Recent content by coachlaw

I've been running my own boats since I was 7 years old. I've been a scavenger since I was a kid and all my boats were boats that were found and in various states of disrepair. I'm used to leaky aluminum boats. When you find a boat in the marsh after a hurricane and can't track down the owner...

I'm no mechanic and if anyone else has something better to say, please feel free to refute me. This is what has worked for me. I've been dealing with the substandard worthless fuel additive that is ethanol (One of the biggest lies our government has foisted upon us.) for a while now. I use...

There's really no reason to use any of that fancy stuff. Cut the nipple so it goes into the hole, jam it in and squeeze until it comes out of the vent hole. Then put your finger on the vent hole and close the fill hole, then close the vent hole. It really isn't very messy. It's so easy even I...

I love Nissan/Tohatsu 2 stroke motors, but when they quit selling 2 strokes, I gave up on them. I'm back to an old Evinrude. Yamaha still sells 2 strokes and if I buy a new motor, that's the way I'll go. I just don't think 4 stroke makes any sense in small motors. It means a lot more weight and...

I've owned a 1.2 horse and a 3 horse. Both were air cooled and great little weed eater kickers. They did their job and were easy enough to work on that even I could fix stuff on them. I believe they were made by Tanaka.

Well, I'm FROM New Orleans (GO SAINTS!), but I now reside in Angleton, Texas.

What is this freeze you speak of? :mrgreen:

I have an extra wide 14 foot Monark that I occasionally run a 3.5 Nissan on. It will get you to hull speed, but planing will never happen. I usually run it at half throttle so as not to put up a big wake. A 2.5 will push you just as fast. I have an 8 horse Nissan I use as a kicker on my big boat...