Recent content by ChuckinVa

Not sure I'm going to need it but If I do I'll call ya! I want to see your new ride !

I finally got the boat in the water yesterday and was pretty pleased with the result. Still want to try some things with the trim and tilt and I have one more notch that I can drop the motor down,which I wold like to see how that affects the hole shot. I was not on the river but rather on a very...

Thanks for the responses. I pulled the trigger today and have the motor mounted and just have the controls to rework and I will be ready for the maiden voyage.Hopefully get it finished this weekend and maybe on the river one day next week if it warms up any! I will update after I have a chance...

I am trying to make a decision about repowering my Tracker 17 with a Mercury 60 45 Jet and wondering if I have to tunnel the hull or can I use it albeit not running as shallow, as is? I do some river fishing but usually just putting along upstream and then floating back down. The rest of my...

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I will take the cowl off and see if I can find it anywhere else. Someone suggested it might be on the freeze plug but i'm not sure where that is located. I'm going to see if I can find a diagram that will show it. The vendor I bought the bracket could not dentify either of the numbers. They said...

Well that is a good question. The serial number is not clear and I have tried several combinations of the number. The first character looks like a B followed by 8162346 or it could be 38262346 but I have put both numbers in search engines and it has come back not a valid number. The seller will...

I received my transom brackets today and they are not the correct bracket for my motor. Apparently my motor is not a 1985 model like the PO thought. From what I can tell it may be a 1970's model. Bummer for two reasons. One, the motor is older than I thought and two I now own a set of brackets...

If the boat was stored uncovered what might be happening is the foam has absorbed water and it is moving from the front to the rear of the boat. I would get under the boat and also check for loose rivets. Is the transom rotted ? Sometimes that can allow water to seep in around the bolts that...

It looks like I have access to the nut on the port side unless I'm looking at a nut cover. I picked up 1/2" stainless bolts washers and Nylocks today and a tube of 5200. The parts are supposed to arrive Tuesday so hopefully I can get something together by then to take the weight off of the...

I found a used set on Ebay that I think will work for my model and have it headed my way. Hopefully I can get it changed out pretty quickly. Looks like I'll need to figure out a way to take the outboard off of the boat While I swap it out. Thanks for the heads up on the Ebay option. CHUCK

My concern is if the material can be welded. It appears to be what we call pot metal or some type of cast metal. Maybe if someone has any experience welding this material they can chime in with some expertise. Thanks, CHUCK

here is the right side which is intact. Here is left side which is broken Here is both sides in the same shot.

I will try and get a picture up tonight. Haven't tried to load pics yet so we will see how that goes. Thanks for the replies. CHUCK

I recently purchased a 1983 tracker pro 17 boat with a 35 HP Mercury outboard. The PO had taken the outboard off of the boat and used the boat on electric only lakes and ponds for several years. He reinstalled the outboard prior selling it to me. After I got the boat home I noticed two things...