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Well got it on tonight. Not the cleanest install but it's on there. Have 1 "in" port and 2 "outs" on the separator, with the other "in" blocked off. Tossed a couple check vales on the "outs" as well and clamped the heck out of everything. Put some gas in the separator and started up the main. Ran it for about 5 and did good. Next, fired up the kicker for the first and let her run for a bit too. All seems to be working. Couple of questions for you all though. Do you all trailer your kicker around with it tilted up or down? Think down is the way to go. Also, how you get more wires through the gasket things?
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Thanks all! Just got my kicker on the back of the boat and looking to put the F/W separator on sometime this week or weekend. Think there in the splash well will work based off of the input above so that'll be its home. Think I'll also put a couple check valves in the "out" gas lines to help prevent the motors stealing gas from each other too. Again, greatly appreciate the inputs and the responses, thanks all!
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I was reading through some old posts, specifically the one below, and I liked the idea of adding a fuel water separator to my boat and then tie the kicker to the separator. My boat doesn't currently have a separator on it, so I'm wondering where the best location to install one is on my 196 starcraft superfisherman. I was thinking of putting it around here in the back where the fuel line comes out, but can it be exposed like this and are there other considerations I should be taking into account that I'm missing?
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Thanks all! I hadn't thought of wiring the riggers to the cranking battery because I did that in my old boat and the riggers drained it. This was cause my kicker didn't have electric start or an alternator so while I was trolling and using the riggers, it was just draining my crank battery the whole 6 hours. I do need to buy a kicker for my new rig so i'll be looking to see if i can get a deal on one with an alternator. I'm not an electrical guy by any means, so i've never really wanted to dive into the battery switch and isolator world. Then again, in my old boat i only had 2 batteries and everything was just wired directly to where it needed to be. I got to read up more on both the switches and isolators to get a better understanding of them. thanks again all for the suggestions and input!
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This mild weather has got me thinking on how I can wire up my boat for trolling come spring time. I have a 2001 Starcraft 196 superfisherman that I'm looking to put some electric big jons on, but am not sure how I should go about with wiring and battery set up. Currently, there's 2 batteries in series under my consoles that run up to the bow to control the 24v trolling motor. Off of the battery under the driver side console, I have my Garmin fish finder wired directly to it. I was reading online that this will likely drain/kill my batteries quicker so thinking i'll have to address this too. Main motor is on a battery by itself so in total i have (3) 12v's currently on my boat. Ideally, I'd be looking at a single 24v lithium for my trolling motor and then break the other 12v electronics (big jons and garmin) out by themselves, but that's not in the budget. Was thinking of sticking another 12v up in the bow to run the garmin and big jons off of that, but no real good spot to put it up there and be running the wire a decent ways? Pic is the way it's kind of set up now and wondering if there's a better way i should be going about this. Input/suggestions appreciated. Thanks all!
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What does everyone do with their batteries during winter? I usually charge them, pull them off the boat, and then store them in my basement. However, was talking to my buddy and he mentioned that he charges them and then just leaves them on the boat all winter. No trickle charger or anything, and his thought is that as long as it's charged it shouldn't freeze. I have 3 (2 for trolling motor and 1 starter) batteries on my boat so not looking forward to pulling them off, but that's cheaper than buying new ones.
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Most recent update: took it to a shop and they replaced the water pump and thermostats. Pumps water good about 5-10 seconds after start up, but nice solid flow now. Much better compared to when I bought it. Best part was the guy told me it looked like someone replaced the impeller with a cheap one that is way more flexible than the OEM version. I told him, yeah I did that, and that's when it all went down hill . Think I'll pay for the OEM parts from now on just for that peace of mind. Thanks again to all for the comments and feedback.
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Different things learned while trying to do this: 1. The speedometer tube is a pain to get back into it's little hole once you drop the lower unit 2. Make sure the shift shaft goes back into where it's suppose to. Launched the boat this morning and the lower unit was stuck in forward gear. That was quite a jolt at the dock and glad the ropes held. Shifter was in neutral so she started, but I dropped the lower unit while in forward and then missed it going back in, so gears were in forward, but shifter in neutral. 3. I shouldn't quit my day job to be a mechanic. Now I got a constant beep above 2500ish RPM and she still takes quite a while to start spitting water, so probably going to just take it to a dealer. Thinking it has something to do with the cooling system cause I've botched this project haha. I was always under the same impressions as some of previous comments in that as soon as it starts it should have water coming out. It still doesn't for me, so might be poppet or thermostat? Getting to the poppet looks like a pain, but might give the thermostats a quick look before I take it in. Thanks all for the inputs and help on this.
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Owasco Owasco September 2023 Fishing Report
Mikeyman104 replied to adesalvo's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
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Got the new water pump kit in. Gaskets were in the correct order this time and had a friend help me with getting the lower unit back on. I was say, getting the speedometer tube back in its hole is an experience but way easier with 2 people. Got the muffs on and fire her up. No water coming out the pee hole for about a min but then it slowly starts to come out. Give her a bit of gas and good stream comes out. Let off the gas and the stream slows down as well, but keeps flowing. Seems to me that this is just normal for her I guess? Everyone/everything pees differently I suppose
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Basic trolling advice - Owasco Lake
Mikeyman104 replied to Stunsm's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
I still consider myself very green when it comes to trolling, but I've has pretty good success near the bottom in 70-90 FOW pulling cowbells and spin n glos for lakers. This is always a bit of an adventure as the lake has some pretty significant depth changes that can sneak up on you, so make sure to adjust the riggers as needed and not get snagged. Down speed around 1.7-2.0 mph and if you don't have a probe, usually was around 2.3-ish on the gps speed. -
When I took it out the boat out for a ride (ran a couple miles at about 4000 RPM), I didn't get any alarms or beeps, so hoping it was ok and not running hot. Once she got running, the flow improved. Maybe it's normal for these motors? Either way figured it'd be good to replace the impeller (till i messed it up ) Also had to google what a poppet valve is, where it's at, and what it does. Looks like a pain to get to.