My NWJ 218 lightning has a flaw. when fighting a fish, you are leaning at a pretty good angle when leaning against the gunnel with your toes up against the side of the boat. several times last year, the fisherman fighting the fish had their feet slide out from under them. it is even worse trying...
narrowed the throttle tension down to the 2 springs you see in the pic
any idea on how to lessen the spring tension on these? cables are smooth as are the plastic levers hook to them. these 2 springs are causing my throttle to be extremely tight at the control box. sorry for the big pic.
lingcod
as the title says, the throttle is sticky on this motor. disconnected the cables and everything is smooth. hand operate the throttle and there is a little bit of resistance but once the cables are hooked back up the throttle controls are extremely hard to move. what gives? there is quite a bit...
My Northwest Jet with a 150 propped yamaha does 2.8 mph at an idle with trim tabs down. 3.06 mph with tabs up. how do you get a boat to slow down as docking this thing is a pain at 3 mph. boat is a 21' aluminium forward helm type of boat. prop is a 17 pitch x 14 diameter.RPM's are right at...
2005 merc 8hp 4stroke. I have a 20"long shaft and the new boat requires a 25". all extension kits I have found are for 9.9hp and up. I only have maybe 10 hours on this motor so I do not want to trade it in if I don't have to. any ideas? kicker bracket is a welded aluminium bracket so mounting a...
I have been searching and the one thing that I cannot find is, what trim position do you have the motor in to determine cav plate to keel distance. do you trim it all the way in? if so, do you measure the height based on the aft portion of the cav plate? Do you level the motor so the cav plate...
boat is a 2009 northwest jet 218 lightning. 2008 yamaha 150 with a 14 1/4 x 17 stainless prop. turn 5000 rpms at WOT. 35 mph GPS verified. problem I am having is that I cannot get the bow out of the water. boat entry at cruise and WOT os right under captains seat. I would like the entry area to...
I bought a new boat and am installing a uniflex actuator with a seastar helm. after bleeding the system 4 times, I am still having one issue that concerns me. if I turn the steering wheel to lock on either side, I can apply pressure in the lock direction and the wheel slowly keeps turning. it is...
a couple of years ago I did a resto on my 81 trophy hardtop. new stringers,transom,gussets everything. well I had a mishap and lost the pin on the hitch 2 summers ago. boat left the trailer at 65mph and ground the keel down pretty good. after 2 attempts at fixing it the boat still wont drive...
Spent the week in the San Juan Islands and while running around the gps flashed "position lost" and has not been able to lock onto a sattelite since. The unit is the Lowrance Globalmap 5200c with the external antenae. I need to figure it out so I can use it in a couple of weeks. do you think it...
I want to start another resto project. the last time I burned through 4 angle grinders as fiberglass dust killed them. any suggestions on what tools to use?
kenzmad
dads boat is a 19 1/2' glassply built in 1976. it is a cuddy cabin. he has no idea what size his fuel tank is. he has been told anywhere from 19-29 gallons.has not had the pleasure of draining it dry and filling it up again. any Ideas as to what size the tank is?
lingcod
trying to give something away for free. posted here last night and apparently the post was deleted. where do I go for a free boat part. classifieds on top of page appear to be for selling boats. this is not a boat but is a boat part. If this post gets deleted, please pm me with an explanation as...
I am building a new motor well for my trophy. when I had the new motor hung we built an aluminium transom plate built to accomodate the 25" shaft motor.. will glass stick to the aluminium if I choose to glass to it or do I have to glass to glass. If I use the aluminium, I can gain a foot of deck...
had an unfotunate incident where the boat and trailer came unhooked from the truck. boat then came unhooked from the trailer and went sliding down the freeway at 65mph. thankfully, no major damage and just some glass left on the road. question is, the keel used to be a "U" shape and is now...
