MXHalofan

Thanks for the update on Smithville. Thinking about Priarie Lee in the rain tomo unless my batterys finish charging soon

Thinking about going back on Prairie Lee tomorrow night anyone wanna join lemme know

Caught one bluegill on a small swimbait on Prairie Lee. LOL Seen a ton of chad and bass mercing on topwater all night. Still fun tho. Nice lake. Gonna have to figure out how to manage that steep boat ramp. Someone might be writing a funny story about what they saw at the boat ramp tonight LOL

Thanks for the info. That'd be a few more than I've caught so far with the boat LOL

Gonna try to go to prairie lee tomo

Yea, I'm off Todd George by Langsford. I'll keep an eye out for your Triton! I always have some crown and coke to share on the boat. LOL

It's a champ on a plane for sure. I'm really liking it. I was wanting a fish and ski and saw a Javelin 396 in Fort Scott and just missed that one. But that boat got me settled on a Javelin 396 or a Ranger 397v. I found this boat in STL and shipped it here. Paid 4k. Starting to feel like I got a great deal. I already learned how to clean the carbs, tune them, adjust the control cables and the timing LOL Now I just wanna fish. Didn't get a bite on BS Lake again tonight. Place was over run with ski boats except the top of the lake. I chatted with some guys out there. Said they are hitting at 14 foot.

Yea, gonna try to learn to fish around here. Plan is to get away to some bigger lakes on the weekends. I'm going up to the weigh in on BS lake Tuesday night to see what those boys are doing. Love the boat. It's a rocket

anyone know a local shop I can get a small amout of burgandy marine carpet? Gonna recarpet a couple hatches, for now.

Sup guys! Finally got me a boat. Hoping to boat some fish this season. Anyone know how to catch bass on Blue Springs Lake or Longview and want to be a non boater HMU and we'll talk. Planning on doing the Tuesday night tournys for the next 6 weeks or so then switch over to Sat morning tournys or head out farther from KC. Fished BS Monday night and didn't get a bite. No one hardly on the water. Heard they had a good night Tuesday in the tourny.

thanks for the info. Kinda strange though. I had a guy quote me $1k today to clean my carbs and checkout the fuel system LOL. He didnt' even sound friendly or ask for any info about the boat. Just a CL ad trying to sound like a pro and close by my house, so I called him. Took me two hours doing baby steps to pull the carbs and clean them out, and reinstall and fire up the engine. Fired second crank and idled as smooth as any. There's a bunch of hacks out there. Easy to spot them when they can't pay attention very well. And that unecessary anti siphon valve can cause a blown hose to pump your gas tank into your bilge. Pretty stupid to write on a forum that they aren't important. Hope you pay better attention in your next fifty years breaking machines.

Got her running. Carbs were full of oil. Think the seller was ticked and cranked way too much with the fuel filter plugged. Probably a quart between the three carbs and the 8 oz in the air box LOL Thanks for the help. Hope she runs out good

Well, I got it to fire and sputter a little. Gas was seeping out the bowl area on the middle carb. Gonna let it sit for a while and try again. Is there a fast idle on this setup? I couldn't find one. Got 90-95 compression on all cylinders. And water was coming out the tell tale while it was sputtering. Good news for me. If I need to pull the carbs and blow them out, do I need to address the fuel pump? Also this choke unit (?) with the purple wire and small red lever... is this a fuel shutoff? Red lever was closed and gas started coming out the carb bowl right after I turned it open and primed LOL Just trying to get familiar with this outboard.

Got the gas tank rinsed with some clean gas. Thinking this might be why it wouldn't prime. The suction tube into the tank was weazing when I'd pump the primer bulb. This little barb has a stopper in it. (connects suction tube to fuel line) It won't pull smooth at all by mouth so I'm wondering if that's normal or if this is bad? sure seems like excess pressure is needed and then it kinda stutters. Figured if this went bad it'd be the anti function that would fail. wonder if there's some buildup in there.

