Fisherman

That is a keeper video, probably works well for any wild fowl too.

Look at the working area, might as well do it in a sand dune, hands are nice and clean too eh? I wouldn't let him do bearings on my neighbours lawnmower muffler.

#1, wear a pair of latex or similar gloves, hand sweat contains salt and that's real good for bearings right from the get go. #2, use the right kind of grease, I use the Amsoil brand of low wash out grease, similar what's used on snowmobile bearings. #3, make sure your work surface is clean, eatable clean, no point is setting new clean bearings on a dirty gritty surface. #4, with a plop of grease in the palm of one hand introduce grease into the inner and outer halves of the bearing by sort of sweeping the bearing into the palm full of grease. #5, place the rear bearing into the race and add the rear seal. Then do the front bearing, place the hub on the axle and add the bearing, (thrust washer if needed) castle nut and proceed to tighten the nut to mfgrs specs. Insert a new proper sized cotter pin and secure. Add a wee bit of grease around the dust cap and replace it squarely. Done.

Home Hardware stainless eh? Take a small magnet with you, if it holds the magnet, it cheap chinese low grade stainless that rusts after a couple years. Or just look on the package where it's made. As for the wood, I would only give it a couple of coats of a good quality sealer/antimold like Thompsons. Otherwise if it's not sealed 100%, it will rot from the inside out. It needs to breath.

If they had been really smart they would have married Cummins and then wouldn't have had to pay out the extra for Isuzu, but noooo, they had to be stoopid and after that last fiasco I had, I'd rent a non GM taxi with a hitch to pull my boat before I bought another(any) GM product.

Proof of ownership of some sort is required, bill of sale from the last owner or from a dealer. Go read the regulations and then you can't say " someone told me" or "I heard" go read. Does the licence prove the ownership of my pleasure craft? A licence does not prove that you own your pleasure craft. You must carry separate ownership documents with you.

I wouldn't bother going this weekend, the weather definitely doesn't look inviting.

If I understand this correctly, you're saying that the rear seal is shaped somewhat like an icecream cone. The rubber seal protrudes beyond the edge of the metal lip to ride on the 1.5" portion of the axle? I looked up P/A, they do have a 1.5" seal.

I don't really think I'd want to try that method of destruction. I've got a thermostat in mine and it simply bypasses that part of the loop but it still squirts water at a strong steady stream. Once the tstat opens, it just re routes the water into all the cooling passages.

Enjoying the benefits already eh? There's days I wish I still had my old Rabbit diesel, easy 60mpg.

400, that's not that bad, I didn't have 100km on my last truck when it started its routine of constantly breaking down, the marvellous GM 6.5 state of art electronic fuelled diesel. Right from day one to the bitter end, and if GM was the last western block truck maker, I'd by a Mahindra from India. If it wasn't for Isuzu, GM still wouldn't have a reasonable diesel.

I just guessing but I would think you would increase/decrease by 100rpm, i.e. larger diameter would decrease the rpm.

Amen Art

Here's the rule of thumb, bear in mind keeping the same diameter: If you're changing pitch on a recreational boat, remember that each inch of pitch is worth about 200 rpm.Lowering the pitch will increase rpm and vice versa. For example, going from a 23 pitch to a 21 pitch will increase engine rpm by about 400 revolutions.

Well they did take advantage of it, and it would appear that neither took the time to read the regs concerning party fishing. You see it pays to read and heed rather than hope and be a _______. You fill in the blank.

WALLEYE WALLEYE WALLEYE NA NA AND AN EXTRA NA NA TO YOU TOO.

Oh ya, the trailer sits on small jackstands all winter in the garage, tires off the cement, I give them a spin every now and then.

Just about that time of year, everybody is getting itchy to get the boat in the water. Time for a little pre launch check. I took the old battery to Wally world yesterday morning, load check please I said to the mechanic. He plugged it in to the meter and the printout says, 434/500Amps, not bad for an 8 year old battery,(dated D-3), 87% and that's at about 4C so it would come up a bit when it's warmer. Check engine oil, lower unit oil full, new fuel filter. Front and rear lights on the boat work, check safety kit, make sure it's all there. Drain plug in the hole. Paperwork, licence and ownership in the waterproof box. 2 new tires for the trailer, the others were almost 7 years old and showing signs of cracking. Bearings okay. Go around the trailer with a couple of wrenches and make sure all the nuts and bolts are tight. Check trailer lights, nothing worse than following some nimrod in the dark that has little or no lighting. And the worst part, having to fill the tank $$$.

Another sad day, may the good memories last forever.

Bah, your GPS is probably obsolete anyway

Have you had a pressure test done? Cold be as simple as one of the 3 gasket sets gone south, 1. in front of the prop, 2. impellor gasket, 3. Shift rod seal. If any of those three leak, then you may as well ram some toothpicks in the upper screw hole.

By chance did you get the owner manual with it? If so, do yourself a little favour and give it a quick once over, especially if it has a "maintenance" section for fluids, namely engine oil. They are a slightly different creature and you don't want the local wrencher to dump something in there that shouldn't be. As for the gas...No, no, no, you use fuel now. Don't make that mistake. In about 33 years of driving different diesels, I've never had a case of wet diesel in Canada, although I've heard south of the border is different. Keep a spare fuel filter in the Jeep, at home it doesn't do ya any good.

A little bit from minnow bucket spillage or rain but that's about it for me. If it's from the overnight dew, it usually drys up by the afternoon.

I was up at Fishermans Cove launch (South side of Perch HQ) and the bay was just starting to open on the bullrush side (west). One of the other chaps said last night it has opened up a bunch more and shouldn't be long, the dock will be put in. Had a pretty good dump of warm rain this morning, that and more coming should help out.

This has to be an annual(more like monthly) problem. If there's no proper ground, then shinola don't work. Every trailer I have, had or will ever own, has a dedicated white ground wire from the trailer plug to each light fixture. Problem avoided.