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HOUSE's 14' Crestliner V-haul MOD (photos added)
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<blockquote data-quote="HOUSE" data-source="post: 285834" data-attributes="member: 4466"><p>10/5/2012: I took the Minnowtaur out on my favorite lake on Friday and she held up great! I had an initial hiccup with the trailer, but it was "user-error" on my part. I forgot to rotate the front wheel up on the trailer and started to drive down the street and it was grinding pretty hard on the concrete. We pulled over and my friend hit me on the back of the head after he noticed what I had done. It melted a bit of the plastic wheel, but after that we got to the lake just fine. </p><p></p><p>Also, the motor had given me trouble on the last trip and didn't seem to be getting enough gas, but I think it is because air is getting into the line and then we were priming it too many times and flooding the engine. What's odd is that the fuel line bulb always seems to have air bubbles in it. I think the connection to the motor might be leaking air and the motor just isn't getting enough gas. I bought a new fuel tank and hose last year, as well as a new connector for the hose to the tank, but I did not replace the connector from the fuel line to the motor and I think that is the problem. It's kind of loose. We just squeezed the fuel bulb a few times until the air was gone and it seemed to work. After we figured out how it "wanted" to be primed, it usually started up on the first or second pull. </p><p></p><p><strong>Question: Once you pump a fuel line bulb so the air is gone, do your bulbs stay air-tight and "squeezed" in even after you kill the engine? </strong></p><p></p><p>Here's a picture of my buddy holding a big buffalo we caught trolling an umbrella rig. Check out the bottom right of the photo and you'll see how close my rod was to going overboard!</p><p><img src="https://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x123/WAREHOUSE77/Fishing/PA051805.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HOUSE, post: 285834, member: 4466"] 10/5/2012: I took the Minnowtaur out on my favorite lake on Friday and she held up great! I had an initial hiccup with the trailer, but it was "user-error" on my part. I forgot to rotate the front wheel up on the trailer and started to drive down the street and it was grinding pretty hard on the concrete. We pulled over and my friend hit me on the back of the head after he noticed what I had done. It melted a bit of the plastic wheel, but after that we got to the lake just fine. Also, the motor had given me trouble on the last trip and didn't seem to be getting enough gas, but I think it is because air is getting into the line and then we were priming it too many times and flooding the engine. What's odd is that the fuel line bulb always seems to have air bubbles in it. I think the connection to the motor might be leaking air and the motor just isn't getting enough gas. I bought a new fuel tank and hose last year, as well as a new connector for the hose to the tank, but I did not replace the connector from the fuel line to the motor and I think that is the problem. It's kind of loose. We just squeezed the fuel bulb a few times until the air was gone and it seemed to work. After we figured out how it "wanted" to be primed, it usually started up on the first or second pull. [b]Question: Once you pump a fuel line bulb so the air is gone, do your bulbs stay air-tight and "squeezed" in even after you kill the engine? [/b] Here's a picture of my buddy holding a big buffalo we caught trolling an umbrella rig. Check out the bottom right of the photo and you'll see how close my rod was to going overboard! [img]https://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x123/WAREHOUSE77/Fishing/PA051805.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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