What Did You Do To Your Boat This Week?
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Looks great Ray. Is this a 240srv? I can't remember which model you bought.
salmonkiller01
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Agm are great and the life is more than I expected. I have 2 blue top optima batteries 5 years old swapped out last spring for new lead acid batteries as the new optima’s are priced so high. I recently charged the optima’s that had been sitting for a year.let rest for 2 days and they load tested good.
5 years old and sat for the last year!
Foxsea
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I changed over to AGM's last year. They are certainly superior to lead acid and seem ideal for boats, all things considered.
Totally unexpected
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My yellow tops are that old and have at times done double duty running my Minn Kota 50 lb thrust. Still going strong!
salmonkiller01
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Dropped the boat off for my bracket! Super pumped
Max123
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Lifted my motor (Evinrude 135HO) up to the top hole using the trailer jack method. Was a bit dicey as the bottom holes in the slot were originally drilled about 1/4" too low, so I had to get the top two bolts mounted, then deal with re-drilling the bottoms. The drill bit was half in the old holes, so it was a real chore to keep the drill bit from catching and skipping around, but I managed it pretty cleanly. I was a bit nervous that the 'elongated' holes would leak, but got a nice big M12 stainless dock washer with a clean bead of 4200 and everything sealed up really nicely (without resorting to just gooping up the entire area). Not a drop in the pod when we tested it the next day for our final run of the season.
Anyway, finally got it mounted at the right height so that the anti-cav plate skims the surface. Previously, I had to run it fully trimmed down or it would start to porpoise almost immediately. That's gone and it fees much lighter/faster, with lots of range to adjust the trim range and tons of grip. I still got a bit of porpoising at certain speeds/trim settings, but way better and i think that was mainly because the weather was cold and both my wife and son were sitting in the back behind the console to get out of the wind (might experiment with some weights in the bow seat). Now that the outboard is mounted correctly, next year I'll start playing with different props as I'm only running a 15x15" pitch and its still got legs at the top end, and I'd like to lower the RPMs a bit when cruising.
When I got the boat this past spring the engine was mounted on the 2nd hole and it just felt like I was dragging the lower unit through the water. I raised it to the 3rd hole back in July but still wasn't happy with it. Thankfully it runs nice now, because I'm out of holes and the transom wouldn't let me go any higher.
(View heading north on the Pitt River)
Anyway, finally got it mounted at the right height so that the anti-cav plate skims the surface. Previously, I had to run it fully trimmed down or it would start to porpoise almost immediately. That's gone and it fees much lighter/faster, with lots of range to adjust the trim range and tons of grip. I still got a bit of porpoising at certain speeds/trim settings, but way better and i think that was mainly because the weather was cold and both my wife and son were sitting in the back behind the console to get out of the wind (might experiment with some weights in the bow seat). Now that the outboard is mounted correctly, next year I'll start playing with different props as I'm only running a 15x15" pitch and its still got legs at the top end, and I'd like to lower the RPMs a bit when cruising.
When I got the boat this past spring the engine was mounted on the 2nd hole and it just felt like I was dragging the lower unit through the water. I raised it to the 3rd hole back in July but still wasn't happy with it. Thankfully it runs nice now, because I'm out of holes and the transom wouldn't let me go any higher.
(View heading north on the Pitt River)
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Aquaholic
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I was just at the Costco tire store in Vancouver booking a rotation, and noticed that they keep the batteries there. And to my surprise, they have a boatload of AGM batteries of different sizes and ratings there. I thought they all had to be ordered online, so this will make the changeover this winter easy.
Bryan Allen
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Had my boat serviced , replaced the impeller and thermostat on the 9.9 as it was running hot... all good now. Fuel topped up and added stabilizer. She is going to sleep until late February when my prawn supply will have run out.
Clint r
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Ahh progress. After a lot of grinding to fit we went with tabs to bolt the Alaskan bulk head into position. Worked out pretty good. I ordered up the wrong one but a proper gasket to seal the edges is on its way and will finish it off nicely. Door parts went home with my welder guy and will be ready in a couple weeks. Will post up better pics of the completed project when I get them back. It came together just in time winter fishing season is nearly here. 
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Aquaholic
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baby steps
brutus
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Hey I won’t even look at mine when I go to my shop, starting to think a bayliner with an inboard is not so bad after all
starting to think a bayliner with an inboard is not so bad after all
Fisher_dude
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Blew a power steering line somehow. Only thing I can think of is it rubbed on a cut off zap-strap. My gunnel is currently full of kitty litter soaking it all up out of my carpet. Quick fix with a 3/8s barb to barb fitting and some hose clamps.
pescador
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Did it happen on the water or did it happen when it was Parked? I often thing about “what if” that happened in open seas. How the hell would you limp home
Bifmalibu
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Got to turn the engine by hand, I think.
