MACKAZ Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Finally towed it into work to acquire WOF. While here executed the weld repairs on the transom. They look like crap, but we all know the magic a grinder can do. Now let's see if it passes. I found an issue with red light facing forward from the taillight wiring. Black RTV fixed that. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKAZ Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 Stoked. Fresh 3 YEAR VTNZ wof! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geophy Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 13 hours ago, MACKAZ said: Finally towed it into work to acquire WOF. While here executed the weld repairs on the transom. They look like crap, but we all know the magic a grinder can do. Now let's see if it passes. I found an issue with red light facing forward from the taillight wiring. Black RTV fixed that. Meh thats not to be scoffed at, give it a year for it to oxidise and you will never know you have been there. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKAZ Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 Latest little mission on this has been replacing the drain bung. Some muppet must have lost the bung out of it, and screwed a completely incorrect metal plug into it. Just horrible. Perusing TradeMe under marine drains, bilge drains, every other description under the sun didn't produce anything that was a 3 bolt mount like this had. Eventually googling 3 bolt plug (or something that it wasn't really how I'd describe it) I found a hit. It took me to a live Trademe(?!?) auction. Nairn brand from Smart Marine. Bought two, ones a spare. Installed and its ready for sea trials. Also built a rough frame and covered it up with a tarp so it doesn't fill up with leaves or water As you can see it keeps the water out..... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKAZ Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 Thought I'd do a pull cord as it was on the verge of parting company. Googled the shit out of it. Replacement was finicky but with assistance from Miss18 and wifey it was done. Managed to break a crucial part This opens the choke on the carb. Thought I was in for a mission to find. Went to local Johnson agent. Well bugger me on the shelf!! Fitted and all appears good. Dragged it out TO Whananaki South (where bach is) offloaded onto hard. Next morning me and Miss18 went up to the mangroves for a fish. Umm fucking embarrassing. When paddleboarder passes you you're in trouble. Anyhoo get to pozzie and cast lines in. I pulled cover off and hello only getting 1/2 throttle. Did a couple of adjustments on cable. Ran better but still only getting 3/4 throttle. Had a gander and find a Bush is missing out of the assemblage Another call to Marine North. No go ex USA. I'm gonna try bodgey something out of truck nylon air line. Won't be out there until Friday. I'll update whether successful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKAZ Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 Well shit. Fabbed up a Bush out of truck air line. Tried it out. Still not getting full throttle. Looked at a schematic of the twist grip. More bushes/roller arrangements missing. Pulled twist grip apart. Broke some wires. Trip into town to get wire/soldering iron. Make rollers out of airline. Fix broken wires. Reassemble. Yay finally full throttle. Brother in law said it was idling too high and it wouldn't go into gear. Put into gear manually and prop turns. Can hear a clunk inside the midsection so pulled its pants off. Culprit.... Broken drives shaft. The small part is meant to be connected above the water pump impeller. Also evidence of previous repair higher up. It's been cracked for ages. I'm giving this engine one more roll of the dice. If I can't get another drive shaft, I'm buying a later motor. I'm over the fricking thing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKAZ Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Procured a driveshaft, but I'm over that motor. Bought this 1997 Mercury 8hp for $1400. Has a warranty and less than 10hrs from new. Has a few marks on the cowl but underneath that it's like brand new. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.H. Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 What are you doing wuth the old outboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKAZ Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 I'm going to repair it and throw it on bookface placemarket to try recoup a bit. That's a couple of weeks away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB8-TypeR Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Have you investigated as to if a Permatrim might aid the performance of the motor on a tinny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKAZ Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, DB8-TypeR said: Have you investigated as to if a Permatrim might aid the performance of the motor on a tinny? No I haven't, most people I've talked to say this or a 9.9 is ideal. 15 is max rated for this old hull. I'll see how this "new" 8 horse goes. At least being "brand name" it has better resale than a ulong ding-dong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKAZ Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 First run out went without a hitch, apart from me flooding it at startup. Experimenting with outboard angles and the like, old outboard didn't have any provision for that because it was rusted solid. Daughter even bagged a legal snapper.... All I could get was just undersize. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 on ya, good to be out there doin it did the motor get you two up on the plane at all or just good to chug along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.H. Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Small boats are the best, I had a 3.3m rib with a 9.9hp Johnson and it would plane easily with 2 115kg guys in, chilly bin ect and cost next to nothing to run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKAZ Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 Yeah seems to plane but not terribly fast. I'm pleased with it. I had to chop the anchor off as I couldn't bust it loose. So yet ANOTHER trip into town to buy some more chain. Had a spare sand anchor and bought a grapple anchor. Had a google/YouTube tutorial and spliced my anchor rope. Seems solid but pretty average looking. Try again tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.H. Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Whats the motor height like? Water should just be touching the bottom of the cavitation plate while under way 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 If it planes ok then that's good, permatrim really just helps them get out of the hole, they are just a foil afterall 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKAZ Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Today went flawlessly. Hooked up on something fairly big but it busted me off. Wifey caught a big parrotfish and a legal snapper. Fish bites for dinner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 parrot fish? was it red - pigfish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKAZ Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Red. Intense googling corrects me to what you identified it as, a red pigfish. They are actually quite nice to eat, I've always eaten them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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