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High Bidder

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  • Birthday 09/07/1953

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  1. Thank you, I thought it would swap if I got a 5.7 chevy OMC complete but I ended up buying another Ford. I'll see tomorrow if it is really a low hour engine. Every now and then I get lucky.
  2. Yesterday I made it a quarter mile through the no wake area and when I opened it up, my Ford 5.0 OMC 's crank broke. So I packed it up and drove 6 hrs home. How difficult would it be to convert it to a 5.7 if I bought the entire boat and did a change. Either way I going to miss this season of salmon fishing but it would be easier getting parts for a Chevy block. Here's more details. It is a OMC IO outdrive. I was going to buy a chevy engine with an OMC outdrive for the swap. I just need to know if the mounting to the transom bracket is the same. The wiring will connect I was told by a boat dealer.
  3. I installed the updates and calibrated the unit. Won't use it again until next year so I hope it solved my issues.
  4. Got a reply today from Fish Hawk. Most likely it cannot be repaired so when it fails completely next year I'll buy a new display.
  5. Glad to hear you guys got service from Fish Hawk. They didn't even have the courtesy to tell me my display is over the warranty limit and I'm SOL. Since some of the LCD's are failing I have to guess at some readings of probe depth. I guess there only made to last 3 or 4 years.
  6. On my Lowrance elite12 T1 the cursor keeps appearing and I have to select Clear cursor every 5 minutes to show the position of my boat. I tried to connect to the Lowrance website to see if there is an upgrade for this problem but I couldn't connect. Has anyone else had this issue? Also the touch screen doesn't react sometimes and I have to try numerous times to clear the cursor. I installed a Lowrance unit because it is compatible with my Simrad autopilot and I use it only for GPS.
  7. It took me a lot of planning and courage to drill that 2 3/8" hole in my hull for the B60. I had to machine special wrenches to install it, but it was well worth it. No more fading at higher speeds.
  8. I had a leak a few years back that was hard to find. It only leaked when I was under power and sitting at the dock overnight didn't leak at all. It turned out to be a cracked fitting at the livewell pump. after pushing on all the hoses I finally moved the pump and there it was. luckily I had installed shut off valves so I could continue fishing and repaired it later by installing a new pump fastening the it better.
  9. Fished Henderson for 12 days. 1st week only hooked and boated 3 salmon. 2nd week had one good evening. Hooked 4 and boated 3. Last day got one more. Its not what it used to be. I don't need a boat load of salmon but it used to be nice to get 2 or 3 a day. I don't believe the natural reproduction is going as good as they said it would and the stocking reductions has decreased the salmon significantly. The university was checking fish one afternoon and didn't have one fish to check. I'll have to do more bass fishing I guess.
  10. We did ok on lakers but couldn't find the salmon. I suspect we should have gone towards Mexico bay but the waves were at the point where if they would have gotten bigger I would have had a difficult time getting back. By the time it was apparent that they were getting smaller it was too late to make the trip. We found lakers over the mountain in 140-145'. Spoon bite was best but we also caught some on FF. Too rough today so I headed home. I'll try again in August.
  11. I'm coming up tomorrow for 4 days. I'll let you know how we do.
  12. Thanks, Now I just hope some salmon are there.
  13. I'm coming to Henderson in two weeks. Is the town launch deep enough for a 22' fiberglass boat to launch?
  14. I just removed an EV 100 and sent the whole system back for repair. . In the Ev 100 case the display failed. These things are electronics and no matter what brand some are going to need repairs. Each component must be tested and reprogramed. Perhaps your compass failed. Or a wire failed. In my boat I've had a Simrad for 6 years with no problems. So Simrad isn't the only brand to have issues sometimes.
  15. I used foil covered 1.5" duct insulation. It has worked great for years.
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