I finally got a 6HP Mecury outboard for my little boat. Should work great, now i have a few more options, and will for sure be getting into some of my better locations this weekend!
I am hoping to test out my little craft tomorrow if anyone wants to tag along for some cats, and WB
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Would love to but I have this little problem called WORK.
Good luck and hope to see some pictures.
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I have a little 6 hp Johnson on my Coleman Crawdad. Works great when it is just me in there. But my little boat isn't the best for much more, but we still can put around. I am just glad I have it now. Makes fishing a little easier as far as getting to places.
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Yeah i work until 3 tomorrow
I usually use my Minnkota 55lb thrust and it actually pushes my boat around pretty well. My boat doesnt have as much drag as a normal boat so it doesnt need too much hp to get it going at a decent speed.
I may post a video of the maiden voyage when i get out.
Kyle
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So when i took my motor out (it is an older motor that has been sitting a while) Everything was good for about 20 mins then it started to overhead. I noticed the motor was not pulling water through correctly, so i shut it off and paddled my happy self into shore.
Yesterday I took it over to my dads machine shop and changed the lower unti oil, checked all the seals and ran a length of insulated thermostat wire bent into a loop at the top through the water pump lines, and it cleared a little clockage. Also replaced the impeller. (the engine is extremely clean and well taken care fo fir its age) Put the engine in a barrel of water and ran it, runs like a dream, and the water pump is pumping a good steady stream
Trying it out again today
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Nice going on the merc,only thing I hope its a two stroke,here's our 4hp merc,we kept it in the familly,pushing my 10' tin boat. 2 stroke baby all the way,I hit 17.5,my nephew who is 3lb lighter hit 18mph
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Enjoy sincerely, Paulpro
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Quote:(it is an older motor that has been sitting a while)
Yes sounds like you have a 2 stroke,hella fast,merc is the fastest,not as reliable,but hey,you only live once,so I'll take the speed over the reliability any day,looking forward to your vid. 2 strokes!
Paulpro knows boating like Bo Knows baseball [url "http://youtu.be/FHEdsonq6bI"]http://youtu.be/FHEdsonq6bI[/url]
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Yeah its a two stoke, I should be able to get going around 20, my boat is extremely light. I will be adding Sea Foam "cleaner" to the fuel mixture today to clean a little of the carbon buildup out, i may just go with a double dosage for now and then use it regularly for the first part of this season. Overall thoguh its a great motor, has lots of power and looks nice for it's age.
I will for sure be posting video either today or tomorrow Paul. Good to hear your motor is kickin like a champ as well. I may bring along my GPS to get a speed reading.
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Thanks buddy have fun,make sure you can remove the fuel bowl incase in the future you get any water in the gas.I have to sometimes dump it out when mine starts sputtering,but thats more an issue with my 1.75horse.
I guess thats what happens when you don't use seafoam.
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Well everything went real well today heres the video
[url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWxO_OMdp1M"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWxO_OMdp1M[/url]
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Congrats,your on your way to something better.I respect you for having a small boat,I can tell you are a hard core angler,fearless and oldschool for having a 2 stroke.P.J.
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20mph in a bass tracker? You're a brave man [
] I had a similar year merc 7.5 and on a super light 14' v hull tin boat, I could do around 16 by myself. Fishing with a buddy I was usually around 12 on glass. Caught a lot of fish and shot a lot of ducks with that boat
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Hi there I've got a 64 Merc 6 horse. Its been a great motor always starts idles great I use it as a kicker on my tracker. It used to be on a 14 ft aluminun and it pushed it along respecfuly. I get all my parts for it at iboats.com they seem to have most everything, but at this point I havent needed much. Great motor I think youll be happy with it. Good luck
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[quote Kyle_lauchie]I finally got a 6HP Mecury outboard for my little boat. Should work great, now i have a few more options, and will for sure be getting into some of my better locations this weekend!
I am hoping to test out my little craft tomorrow if anyone wants to tag along for some cats, and WB[/quote]
Best of luck man I hope everything goes beautiful for you!
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Just want to share my other two motors with you,and everyone else here who enjoy boating.Identical twins,same model number even lol. [url "http://youtu.be/kctkumKFPmA"]http://youtu.be/kctkumKFPmA[/url] 2 strokes of course[cool][url "http://youtu.be/JrLZWA6BMKM"]http://youtu.be/JrLZWA6BMKM[/url] Your fishing pal,from FL. Paul J.
P.S.I ran my boat a few times with a 9.9 merc 2 stroke,it was too much fun though,couldn't stop smilling[
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