Yea, chilling tonight. Long work days around here. Gonna pull the gas tank and flush it, put on a new fuel filter and give it a try. Here's another shot of the boat. We've had a cool and rainy summer so I bet the fishing is good. Gonna try to get away to Truman or Pom for a day trip or maybe find a nice condo for the night pretty soon. I need a cover and got a quote for $975 for a custom cover. Thinking the $150 Javelin specific one on ebay will do for now. Rather spend the money on a couple nice weekends in a condo at the lake LOL Anyone have a good idea on covers please post. Going to buy one soon

Yea, well, here's the first lesson for me. gas is bad LOL pic is upside down I think. I rotated it but whatever. Click on it and it's right side up first thing I did was disconnect the fuel line and pour it out, crystal clear gas that didnt' smell funny. So I prime it and it won't prime right, tank was low on fuel so I think maybe just empty and I get ten gallons in there LOL Still wouldn't prime or fire, so I start pumping gas out the tank and here's the likely problem. Now I need to figure out the easiest way to empty the tank and dispose of about 12 gallons of fuel, and clear out the carbs and fuel lines. I didn't want to have to pull the carbs yet LOL Gonna start reading Here's a shot from the back.

Yea I had an Eagle just like that. JB weld worked great

Yep. I still haven't had a chance to work on the boat. Still at my detailers. Wish I'd started it before going to get it cleaned up. Seller told me boat was lake ready and just had carbs cleaned, new power pack and water pump and seals. Then after I send him the money, he tells me it's been a year since the work was done and boat was ran once after the work. And I should get new gas LOL I got a copy of the service work done. This seller was a weasel IMO I just couldn't find a boat I wanted locally or within shipping distance and when this one appeared for reasonable money I jumped on it. That said. People are jelous. I'm amazed at how many people are telling me to replace the gas or that year old gas is automatically bad. Not just on here but from reading on the net. I have dozens of gas powered equipment and have been using them for 14 years. Never once have I had gas go bad within a year. I've had gas last four years in one peice of equipment and had it start first pull. LOL The seller was ticked he was selling this boat. I think he thought it was worth much more. If he'd taken care of it, it would have been. Ambivalence really showed up during this deal. I just hope the engine checks out. My detailer says it's coming out better than he thought it would LOL

How hard is it to clean the carbs on this bad boy? I had one carb I cleaned on my old 82 40hp evinrude. It was easy. Had a tiny peice of plastic stuck in a passage. My boats just sitting at the detailers. Kinda wish it was here so I could get it started and be through all this. Detailer says it's taking a lot of time but coming out really good. Figured I'll read up and be ready for when it gets here

ok cool. So 50 to 1 and if it smokes a lot, gotta figure the oil injection is working. I'm tempted to remove the injection now, but there's a lot of praise for this system that I read online so far

I need more advice. First bass boat. It's at the detailers until Monday. I might have to clean the carbs and gas tank. Seller told me it might have bad gas in it. One year old gas. LOL Hope it's only one year old How should I start the boat? Muffs and water on If the gas looks ok and not separted, should I just primer bulb the gas and oil and crank the engine? I'm just a tad nervous about starting it without having known good premix going into the engine. Is this VRO system generaly safe to start after sitting a year? I have a pic I'll look up how to post it. Dang not a very good pic. I don't have a good one right now LOL

Is it ok to run this engine with the water muffs on? Should water be coming out tell tale before I fire it up? I just got this boat and want to fire it before going to the lake if possible. Shipped it here from STL so I haven't seen it run. I will post some pics of the boat once I get it back from the detailer.

Hey guys, need some info about titling a boat motor in MO. I've tried calling the DMV's and waited on hold forever. The lines have been too long to wait. Looking at a boat with no title for the motor. Can I still title it with a good bill of sale? Is there anything else that needs to be done? Thanks

Nice. That info on the worm binder is gonna be helpful. Carabiner is gonna work. Gonna throw my back out if I try to lug too much crap around.