165Striper

When I go to the pub, I get a pint of Old Speckled Hen. When I go to the sports bar, Bare Knuckle Stout or Bass. At home, Landshark, Amber Bock, American Ale, or the occasional Bud Select or what ever grabs my attention at the grocery store. When life is good and I can get it, Shiner Bock Unfortunately, my local source just went out of business. Right now, I have a Newcastle in my hand

We were able to get ins through the agent out in the Farms (we live in the Farms) and were able to get a good rate. I think they are an Allstate agent, but were able to write a policy with a company called Royal Palm. The big advantage for us was being able to have the wind mitigation inspection and our neighbor certified his pond as a secondary water source which is almost the equivalent of having a fire hydrant within 1000 ft. If you live in town, you may have other options. We don't have many options out here in the Farms. PM me if you want more details.

User name, well, it was late one night when I needed to post on a boating website and all I could think of was the model of our boat. I'm not always very origional. We call our little yacht "Mudbug" because a) I'm of Cajun decent, it is small, c) it always seems to find the bottom when we are fishing the flats, and d) my wife said we couldn't call it the "SS Minow". I really thought that the Minnow would be a great name since I'm an Amateur Radio operator and we never seem to have time to watch TV, but I'll leave the research to those who are truly curious as to why that would be a fitting name. I still haven't gotten the name put on the boat, though.

I don't want to sound like I know more than I do. I am definitely not and expert. This 70 is the first and only outboard I've ever had to lay healing hands on. I know that your 150 is a different beast, but I would still check out the stator and do some other creative trouble shooting before replacing more parts. If you don't have a service manual, you are definitely going to need one to trouble shoot this yourself. Having a mechanic that understands the inner workings of the powerpack and quirks of your motor and is willing to answer questions would be a great help. Just don't try to "fix" more than one thing at a time and you will eventually find the problem. Get a spark gap tester and check your spark both before and after you have the problem if you can. A manual will tell you how to set your tester and any special considerations for your motor. I assume that you looked over all of your wiring under the cowl and checked for abrasions, corrosion, and cracked insulation. Something else you could check would be the fuel system. Run the motor like you normally would that causes it to die. Immediately go to the primer bulb and check it. Is it partially deflated? Does the bulb pump up like normal or does it take a lot of extra squeezes to bring the pressure back up. You could be fuel starved from a partially clogged fuel line, weak fuel pump, or an air leak. You can test with a portable fuel tank to decide which side of the quick connect fuel connector the problem is on. Another place I was able to get a good bit of help from was a forum called iBoats. I did alot of reading there, but I'm afraid that my problem stumped those folks. Of course it also stumped me and my local Johnson guru as well so I don't count it against them. I was able to find plenty of things to check for ruling out problems. Just remember, you need 3 things to make an engine run: fuel, air, and spark. Now you just have to figure out which you are loosing and why.

That's ok, I've been running this setup for quite a while and I think that I've figured out most of the problems. This one doesn't seem to cause any issues and it is probably related so some other weird but unrelated problem on my side. I just thought I'd add my issue to the pile in case someone else had a similar issue. Wait just a second.....did you just say "work"? You are in T&C, aren't you and Gringo supposed to be on a beach with an umbrella covered drink or something?

I don't show up as logged in when I am on the main forums page, but as soon as I go into a forum the site shows me logged in. I'm gonna try what La Gringa suggested and hopefully that will clear things up. Other than that, the site works GREAT! EDIT: No, that didn't fix it for me but I still show up logged in on the sub-forums. I guess I'll have to do something more drastic if it bothers me too much. BTW, I'm using Firefox 2.0 on an old iMac running OS 10.2.8 but the hamster that turns the wheel to keep it going is getting tired.

Does it shut down while you are running or after you back off the throttle? On my slightly older '70 Johnson, I have 2 sets of coils (stator, I think it is called) under the flywheel. When the motor is cold, it uses one set so the timing is advanced for easier cold starts and when it warms up it uses the other set. Your 150 will be different, but that might be worth a check. I had a similar problem a year or 2 ago. Sometimes the boat would start and sometimes not. Unfortunately, my case was the motor ran until I shut it off but would sometimes not restart. Turned out to be a problem with the Quickstart portion of the powerpack (I think). I was able to disconnect the yellow/red wire from the thermostat connection coming from the powerpack to fix my problem. That is a 12v line that goes into my powerpack that tells the pack to check the temp at the thermostat. I was able to diagnose it finally by removing the key start leads from the solenoid and pull starting the motor or using an aux. start switch. It took me a year to diagnose the problem because it was intermittent and weird. This fix makes cold starts down here in S FL difficult, a cold weather start would be nearly impossible. Good luck. Perfectly good motors that run when they want to are maddening.

I guess I'm the weirdo.... www.tractorbynet.com/forums/ Well, that's not weird....it's well rounded. I don't post there much, but it is just as good a place to learn things (tractor related) as the old site was and this site should be. You can especially learn how to spend alot of money just like here I hit FS regularly and a couple of pop-up camper forums when I have a question, but boating is my usual nightly stop before bed. If you don't limit it to forums, I do hit woot.com every morning to see what item is being sold that day.

No sweat, No JOB. My oldest daughter wouldn't be caught dead in a pink jeep or a Barbie one. My youngest wouldn't let me borrow her jeep, even if it was to launch the boat! But she might try to launch it herself Ariera90, I've had mine out in 4-6s so I know I can take you. It really isn't bad if you can stay on top of the waves Great.....now it looks like I've hijacked the hijack thread BTW, I still want that International

I would like my number of times out on the boat to at least equal the number of times I wash the boat. For the last year, I have had about a 3-1 ratio of washing to using and it stays dirty most of the time. As far as fishing goals, I wouldn't mind catching something. Alot of shrimp have died needlessly in my attempts to catch something.

No, I think I need the International Come on guys, lets keep this thread on topic....which in this case is off topic...... Back off topic for a second (or actually on topic, depending on how you look at it). I have got to be the biggest fan of this odd little boat. The ride is incredible for a little boat and only tends to pound when you hit a sportfishers wake in the no wake zone..... now leading off topic in two different directions!

Now that is what I call a tow vehicle!

So, I bought a new truck to pull my boat but I'm afraid I bought the wrong one. What should I use to pull a 16' Aquasport? Looks good so far, Wiley