re: What has broken on your boat this year?

Posted by maisweh

Member since Jan 2014

4222 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 5:11 pm to ctiger69

Ripped my lower unit off... again. I probably shouldn't run my shite so shallow sometimes. I'm on number 4

Posted by Prosecuted Collins

The Farm

Member since Sep 2003

7207 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 5:53 pm to maisweh

Steering cable rusted solid, replaced it. New bearings on the trailer and new leaf springs upcoming.

Posted by aTmTexas Dillo

East Texas Lake

Member since Sep 2018

22516 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 5:55 pm to ctiger69

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Secondly my Lowrance HDS gen 3 has been acting like a fool.

I'm starting to have one of my HDS Gen 3s acting like a fool and I don't know how to do a hard restart.

Posted by lsuson

Metairie

Member since Oct 2013

15007 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 6:27 pm to ctiger69

Lower unit. Oil reservoir pump. Two livewell pumps had di be replaced. Just today I engage my power pole. Well after it anchors it won’t turn off. I had to unplug the fuse. Plug back in same thing. Finally get it to work and take off for home. About 10 min later the pole engages and luckily I was in 10 feet of water or the whole thing would have been ripped out.

This post was edited on 6/20/19 at 6:29 pm

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Posted by bushwacker

youngsville

Member since Feb 2010

4010 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 7:17 pm to lsuson

GPS

Impella on live well water pump.

Stereo and 4 speakers

This post was edited on 6/20/19 at 7:19 pm

Posted by scuba_tiger8709

Denham Springs

Member since Dec 2017

6 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 7:17 pm to ctiger69

Old world cat master power switch and tachometer went out. Took the chance to move the switches up to the dash where they should have been from the beginning and change some of the gauges. Ended up having to rewire everything in the console, took 37 hrs. But looks great.

Posted by bigbuckdj

Member since Sep 2011

1972 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 7:17 pm to lsuson

Even if I don’t catch a single fish, I’ll smile if I make it back to the launch and nothing’s broken. This thread is why.

Posted by TigerKurt

Kenner, LA

Member since Apr 2005

1039 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 7:18 pm to lsuson

Fuel gauge stopped working-it is stuck on empty
Trying to decide if I want to figure out how to fix it.

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Posted by GREENHEAD22

Member since Nov 2009

20533 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 7:21 pm to ctiger69

Motor tilt switch on throttle and I found a hydraulic leak on the tilt piston the other day.

Posted by upgrade

Member since Jul 2011

14634 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 7:50 pm to TigerKurt

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Fuel gauge stopped working-it is stuck on empty Trying to decide if I want to figure out how to fix it.

Fill the tank silly ??

Posted by Homey the Clown

Member since Feb 2009

6018 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 8:21 pm to ctiger69

My marsh anchor came uncoupled and I lost it. And my trailer plug needs to be replaced. Things could be worse.

Posted by Dicky

Member since Jun 2017

598 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 8:33 pm to ctiger69

Scupper flaps that kept getting stuck closed

Livewell pump

Nav lights (plastic broke on one of them)

Trailer winch lanyard broke

Trolling motor pos and neg decided to start making contact inside the plug

Smart craft gauge went out and a crack randomly showed up on the other one

FSM pump float went bad, then a tube inside the FSM ruptured when I took it out the very next time

Don't even ask about last year

I bought it ten years used and the guy barely ever took it out, I should have just about all the kinks ironed out by now

This post was edited on 6/20/19 at 8:35 pm

Posted by marinebioman

Ocean Springs, MS

Member since Feb 2005

3396 posts

Posted on 6/20/19 at 10:37 pm to TigerKurt

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Fuel gauge stopped working-it is stuck on empty Trying to decide if I want to figure out how to fix it.

Same with mine. I’m pretty sure it’s the sending unit that needs to be replaced, or at the very least there is an issue with the wires.

Posted by BRich

Old Metairie

Member since Aug 2017

2745 posts

Posted on 6/21/19 at 10:13 am to ctiger69

This year took the boat in to mechanic to fix the starting problem with my 115 Evinrude Ficht (sometimes starts on 1st try, sometimes 4th or 9th, sometimes 50th try, etc.). After two months he couldn't find the solution to it.

Spoke with EMM computer guy in Mobile; he said it's not the computer.

Spoke with several other mechanics around town and showed them starting video; those that deal with Evinrudes say they've seen it before on those type of Fichts and it's basically an unsolvable problem.

About to sell the whole boat and upgrade to a new one...

Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt

Here

Member since Jan 2011

70972 posts

Posted on 6/21/19 at 2:13 pm to marinebioman

Fuel gauges on boats are impossible to fix.

I do electrical things for a living and have no idea what kind of black magic makes them work.

Posted by MTG325

Shreveport, LA.

Member since Oct 2011

470 posts

Posted on 6/21/19 at 2:21 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

Trolling fast moving to another spot on Ross Barnett, I hit a stump with my Terrova, cracked the composite shaft all the way down. Got trash in livewell pump, gotta remove everything to fix it. My Helix popped out of the mount running across a rough Lake Fork, broke the tray that hooks the wires to the back. Winch on trailer came apart, had to replace. I'm sure more that I cant remember.

Posted by Coppertone

Member since Aug 2013

345 posts

Posted on 6/21/19 at 3:29 pm to MTG325

Warranty on the shaft right?

Posted by MTG325

Shreveport, LA.

Member since Oct 2011

470 posts

Posted on 6/21/19 at 4:30 pm to Coppertone

I havent even checked, I'm still running it cracked, it wobbles a little but still works good. I bought mine in 2014, not sure if still under warranty but I will check.