rappangler
05-31-2005, 08:45 AM
After 25+ years of boating, many near misses, repairs on the fly and limping home. I was stranded on Sunday and again (slightly)on Monday.
Took the family down the the beach at Punchbowl PT. Got ready to leave and the engine didn't fire immediately and pulled both batteries down. Thanks to "Bahama Dreaming" ? who was just down the beach and had a battery pack and we were back in business and back up river with no problems. West marine on Mon. one 2 yr old battery was bad and pulling down the other with the selector on "all". Monday installed two new batteries and decided to replace the gas line and bulb (150 Yahama) because in my frantic pumping on Sun I saw a little leak. Back in the water at the marina, fired immediately but halfway out the creek the engine died and would not re-fire, no gas. So I was the guy paddeling the Grady back to the dock in the Memorial day hubub.
The bulb will not reinflate. Someone told me the that this could be caused by the anti-siphon value on the tank being clogged. That is my next thing to investigate.
Hopefully my past tow-ins and offers of assistance paid off. My spell is broken my horsehoe must have fallen overboard. But I will most likely be getting a battery pack for fathers day, any recommendations on type/brand.
Thanks to the kind folks who offered help.
Rappangler
Took the family down the the beach at Punchbowl PT. Got ready to leave and the engine didn't fire immediately and pulled both batteries down. Thanks to "Bahama Dreaming" ? who was just down the beach and had a battery pack and we were back in business and back up river with no problems. West marine on Mon. one 2 yr old battery was bad and pulling down the other with the selector on "all". Monday installed two new batteries and decided to replace the gas line and bulb (150 Yahama) because in my frantic pumping on Sun I saw a little leak. Back in the water at the marina, fired immediately but halfway out the creek the engine died and would not re-fire, no gas. So I was the guy paddeling the Grady back to the dock in the Memorial day hubub.
The bulb will not reinflate. Someone told me the that this could be caused by the anti-siphon value on the tank being clogged. That is my next thing to investigate.
Hopefully my past tow-ins and offers of assistance paid off. My spell is broken my horsehoe must have fallen overboard. But I will most likely be getting a battery pack for fathers day, any recommendations on type/brand.
Thanks to the kind folks who offered help.
Rappangler