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unscrew the top and pull it off to see what is broken. then call Minnkota and get the part.

As a fellow Md fisherman I ran a boat for years exactly how you described. 3 12 volt motors two on the transom and one on the bow. I ran mine on 4 6volt batteries. It is rather complicated but I hooked two togeter in series to make 2 large 12 volt batteries then hooked the big 12 volt batteries together in parrell to make on large 12 volt battery. I had all 3 motors running off of the one large battery pack. It would run like this all day long and could be charged with 1 12 volt charger. It took a long time to charge but it did work. Glad it worked out for you.

If the batteries are hooked up in parrell which they would be you could charge both with one charger it will take a while but it will charge them. I use to charge 4 six volt batteries with on 12 volt charger all the time never had issues. The batteries were hooked together in series to form 12 volt batteries then the 12 volt batteries were hooked together in parrell to make one big 12 volt battery. I charged the entire thing with one 10amp charger.

Your best bet if it is an electric only lake would be to go and buy 4 6volt batteries they will last all day and then some. I have used this kind of setup for my previous boat and ran 3 minn kota motors and fish finders all day with no issues.

If you want to do this use 6volt batteries. They will have more capacity and will run longer.

Check Cabelas they have complete kits. You may want to checkout some books on rod building. Not to hard to do but there are some tricks to it. Good Luck, Tom D.

Should be straight forward the switch inside is labeled for wire color cant screw that up. One bolt holding the head unit on it may take some doing to get it back in because of the wires in the shaft. There should be 6 screws holding the top together. Make certain the switch and control rod are all seated before you tighten it all back up. Tom D.

Most likley the switch is going bad order one and replace it. This is an easy fix should not take long at all. Good Luck, TomD

No problem glad it worked out for you.

Ok easy fix there is one pin you will need to remove. This pin should comeout fairly easy. It is located in the button used to move the tbar. The pin is narled on one end to hold it in place, you will need to try tapping it out in each direction to find out what end. Once it is out take the lever and tbar out of the bracket. The tbar only fits through the top hole in the lever. You will know what I am talking about when you get it out of the bracket. I did this at the shop today the whole process took less then 5 minutes. This was my first time removing and installing this part. Good Luck, TomD.

I will mess with one in the shop Thursday and let you know what I find. TomD.

Did you get this figured out? Most Minn Kotas come apart pretty easily. let me know I can check Thursday when I go to work we have a bunch I can look at. Tom D

call the shop and ask them. Send them a picture of the damage they should be able to help. And the weld will be a better fix then the jb weld.

don't do it you will break more rods than you will want to replace. If you fish longer rods you will break tips off on the vertical mounts.

Search for a schematic on line. Dtake the motor apart. Cut the shaft, shorten the wires then reassemble. Not to hard to do with an older motor. May be more of a problem if it has a built in transducer, otherwise not too hard to do, Just don't cut the wires when you cut the shaft, just rotate and cut don't go staright thru the shaft. Good Luck, Tom

Do a google search for Lowrance sonar tutorial it is a good read and explains alot about how these things work. Good Luck, TomD

The problem with electric is the boat will only be as fast as it can be. It mostly depends on the displacment of the hull. You could over come it but it would reguire alot of power which means lots of batteries which means lots of weight and a slower boat. Hard to make an electric boat fast without sacrificing run time.

My boat is a 20' jon with a 60volt Ray electric outboard. A 24volt bow mount. I carry 14 batteries on the boat and top out around 8 miles an hour. 24 mph in an electric boat is not real possible without some crazy motor with very little battery life. The only high speed electric boats run on 120 volts which would reguire 10 12 volt batteries at high speed these will only last a minute or two.

Get one of those metal selves with the little plastic drawers in it. You can use the drawers or remove them and just use the selves. I have a ton of these in the basement full of all sorts of stuff from screws to nuts and bolts.

Watching my brother inlaw fall out of the boat into the lake while trying to catch bluegills with the landing net.

get a 36volt Lester Charger

Most of them are hollow it should work. They are cheap enough if it does not work you really have not lost that much. Tom D.

The maximizer is a pulse width modulator. What this does is it turns on and off constintly to deliver the power to the motor. The speed you set determines how fast the power is cycled. The old style motors send full battery power constintly to the motor and regulate the speed with resistors. So the maximizer is able to save power by cycling it on and off instead of constintly dumping it out. Tom D.

Don't waste your time they still won't let you use the boat outside the three main lakes. Remember you are playing in the cities water supply. I don't know what the penalty is but I imagine it would be a rather large one if they caught you. Not worth the risk to me. Tom D from MD

Not a bad idea but you will want the biggest tank you can get. I have two pickerel and a rock bass in a 135 gallon aquarium. I run two aquaclear 5000 filters on it with no heater. You will want to feed the fish on a weekly schedule. Mine get 100 + gold fish a week. I put them all in at one time and they last until they have eaten them all. Becarful with bass they tend to eat every thing in the tank that they can fit in their mouths.