jim33042 Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 18 hours ago, RacerxV6 said: Mounted new prop between rainstorms. Of course I needed to weight for my new prop wrench. Is there an optical anomaly with the last pic? clearance for prop and skeg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamecock2009 Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 Fresh wet sand and new windshield, might throw a little tint on there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RacerxV6 Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 On 9/20/2021 at 12:52 PM, jim33042 said: Is there an optical anomaly with the last pic? clearance for prop and skeg? LOL!!! never noticed but yes....plenty of clearance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RacerxV6 Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 On 9/21/2021 at 9:52 AM, gamecock2009 said: Fresh wet sand and new windshield, might throw a little tint on there. Love you're hull, she looks awesome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamecock2009 Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 17 hours ago, RacerxV6 said: Love you're hull, she looks awesome Thank you, it’s treated me well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HewesYourDaddy Posted September 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 On 9/21/2021 at 9:52 AM, gamecock2009 said: Fresh wet sand and new windshield, might throw a little tint on there. Lookin good. I need to get a new windshield myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shallowminded6 Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Added a new depth finder/transducer. Still working on transducer height(got readings up to 27mph hit or miss). Also going to have to get a splash guard as it throw water all over the engine to the top of the cowling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Been having fun with my trolling motor system. Started to realize there was an issue when the batteries died on me on a short trip but I hadn’t charged the boat the night before and had left the TM plugged in, so I hoped that was the cause. Still my spider senses told me something was up. Charged her up the next day and checked the charger indicator lights inside the console. All went green. Fished the next day and within 2 hrs the motor was dead as a doornail. Something definitely wrong. Dreaded the idea of buying two new troller batteries and again spider senses kicked in saying that wasn’t it. Realized later that I had just replaced them when I had the boat restored 2 yrs ago. Decided to do some poking around and noticed that one of the fuse holders on the charging leads didn’t look right. Sure enough the fuse had completely melted inside the holder. Checked the other three and found plenty of corrosion which explained the heat/resistance. Ordered more fuse holders and cleaned up the ones I could still use. Plenty of dialectric grease in all of them now. Charged up the batts today and they seemed to take the amount of time I would expect so hoping I solved the mystery (still not sure why the charger gave me a green light on the batt with the burned up fuse). Poked around more and found that the wire coming out of the breaker was melting and had a very bad connection. Fixed that and now thinking I need to go check a few more fuses and connections. The TM system was the only part we didn’t rewire. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RacerxV6 Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 Ordered my new prop with the help of Geeviam's advice. Went with the Michigan Apollo XHS 13x17 3 blade SS. Returned the 4 blade SCD from Propgods as it just did not feel.right. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE OUTLAW Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 Threw a hondo in the tank ! 👎🏻 🇺🇸🏴☠️ 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HewesYourDaddy Posted October 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 13 hours ago, THE OUTLAW said: Threw a hondo in the tank ! 👎🏻 🇺🇸🏴☠️ I love those “I did that” stickers! 😂😂 So true.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HewesYourDaddy Posted October 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 Just now, HewesYourDaddy said: I love those “I did that” stickers! 😂😂 So true.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyB Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 Changing out the steering gearbox on my trolling motor… 1.5 years old awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RacerxV6 Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 3 hours ago, HewesYourDaddy said: I love those “I did that” stickers! 😂😂 So true.... That's what I was laughing at in Outlaws quote, not that he dropped a hondo!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shallowminded6 Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 2 hours ago, HoneyB said: Changing out the steering gearbox on my trolling motor… 1.5 years old awesome! Whats the warranty last on those? Thought was 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyB Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 Yes it’s two years. The sent me the new gearbox for me to install. Simple job had the part in hand in two days 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HewesYourDaddy Posted October 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 Swapped out my Raymarine eS78 for a Raymarine Axiom 9RV. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted October 26, 2021 Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 nice... love the smell of burning fiberglass dc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HewesYourDaddy Posted October 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 3 hours ago, Wanaflatsfish said: nice... love the smell of burning fiberglass dc I was getting nervous grinding that much out of the console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernWake Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 Worst thing I’ve done to my boat in awhile… poled around an HPXS 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 17 hours ago, SouthernWake said: Worst thing I’ve done to my boat in awhile… poled around an HPXS You wanna know something wierd? A buddy of mine bought an older Hell's bay and let me pole it. I thought for sure that doing so would make me question my Mav MA. I was really disappointed at how hard it still was. I am sure it got skinnier, and I'm sure it was easier, but not 30k easier! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernWake Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 58 minutes ago, whichwaysup said: You wanna know something wierd? A buddy of mine bought an older Hell's bay and let me pole it. I thought for sure that doing so would make me question my Mav MA. I was really disappointed at how hard it still was. I am sure it got skinnier, and I'm sure it was easier, but not 30k easier! I so wish that was my case. I pole 100% of the time and need to move to something more technical. This may have just moved my timeline up a good bit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RacerxV6 Posted November 1, 2021 Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 Nothing with the boat, but the boat truck got all new brakes. Brake job consisted of new Master Cylinder, rotors, pads, calipers. Rear got new drums shoes hardware and cylinders. Drained and blew all lines. Rears had not been touched ever and this is a 96. Drums were rusted and lipped so it took 2-3 hours just to get off. But in the end it stops like a brand new truck again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyB Posted November 11, 2021 Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 Let’s see if we can get this thread back on topic as they say. I did a little upgrade to the Redfisher steering. The manual steering was reaching the end of its useful life so I upgraded to a Baystar system. While doing the upgrade I went with the tilt helm. I think I’m gonna like flipping the wheel up out of the way while moving around the boat. The only thing left is buying the nut for the wheel. I figured it was going to take the larger nut but I did not buy it before getting the helm to make sure. Oh and a pic added of my helper holding the fluid while bleeding the system. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted November 12, 2021 Report Share Posted November 12, 2021 8 hours ago, HoneyB said: Let’s see if we can get this thread back on topic as they say. I did a little upgrade to the Redfisher steering. The manual steering was reaching the end of its useful life so I upgraded to a Baystar system. While doing the upgrade I went with the tilt helm. I think I’m gonna like flipping the wheel up out of the way while moving around the boat. The only thing left is buying the nut for the wheel. I figured it was going to take the larger nut but I did not buy it before getting the helm to make sure. Oh and a pic added of my helper holding the fluid while bleeding the system. Looking good! Brilliant set up, btw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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