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Interesting Iron Askeral is a transformer fluid with good insulating properties...wild Chris are you saying if i go and get a spanner, you can easily swap out the ram seals once the caps are opened up? Also, i dont seem to see an obvious fill point for a hydraulic fluid reservoir? anyone care to point out what I am looking at?

Hey guys, so a quick update. I’m not sure what things are “called” but I figured out where the leak is, as there was hydraulic fluid dripping off of this part (this is not my outboard but it’s the same part) im guessing there is a gasket there that has failed? Or could be worse?

I was able to use that valve to get it to move around with help...I’m concerned about allowing air into the system though too. It’s not ideal that the pump is struggling so much I worry that Id burn it up.

Hey guys, this has been a consistent problem with my boat since I’ve got it. my trim has always been a little slow when it’s cold outside, but then today while trying to winterize and having pulled the boat out of the water into the sub zero air, the trim totally fails. anyone have any experience with this? Is there a way to purge air out of the system and add additional hydraulic fluid? Is there an airlock in the system that’s causing the problem? Is the pump itself probably toast, and if so are they easily replaced? help?

wait until next week...shes gonna be looking fairly wintery even down here in the GTA. The low for friday night in Parry Sound is -11

Here is the Information you will need https://www.ontario.ca/document/ontario-fishing-regulations-summary/fisheries-management-zone-16 You will also need a fishing license. the salmon are done, but the steelhead are starting

convert to canadian please lol

Anyone know if crappy can sells stainless cotter pins? Or any other easy (multiple location) places that sell em. I’m winterizing this Thursday and I’ve never taken my prop off my boat. This sounds like a smart idea. stupid question I know but I’m a new boat owner and I’m learning!

looking back im on a bit of a drought for a monster. I personally havent caught one over 40 in a while. Might need to start chasing them a bit more frequently again!

And this is why western canada hates us. What do you think kids in Flin Flon did? When I was of trick or treating age, it was standard procedure, your halloween costume could fit your snowsuit underneath it. I recall Halloween 94 or 95 it was legitimately -20 when we were trick or treating. I felt the same way when i first moved to ontario and they would force us to have recess inside any time Ontario issued an "extreme cold weather alert" because daytime temperatures didnt reach over -10. In flin flon you didnt see warmer than -10 from december to April every year lol.

you Should see the old boys down in alabama Fishing spider rigs for crappie. 40 rods for one dude. those rod limits makes for tougher fishing for lakers in parry sound, but that’s intentional, and I got nothing against that.

I hope ranger holds it up even after their acquisition by white river. im not surprised by this story at all going back to 2011 though. That’s why guys paid the premium to get a ranger.

Man what a head of hair! great catches indeed, tasty morsels as well

thats the problem with most things when it comes to getting opinions about boats is people are very brand loyal. Just like with cars, you wont see to many dodge guys telling you how great an f150 or vice versa. I can honestly say with 100% conviction that having spent my life with quads, skidoos, and boats, two things are consistent. Sometimes you have a bad one, sometimes you have something that just seems to last forever. The only weird one is that every japanese motor myself or my family or very close friends have owned has lasted. We had/have a suzuki quad from 1986 that my uncle who just passed away still had. A very good friend of mine's 85 three wheeler honda still runs (hes had the head redone), my nephews 89 suzuki 4 wheeler runs, my 88 suzuki 15 outboard still runs, and my 1998 yamaha 2 stroke outboard runs. None of them seem to die. Go to Mexico or cuba and check what outboards they are running, they are literally 100% old beat to hell yamahas...that...still run? That was enough to sell me when I was buying an 20 year old outboard with my boat last year. I went with what I knew would probably keep running, and not surprisingly aside from an impeller change, I havent had a single issue.

The one that I know that sank was later than 06 and they couldn’t make a warranty claim...

Consider washing and re-treating your goretex. There’s plenty of YouTube videos etc about it. its worked for me on my arcteryx goretex shell

Starcraft and smoker were the same, not sure about sylvan as I don’t know about them.

I am also going to chime in about the Smokercraft hull failures...My best friend had an 10 year old smokercraft that is "smoked" the rivets blew and she sank. Not to mention the thing felt like you were getting in a car crash with every bit of chop or boat wake you hit. Myself and the close people that I associate with fish out of/have fished out of Smokercraft, starcraft, Lund, Crestliner, Alumacraft, Glasstron, Skeeter, Triton, Basscat (understanding the last 4 are glass boats) Myself/my dad have run Yamaha, suzuki, johnson and mercury outboards. Ill lay it out simply, Hulls - The smokercraft sank. The starcraft is 12 years old, is fine, but kinda rides like crap, the Lund Crestliner and Alumacraft all look great, but the styling/finish of the lund and alumacraft is probably a bit nicer. The alumcrafts have Lund quality at a slightly lower price IMO. The hulls on em make them like tanks, stable, unshakable fishing beasts. Outboards? The Johnson is dead (electrical issues that left us stranded multiple times) the 2012 mercury causes us grief more electrical issues (my best friends mercury's lower end leaks like sieve its 6 years old) my 88 Suzuki on my starcraft runs just fine having never been properly winterized and treated like crap its entire life. We clean the carb occasionally with carb cleaner and run a can of seafoam through it and it runs first pull. My 98 Yamaha 130 is bone stock and runs like the day it was bought and gets tournament driven and takes me out on the lake for over 300 fishing hours a year, the lower end has 0 water in it every fall and the 2 stroke starts easily and runs clean with minimal smoke. the 2016 four stroke yamaha is like a car, it hasnt had a single issue yet Close family friend runs an evinrude G1 and has had electrical issues. Thats plainly put for your consideration. Its my raw experience with no real bias, its just reality. I will also say BUY USED! I bought my 98 skeeter for $9,000, came with a trolling motor and stainless prop and I put about $2000 of work into it, upgrading electronics, trolling motor, rewiring, new seats and the thing is a tournament fishing machine. Its not a hulking beast like a 20 foot bassboat, but has a couple storage compartments, a rod locker, two livewells and goes 55mph. Does pretty much everything you could ask of a boat. I get compliments regularly at the launch about how nice my boat is. Not bad if you ask me for $11,000.

cant say i agree with this one...hes a vancouver guy that also happens to love the bruins. Last year during the playoffs he legitimately wore black and gold during one of the broadcasts.

Stay away from any of the white river marine brands. I like crest liner, Lund and alumacraft but you gotta pay to play. also Yamaha or Honda outboards for the reliability

ugh i just realized this as well, was too busy looking at the rainbow regs. Might need to see if any steel have made a run.

The Fantom overtime penalty shot is just the epitome of what went on last night. marincin literally down on the ice and someone trips over him and he gets a “hooking” call??? 16 power plays against 3 for in the last 9 periods of hockey...explain to me how that’s possible if none of the calls are roughing or fighting calls?

I pmed you

Classic boston get away with murder. They can openly run Freddie and when marincin answers the bell for him and gets in a skuffle? Well of course that’s a coinciding minor penalty. No foul on Boston’s part marchand, here let me run Freddie as well, muzzin tackles him and marchand spears muzzin twice right in the nuts...no call on that one either. Classic

Damn it’s already been removed synopsis?