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    Member in need of help

    Hello all SaltChuck Matt most commonly found here in the Jonny Rude forum has been unable to sgin in again after the site was down last week. He can read the forums but is not able to respond. Can the MOD’S or anyone else offer him any assistance? Thx
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    1925 Remington model 12 refurb

    I need some help making a decision I’m going to clean up my grandfather’s Remington model 12 from 1925. It’s still in working order but has some surface rust and needs a serious cleaning. I’m not a gunsmith but I’m confident I can break it down clean every last part and get it back together...
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    A need to vent moment

    So I was making a new pair of blacksmith tongs this morning and in the middle of the project a buddy stops by and wants to show me a video of a shark he caught. I said I’m kinda of busy at the moment give me 20 minutes or so. Then he pulls it up and is trying to get me to watch it while I’m...
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    Carvana

    Hi all Does anyone have an experience working with Carvana good, bad or ugly? My daughter is in a jam and needs a new car but she’s in school in Indiana and I live in Massachusetts. I hear they will ship it to her and I can still register it in Mass but I don’t know any one that has bought from...
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    Climate change and fishing

    Here in the North East it seems that a warm water fish is caught around here. This year it was small Tiger Shark and a Red Fish. I miss catching the Reds bring it on. last summer the was a Tarpon caught and this is all happening from the shore. I hear of other fish but they are caught out in...
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    20volt drill

    Well my DeWalt 20 volt drill went for a swim this morning in salt water. I soaked it in a bucket of WD-40 and blew it out with the air gun. It’s still going but any bets on how long before it gives up?
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    Booze and boat don’t always mix well.

    This guy told the cops just before he was arrested that he had made a navigation error and didn’t see the beach. 😂
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    Thank you

    Thank you to all who have served and are serving and to those who have lost family and friends doing so. You are not and will never be forgotten. Tim
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    Question for you all

    Sometimes my finger do things on the key pad that I don’t want them to and somehow I end up ignoring a member. I have no clue how it happens an it drives me nuts. Does anyone know how to reverse this feature? Thanks
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    How do you feel when you use other people’s stuff and things go wrong.

    Years ago a friend begged me to use his boat as he didn’t want it just just sit unused. I agreed and of course on the first trip the lower unit blew up. I felt terrible but he insisted that it was okay and things happen. He had the lower replaced and again asked me to use the boat. I said no...
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    Stay safe

    I hope all of you in Nova Scotia and the surrounding areas are safe from the wild fires and all turns out okay for you all. All the Best
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    Just wanted to say

    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all
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    Spark plug question

    Good day all I have picked up a 1985 30hp Johnson J30elcoa and it’s a 100/1 mix I’m not crazy about running that so I’m going with 50-1 but the plugs are fouling and it just doesn’t run as smooth with this mix. Does anyone have a suggestion on using a hotter plug? thanks for your help Tim
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    Carb trouble

    Hi all it’s been awhile but I’m back on a new project. I have an 87 J25rcur that’s running rich. I have had the carb apart several times now and there is no passage that has not been cleared. The only thing I have left to try is to try and get the nylon seat for the slow speed Neddle out...
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    85 Johnson 25 hp

    Hi all its been sometime now for me and I'm in need of a little help I just finished rebuilding an 85 j25rcur from the ground up. It went for a swim 10 years ago and now it lives to see another day. So after the rebuild it was time to see if she would start! She did! It fired up on the 2ng...
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    Torque specs for 25 hp Johnson

    Hi I'm looking for the torque specs for the J25RCUR it's an 87 25hp Johnson. Im rebuilding the power head and don't have the manual. Can anyone help me out with this. Thanks Tim
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    2002 Johnson 40hp stalls when fogging top cyclinder only

    Sadly I had to winterize the boat today and when doing so I found that when I fogged the top carb the engine stalled and when I did the bottom carb the rpm's increased. This has never happened to me in the past. In past years the rpm's would drop on both top and bottom but never stall in one and...
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    What year?

    I looking for the year of a Mercury 50hp. # 6450872 4cyl. Thanks
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    Controls for a tiller motor

    Hi all. I have a 2002 jhonson 40hp J40RLSNF It's a tiller motor with the shifter on the front no electric start. I would like to change it over to a remote motor. I see that I can get the steering kit so that's no trouble but my question is does anyone know if the control cables will hook up to...
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