Peter Nelson

South West Rocks is definitely good around that time of year. Be carefull going over the bar as it can get a bit wild.

Thanks mate i'll give it a try, i've got the same can at home from when we did our dining table chairs

Hi Just wondering if anyone uses some sort of fabric protection on their bimini fabric. I bought a second hand boat 6 months ago and its starting to look a bit aged. Not sure if there is a spray anyone could recommend which may prolong its life. Cheers

Nice feed fellas, I was meant to be up that way today but got roped into Christmas shopping, anyway got tomorrow off so I'll be up there bright and early fishing the reefs on the way to broughton

Thanks mate. i'll drop in next time I go down that way and get a quote.

Hi All Just wondering if anyone could recommend a suitable repair for rusted out cross member that supports the rollers. There are 2 and one has been plated over before. It seems to be where the rhs was bent. Im considered cutting out and plating again but would probably prefer replacing the whole piece. I'm in the Newcastle/Maitland area and am looking for someone that could repair or at least make the part and I'll weld it in. Any advise would be appreciated. Cheers

Yeah we got some good rain and hail the size of marbles at maitland

Cheers for the info. I'm away at work so wont be able to check the plate. The tyre is rated for 730kg so hopefully its ok.

I bought a 13 inch multi fit rim and tyre from ebay. Cheap and delivered quick. Looks to be decent enough quality.

Thanks mate, havnt really chased them on plastics so any help is appreciated

nice fish mate.What plastics are you using? Cheers

Vinegar is good stuff for cleaning. Haven't tried it on my outboard but might now.

Good news no more power loss(hopefully). Cleaned and flushed fuel filter and found a fair bit of crap in there. Didn't strip carbies off and clean bowls as i found some sort of electrical connection that didn't what to budge so i didn't want to force it.However i did remove the drain screws on the bowls(except the bottom one as i couldn't access it) and pumped fuel out of them to hopefully flush them. I have gone for 2 decent length trips and no problems so hopefully the gremlin has disappeared. Thanks again for all the replies and help.

I've got a yamaha 70hp 2 stroke and when i was flushing the motor the other day the temp alarm went off and i noticed the tell tail had stopped. Pulled apart and found the impeller shot. Not sure what happened but i think i might go away from ears and flush from a barrel or large container. The impeller is easy to change as well.

I think i'll get one. I have got one that looks like the type used on your car, no bit on the bottom. Cheers

It's oil injected and when compared to a mercury I used to own it uses a lot less, previous owner said he had the oil sender recently replaced

The motor is a 2006. When it lost power and when I throttle up again it was smooth, no coughing and shacking. Yeah i hope mine doesn't end up like that, were you getting temp alarms? Cheers

Hi Jeff I didn't check the bulb I was out by myself and only had getting beck the ramp on my mind. Ill definitely change the filter and fuel line. 3/4 of the tank was a few months old and topped up the rest that morning. I've had the boat for about 4 months and was serviced before I got it, definitely new filter and plugs and fresh grease,didn't get the receipt but the previous owner said the impeller was done(hope it was).Not sure about thermostat, is that something that gets done on a service?

Cheers Rick ill give that a go.Did you need new gaskets or seals?

Hi All I have a 2 stroke Yamaha outboard 70hp and when coming in from a mornings fishing it decided to loss power and basically cruise at low speed. I took it up to about 3900rpm and all of a sudden it dropped down again. I took off again after a few minutes and it seemed to run ok for a minute or so, which i was right next to the boat ramp so i decided to take it back in as the tide was running out pretty hard. A few questions: 1.It's possibly a fuel problem, I noticed where the fuel line clips onto the motor the seal is fairly perished, could this be sucking air? 2. If it was overheating do they have an audible alarm and can i test it some how? 3.How much oil should it be using? I havn't had a boat for a while and I recall my old boats mercury 75hp using more oil. Any help or opinons would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

All the years i've been fishing and I have never used chicken for bait, must work ok? What do you use thighs?