My motor did not have a telltale at all on the upper part of the motor. It was checked at the exhaust on the back lower part of the shaft housing that you could not see while operating the boat. The modification made it possible to see it while operating the boat. That way if the intake gets...
That was the way my Evinrude 9.9 worked when I got it. There is a modification you can do to get a telltale stream from it. I did it to mine and it worked perfectly. I have included one link to a video on how to do it.
Nice little boat. When I was growing up we had a Sears Elgin boat just like that with a 7.5 Elgin motor on it. It was a pretty stable boat for its size.
I do not know about fish finders spooking fish, but in my experience, my boat spooked fish. I have a canoe and had a boat at one time. Out in my canoe I would see fish swimming around pretty close to the canoe which they would not do when I was in my boat even when anchored.
Truck mechanic here. I have a grease gun for each type of grease. I build a five gallon bucket to hold my guns in to keep the leaking guns from making too big of a mess. I have pieces of 3" PVC pipe screwed to the inside of the bucket to keep them separated. I have a 3" PVC cap on the bottom of...
A little incident happened to me about 20 years ago. I was at my sister's house who lives on a lake and a bass fisherman came up and tried to convince me there was no one allowed to fish from shore or a dock when there was a bass tournament going on. He was cursing me out for me fishing from her...
Reminds me of my stint as a yacht mechanic. You would go into their boat/home and go down into a hole in the floor in their kitchen or living room to get to the engine room.
Here is a link to one for sale on amazon.
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