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  1. Looking to buy a 1 person flipover ice fishing shanty like any of the pics I attached. I live in Rochester NY but I am willing to travel. My son/fishing partner is away at college so looking to do more solo ice fishing this season. Send me a PM or email me at [email protected] if you're selling one. Thanks!
  2. This is a great thread, lots of ideas here....I only get about 3-4 amps of output off my Tohatsu kicker charging circuit at 2500-3000RPMs so I have kept it limited to charging my starting and electronics battery while I'm trolling. I have a bow mounted PowerDrive with iPilot for steering, and my thought was to try a 50watt solar panel and a spare charge controller I have lying around to see how much that might extend the run time of the group 29 deep cycle SLA I use for the TM. Has anyone tried this setup? My boat is not very big, so I don't have much room for a larger solar panel.
  3. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/0423205040/#parameterCode=72214&period=P7D&showMedian=true
  4. Its a USGS lake level monitoring station.
  5. RayMarine ST1000+ tiller pilot autopilot with wired remote and all accessories needed to install. I have bench-tested the autopilot and the remote connected to it, both work as they should. Also included is the D162 socket to connect the wired remote to the autopilot, and all hardware to install the autopilot. Asking $400 for all. I spent about 2 months trying to rig this up to the steering yoke of my Mercruiser I/O sterndrive, but it just wouldn't turn the leg and the kicker together without disconnecting the steering cable on the I/O. So I went with a MinnKota TM with iPilot instead. If you have an outboard-to-outboard setup, or even just 1 outboard you use for both trolling and cruising, this would be a good AP option. I have attached links to some YouTube videos of people using this as an AP, and the simplicity and accuracy are really appealing. There's also some members here on LOU that have used this setup and seem to like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUIvemr6Kj0&t=7s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gXet_WiHyI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=033lZV8tM1k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AE7OWfPln4
  6. Also as an FYI to all, I did call Pugsleys in Ontario as they are right down the road from me, and they only service Johnson/Evinrude and Mercury/Mercruiser at their shop. They might have mentioned they also service one of the Japanese brands, but it wasnt Nissan/Tohatsu...
  7. I did compression test, it was only reading 50 psi. So before I started to tear the motor down I looked down the spark plug hole with a camera I had bought from HF. No scoring on the cylinder, no hole in the piston and no metal chunks in the engine or oil...So I started to think a valve issue was to blame. I ran a can of seafoam diluted in 2 gal of gas through the motor, and within 5 minutes it started to run a lot better. I let it run for about 45 mins on the seafoam mix, and it was able to run through the RPM range and in forward and reverse. I thought I had the problem fixed, but then out on the lake the other day it would run for 2-3 mins and then quit. One thing I didnt do is change the spark plug, I will try that today. I do have an inline spark checker and the spark from the coil looks very strong, but I never though to change the plug. If thats it Frogger I owe you a 6 pack of your favorite beer LOL!
  8. That is correct, there's a difference between a PowerDrive with iPilot and a Terrova or Ulterra with iPilot Link. With the Link version you can have the TM follow courses and go to waypoints if you have a Humminbird FF thats compatible with iPilot Link. It can even be set up to follow a depth setting/contour line on the Humminbird! Whereas my PowerDrive, I get spot lock and autopilot, which keeps me on a heading and compensates for wind, waves, etc. There's a cheaper add on to a PowerDrive called Copilot which basically gives you Left/Right steering and I think speed control, but I have lost my fishing partner to college this year so I needed the autopilot to be able to hold a course while I set up. Big price difference between the 3 options too...
  9. After 2 months of messing around trying to find a way to rig a Raymarine ST1000+ tiller pilot to the steering yoke of my Mercruiser lower unit (inside the boat to allow for more space on the back deck and to keep it out of the weather) I finally realized it wasn't going to have enough guts to turn the main motor leg and the kicker motor (tied together with an Ez-Steer) without removing the steering cable. Since that is a real PITA every time you want to connect and disconnect the AP, I gave up and bought a used 12V MK PowerDrive that someone had added the iPilot head to as an aftermarket add-on. Just finished my first shakedown run, keeps my boat about 3 degrees +/- to a heading using the heading feature, and steers flawlessly with the kicker providing the propulsion. My biggest concern is that the marina where I keep my boat doesn't have shore power, but I have found others online who spent about $250-$300 on a 100W solar panel, a charge controller and the wiring and connectors, and can charge a Group 31 100AH AGM battery in about 1 day. Wish I had done this a few years ago!
  10. I have a 2012 Tohatsu 6hp 4 stroke kicker that is in need of some attention. It only wants to run for a minute or two before stalling out. It is hard to start and seems to have that "lean sneeze" backfire/smoke through the air intake when it stalls. I have gone through a bunch of steps in trying to fix the issue, including: - soak carb in cleaner overnight, disassemble and clean out all jets and passageways with compressed air - check oil level in crankcase(it was fine) - replace fuel pump - try running on both a remote 6 gallon tank and the fuel line connected to the main tank of the boat(yes with 1-way check valve, etc) - replaced female fuel connector on both 6 gal and main tank lines - run motor in test tank with a can of Seafoam mixed in 3 gallons of gas. This definitely seemed to help, I actually thought I had it fixed, but I took it out on the lake for a test run and it was doing the same thing... So now I am looking for a place local to Rochester where I can have an outboard mechanic take a look at it. TIA!
  11. Hi are any of those Penn reels lever drags?
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