Recent content by kisuke47

Hi have a 1990 8hp evinrude two stroke it runs fine when at idle very smooth but if I rev it up there is a type of pinging noise like if I rev it up halfway there is no pinging but when I rev it up closer to full throttle you can hear it could it be out of timing or maybe something wrong with a...

I need some help guys I have a 1990 evinrude 2 stroke 8hp it was running fine then started cutting off and getting harder to start so I put a fuel pump kit in it and it didn't fix the problem so then I put a carb kit in and a new fuel line because the old one looked dry rotted started it up and...

Guess I will see if I can find something else.

I plan on fitting my jon boat out for night fishing and was wondering what would be some good options for headlights to see with im thinking of something like this...

guess I will be breaking it down and cleaning it then.

I have a 1990 8hp evinrude 2 stroke that ran fine last time I took it out but now its hard to get it to start and when it does start it is very finicky to get it to stay running it wants to die out even if you try to rev it up it dies but the other day when I got it started it idled down and ran...

At lower speed it seems to work but at higher speeds loses signal with dsi you have to be moving at a certain speed for it to work any way.

so its in the right place just move it down to the bottem of the boat? at first I thought it might be getting some turbulence from the drain plug hole.

Hi I installed a lowrance dsi fish finder on my jon boat and it keeps losing signal another guy who mounted his transducer on his jon boat told me the location was fine but guess not what do you guys think? here is a pic.

Yeah I dident want to waist all that good foam and it saved me from buying it lol I am also going to paint this boat with some parker duck boat paint later down the road when I get more time.

Hi everyone just got done modding my 1438 jon boat I bought if from my uncle about three years ago and has been sitting in the weeds until this summer lol I started by cutting out the back bench seat and cutting a hole in the front bench seat so I could get in there and straighten it out and...

Do you mean just take the front bench seat out all together?

Hi im building a deck on my 1438 jon boat and the front bench seat is caved in i need some advice on how to straiten it back up and reinforce it underneath i have linked two pictures the tan boat is mine and the green one with the framing is what im trying to do any help you guys can give would...

Im thinking of taking out the rear bench seat as well and installing a pedestal chair to a plywood floor im going to put in do you think I will need to screw the plywood to the ribs?

Hi im new to this site and have an old boat im going to fix up its a 1988 fisher jon boat 14 foot long and 53 inches at the beam it looks a little worse for wear but i only paid 35 bucks for it i plan on putting in a front and back deck with pedestal chairs as you can see the front seat is shot...