04-23-2018, 08:52 PM
Thanks! It was a good trip.
I always get bummed when the motor has hiccups, then I settle down and realize it is usually something simple. Tonight I'll check the the fuel connector (failed once before), the fuel filter, then pump a little fuel into a jar and see if I have water in it and if needed check the plugs.
The day we had the mini floatila at Lincoln I lost my trim/tilt and then the fish finder quit working and when I went to put the boat on the trailer, the gas motor died and wouldn't restart.
First two problems were a loose screw, found and fixed in 5 minutes. I was thinking the motor had flooded, so I tried it at home and it fired right up. I was ecstatic to have fixed all three in half an hour, but the motor problem wasn't really fixed.
Good luck at Willard and let me know when your headed south.
BTW, I thought of a question for you. Do you have any knowledge/info/experience with temperature gradients in Utah Lake?
I've always thought were were fooling ourselves when we say the surface temp is the water temp, but it is so shallow and gets wind mixed so often that now I'm thinking it may be much more uniform than most lakes.
Bottom line is that surface temps is still a good point of reference, I'm just curious.
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I always get bummed when the motor has hiccups, then I settle down and realize it is usually something simple. Tonight I'll check the the fuel connector (failed once before), the fuel filter, then pump a little fuel into a jar and see if I have water in it and if needed check the plugs.
The day we had the mini floatila at Lincoln I lost my trim/tilt and then the fish finder quit working and when I went to put the boat on the trailer, the gas motor died and wouldn't restart.
First two problems were a loose screw, found and fixed in 5 minutes. I was thinking the motor had flooded, so I tried it at home and it fired right up. I was ecstatic to have fixed all three in half an hour, but the motor problem wasn't really fixed.
Good luck at Willard and let me know when your headed south.
BTW, I thought of a question for you. Do you have any knowledge/info/experience with temperature gradients in Utah Lake?
I've always thought were were fooling ourselves when we say the surface temp is the water temp, but it is so shallow and gets wind mixed so often that now I'm thinking it may be much more uniform than most lakes.
Bottom line is that surface temps is still a good point of reference, I'm just curious.
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