I have the same luck
So here's the latest. I am all excited, she's running great on land, I bring the boat to the launch ramp, dumped her in the water. And there it sat!
Unbelievable. I live about a mile from the boat ramp, ain't far. What can go wrong in a mile. Well, you've heard the saying if it can go wrong it will!
Turns over great, but nothing. Just like the lanyard is pulled. Like there be no sparky sparky.
So I look it over, sit on the back seat over the engine, with the cover off. And this guy takes a picture of me doing so. He laughed and said, wow, now I know what that back seat is made for! lol We had a laugh.
Anyway, boat goes back on trailer, I park it in driveway, get wifey outside to turn her over so I can put my tongue on the spark plug wire to see if there really is no sparky sparky. And dang it, I don't die in agony, no sparky. No I didn't put my tongue on the wire, I stuck a screw driver in it, and held it up close to the sparky plug.
So ok now, for sure there ain't no sparky.
I check the net, get some tests to do, disconnect blue wire at the motor, and dang it if she don't fire right up. She needs an ignition switch. Now here I sit, waiting for an ignition switch from Amazon, one day delivery, will be here tomorrow. To lazy and tired to go to local Marina and buy one, besides it'd be twice the price. I got other things I can work on, on the boat anywho.
I have the same luck
The love for fishing is one of the best gifts you can pass along
Dang, always something
HUH, What’s that slang word for BOAT???
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What time is it? IT'S CRAPPIE TIME!
BOAT=Break out another thousand
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It's not the numbers or the size, it's the time spent on the water!
Better to figure it out now and replace worn/bad parts with good ones. Be thankful you discovered this at the ramp and not several miles up the lake.
Keep after it.
I had a '76 HydraSports with a Johnson 135 that didn't want to run right at first. Took a bit of doing to get the bugs worked out. She was cold natured to start, and it took a while to crack the code. Once I replaced the bad parts and got it fired up, she'd run all day with no trouble.
Fun days are coming your way.
Jim
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