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thanks for the suggestions we will look into them.

Gday Raiders, Hiles and me recently purchased a lake troller downrigger for our 12ft tinny. We gave it a whirl on the w/e and came to the conclusion that it was pretty impossible to use successfully with our motor (1978 evinrude 2 stroke 25hp) because she doesn't run slow enough without conking out! Wondering if you think it would be worth keeping the downrigger and drifting/slowly rowing through moorings throughout the harbour? Or should we wait till we get a better motor?? Thanks Sam

Hey folks, Just thought I'd pick your brains again for some advice. Our outboard started quite nicely on Saturday thanks to some sound advice from all of you. In Neutral she sounded clean and strong however when we put it in forward we couldnt go much faster than about 5-6 knots for the beginning of the day, until about midday when we started her up again and on full throttle it started to go hard then slow down again then go hard for awhile. What the heck is going on? Any suggestions are more than welcome :D Cheers Sam

interesting mixed bag of responses, appreciated!

fair call, thanks mate

Hey raiders, Quick question, would you guys eat fish out of Greenwich waters and those surrounding? Kingfish specifically Cheers Sam

Cheers Huey thanks for the tip!

Good work mate, top kingy. Must've been exciting on light tackle!

Fantastic effort mate!!! Well done

Interesting you mention the thing that stops it starting in gear, I've started the motor in gear once or twice by accident. Ours is a manual start too btw not electric i dont know what the picture is but i just got the picture off the net.

Yep don't worry guys its just another 2 stroke evinrude picture i found from the net, I was being a bit lazy, couldn't be bothered actually going out and taking a picture lol. Ours aren't like that!

lol! well there you go, thanks pal

Hey guys, changed the spark plugs this morning with fresh ones. And it started first pull!!!!! HAPPY DAYS! One more query though the part marked in the picture was not attatched when i opened the hood on the weekend so i plugged them together thinking this was the problem lol. What is this and does it need to be plugged in or not? Appreciate everyones' thanks so much! Sam

Cheers mate, really appreciate the reply. Will let you know!

Awesome king mate, we would have done the same thing yesterday had it not been for our dodgey motor!! Looks like a kingy summer

top stuff mate! Gotta be stoked with a King on a plastic! well done

Gday Raiders, Just thought I'd ask about an issue with our 25hp 1978 Evinrude before taking it to the shop. We have used it flawlessly all winter and before that but went to go start it on Saturday and it wouldn't even start. I know there is charge in the spark plugs because my mate held them (by the rubber) thinking they wouldnt shock him when i pulled but they did and i went to start it up again in the bucket and it backfired. Is there much chance its the fuel, because that fuel hasn't been used in 2 weeks or so. Surely thats not too long to leave fuel, is it? Any other tips or tricks would be handy too Dont know heaps about outboards btw Cheers guys Sam

Stonker bream congrats! seems like a nice session

Nice job on the flatties mate, can you eat the fish from Burrill now after what happened a few months back?

Thanks Andrew, I did a quick google search as the manual didnt say anything about it and there are a few forums where people suggest the port side because of torque reasons. Has anyone mounted theirs on the starboard side?

haha yep thanks mate, it was just blue tak to get everyones opinions on the position of it. Thanks for the concern though

Thanks fellas, top advice! muchly appreciated

thanks for the reply Bisso. Yep the instructions are there but I find the diagram to seem easier on paper than it is in real life. Definitely will take your advice though thanks again!

Hey folks, Just after a quick bit of advice. Just bought a Lowrance Mark5x sounder for the tinnie and thought i would blue tak the transducer on to make sure position is all good before fixing it to the transom. Could anyone please give me a bit of feedback as to whether or not this looks ok? Cheers Sam

where did u find the yakkas mate? A mate and me have been out twice in the past week to fish around middle harbour and cant manage to find any yakkas unless we go really really early