snap lock style. The new drain plug I could not get to fit in the drain hole. The older plug I was able to get 3/4 of the way in but I just could not get it to go all the way in. Any suggestions? I was thinking of spraying it with WD40 to give it a little lubrication to get all the way in?
When I pulled the boat out out of the water I noticed the handle on the drain plug was not snapped over anymore but straight. That worried me a bit but it didn't look like the drive plug moved out at all.
And lastly the pedestal seat bases. This boat has twist lock bases and posts. 1 seat is completely stuck in the base. I was able to remove the base with the seat attached but now I'm thinking this might make it even harder to get it lose. Maybe a pipe wrench on the seat post?
Another one of the seat poss is in bad shape and wobbles when twisted into the base. But I can not seem to find new twist lock parts anywhere. Are they actually called something else?
Since most pedestal bases are mounted with bolts through the floor any suggestions on how I could install new ones without having access to the bottom of the floor? Toggles maybe? The old bolts are so rusty it's not too hard to get them out. At least the one I did remove.
I'm guessing it probably needs a new floor but the floor screws I have tried to remove just spin so I'm not quite sure how to get the floor up.
Thanks so much for any help and suggestions!