brendon19

At the moment any where in the lake has been good for me. But you cant go past the drop over at swansea near the sand islands

I brought my current used motor from up near the qld boarder from a marine dealer they where more than happy for me to organize my own courier and they packed it up safe on a pallet for me at no charge. I would defiantly ask to see a video of it running and service history as well I payed them by bank transfer did not have a problem

Just googled it and it seems to be the big news mercury have on thier website there going to release in miami .

Is the garmin echomap 70s touch combo a good fishfinder/gps? There on sale at the moment for $849 RRP is $1200 from a well know boating and camping store And i am in the market for a decent combo unit for the new boat not really looking to spend any more than $850 even this is streching the budget.

Thanks huey exactly the answer i was hoping for.

need a bit of advice i have choosen hydrualic steering over cable steering for a new boat i am building and the motor is a 30hp black motor and when i tilt the motor up the steering cylinder hits the screw clamps and stops the motor from reaching full tilt my motor does not have the clamps it is bolted on so can i cut them off where i have marked in the photo i have added??? The manual that came with the steering says to cut them off if it was a bigger motor where there is only stubs there

Thats gold. Made my day

Great report Barnzey and nice BFT nice size

No not the sand island been camping there for 4 years in a row now.pulbar they stopped you camping there I think because of in damaged birds or something similair not shore

I was camping at the sand islands for a week and the amount of boaters that where going the wrong way in the channel and not sticking to the speed limits and no wash areas was ridiculous.

Tell me about it I was camping at the sand islands at pelican for a week and when going down the channel to swansea shops boats where all over the place did not have a clue how to use the markers. even anchoring dead smach in the middle of the channel at night some without lights. Was even a couple boats towing tubes in the channel too

It is all fixed now it was jumping out of gear so i replaced the gear box

Yeah it runs pretty quick

Do you mean how far up the outlet ? I just fish at the opening to the lake sometimes go up about 20 to 30 metres

I have fished earing outlet a far bit and get some good fish out of there. Have caught some good bream at the outlet in the 30cm range

Only thought to check because i already checked everything else and when someone on another site and a local mechanic said it could be the clutch dog in the gear box. I Stripped the gear box down and the clutch dog edges were rounded and same on the gears.The replacement engine came with a spare gear box and it had the same problem but the clutch dog was round over alot more than mine where so that made me feel good knowing that it was the cause of the skip all along.

Thanks for all the tips and ides to what it could be . It turned out to be the gear box bought a blown up 35hp from sydney and replaced the gear box and all fixed

Thanks mate will let you know how it goes

Also just bought a fuel pump rebuild kit and new power pack that was 100% cheaper than local so will see on thursday if that fixes it or not

Yes i really cleaned the carby good a full tin of carby cleaner and reset the carby float and checked the main jets. Yes i also checked the wires coming from the flywheel they all seem good. also checked the harness that goes to the key i even disconnected it and still the same so i have ruled a couple of things out When i got the boat i had to completly rewire the harness under the hood and had the wiring diagram so i know thats all right Im located at toronto nsw

Thanks for the reply testlab. i have checked the fuel system and carb was pulled down and cleaned.

Thanks flickn Mad After replacing the fuel tank and fitting i have ruled out fuel and know thinking it is elecrical the only electronics that are under the hood are the coils have replaced them still the same problem. The power pack and stator Yes the coils are connected the the right cylinder and the timing is fine dont think it is the coils as it will start and run fine at idle even after sitting a week and with no choke it is just when you go over quarter throttle it starts missing. dont wont to go out and buy a new power pack as they are expensive and if it does not fix the problem im out of pocket $220 for something i did not need

so i took it out today and still the same problem new tank and fitting did not change a thing.

I hope that is all it is to.i checked all the fuel lines but did not notice the tank fitting leaking a bit. will see friday if its fixxed or not fingers crossed.

Ok so took it to the mechanic today they checked the compression it was at 145psi each cylinder. They then put a test prop on and put it in the test tank it was missing like i told them they then said it was a air leak at the fuel tank sucking air changed the tank and it seemed to go away. Will take it for a spin on friday to see if it fixed fingers crossed. The marine mechanic i took it too i would very recomnend them