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@@daniellastiwka6787 you’re gonna love it

@@worldsfastestube7302 a couple hours from Tobin. I’m out of Regina. I have a few friends that fish the Vanity Cup so maybe I can get a good tour one day. I saw you won it one year too! I love a big fish but I’m all about the adventure of a new body of water. Current mission is working my way through Last Mountain Lake.

@@RAM-19 wow, ice fishing already! I’m thinking we will get early ice too this year south central Saskatchewan. Good luck out there and thanks for watching and commenting.

@MrKattlyn2 good luck to you this season too bud...have a good one.

@@wniner8194 thanks, sharing it with the kids was the Topper!

As far as carb tuning goes just basic set of wrenches and screw drivers are good, and a can of carb cleaner. For tuning a stiff toothbrush is handy and there is also a small round file set you can get for cleaning out jets but not essential as carb cleaner or wire can usually get it clean. If you are looking at doing more basic diagnostics in general a compression tester, spark tester, timing light, and a multimeter.

@@tomgreer9998 did not but added a glass fuel filter in after the pump so can see that it is always full so likely getting the fuel it needs. I’ll probably still be rebuilding the fuel pump at some point on this as it’s so easy to get at and pretty cheap in parts.

@@mikeyp685 oh man that’s an amazing idea. Everyone that comes for a fish I can yell “get off my lawn” haha

@@DiegoIgnacioMezaBecerra I use crowleymarine.com they are from Texas US I believe. Not sure where they all ship but worth a try.

@@EverythingPlants I’ll send ya photo with all the pins

@@danadreger953 absolutely you can

That’s honestly pretty darn good for a 17’ fiberglass. I’m currently tuning up my dad’s fishing boat with a Mariner 75. Looking forward to seeing what I can get out of it.

It is a great motor. They did change quite a bit over 10 years so no doubt it sounds a bit better. And I’m very impressed with the power so far.

Yes they are slow but possible, ratchet wrench helped a lot. I’d also recommend hit those bolts at the back with some thread penetrator and warm motor up real good if you can before you remove bolts. I ended up breaking one and it turned a quick job in to a long job.

Thanks appreciate that. If there is anything about the motor you’d like to know just ask. I’m probably going to do some fine tuning on carb on the lake as well as the impeller some time soon.

Yup. Got it running pretty good. Just got some fine tuning on the water to do. Seems like it might need a touch more fuel.

Can u make a video on how ur tuning those carbs, I’m having a fuel issue when I’m giving it full throttle it Boggs down. Carbs got cleaned and the bottom carb keeps leaking out of the over flow wmk-35 carbs. I haven’t found a good video on how people adjust each cylinder

Please email me @ kattlynwilliams2@hotmail.com and attach a picture of where the leak is and we will go from there. Thanks

@@MrKattlyn2 email sent

@@MrKattlyn2 I sent an email hope u got it.

I’ll be at diefenbaker most of July, you know where to find me haha.

I am pretty happy. You just never know when a motor isn’t running how much work it’ll actually take.

Seems to be the census. So glad they aren’t a regular problem here. I’d imagine they are nuisance at times.

Nice. Gotta love finding good gear that feels right. And yes I’d be down for some fishing with you. Let’s make it happen.

That seems to be the general census. Glad we don’t have them here, they seem like would cause a lot of unnecessary issues

@@MrKattlyn2 video is very good. Thanks for making!

You are welcome. Will be bringing it home this weekend and getting it dialed in over the next few weeks before fishing starts so should have an updated video coming.

Thanks that seems to be the general census. I can imagine they cause a few issues with their nests

Thanks appreciate it.

My thought of testing to the plugs were to ensure equal spark to each of them and knowing that grounding wasn’t the issue with the spark in the first place. I also see how grounding straight to the block though would be best for a final spark test as it would be more accurate. The spark seems fine now with just the one switch box replace. If they were cheaper I’d do both. If a fault came from higher above causing the box to fail I would expect potential damage to the other. With just normal wear I’m unsure how one would affect the other. Not saying you’re wrong but I honestly can’t see that because they are separate of each other. I will look more in to that though. And which linkages? Like the throttle to the timing? I appreciate the comments, it’s good to hear from someone else who has worked with these motors.

Interesting. I do have the original manual with the serial number. When I looked it up online all searches came up as 86. This boat was originally purchased in Ontario. From what I could find is Canada got a different “style” that year. Possible they gave Canada the old look on the new motors to use up parts?

@@MrKattlyn2 No. I was at a Dealership in Western Canada in 84, 85, and 86, and 84 and 85 were the only 2 yrs of the Brown Cowls. Does the Serial # on the disk on the Block, match the # on the Transom Bracket? I guess someone may have put a 84/85 Cowl on an 86, why I don't know. I took the Brown One off of my 84 and replaced with one from a 1971 1150. Red Decal Cowls were the Best ones Mercury ever had.

Very interesting. Well I have the boat in storage. I will certainly check that out when I get it home in April.

@@pjimmbojimmbo1990 just letting you know I confirmed it is an 85. Have a matching 9.8 outboard and in 86 they changed that model, so definitely a matching pair and with the 9.8 definitely being an 85 I’d say that confirms you know your motor.

Haha. Yup, another fat mama

It wasn’t the biggest, but it was the healthiest looking fish that size I think I’ve ever seen. Just a beautiful brown tone to it.

Thanks man, that means a lot coming from someone whose kids are all grown up and it’s obvious how close you guys are.

You can burn a large varieties of fuel in these heaters. Personally have not. Avoided oil and gas mixtures due to plugging of the chamber, and kerosene due to cost. Some of these options can increase the BTU’s tho.

@@MrKattlyn2 thank you for this information and your time ... time to order mine for ice fishing 🎣lol I believe

I don’t regret it. Enjoy. Let me know what you think after using it.

Doug haha, what a stubborn old boy. And let’s get it done again soon.

Not yet. Had it out in -15C today and it ran perfectly fine. I’m avoiding putting anti gel in so I have that answer of how cold it can go. I’ll update if I hit a temp it can’t do.

Make sure u have access to WINTER diesel. ..& it will be ok ...cheers

Thanks for the input. I have already found the hose length to be a big factor. I wrapped it in a flannel and shortened it by 2’ and noticed a big difference on that alone. As for exhaust heat it is close to the ground but it barely melts the ice, it has about an inch of clearance and seems to be enough. I’ll try the trick with fuel pump angle for noise for curiosity but I’m already used to it and it doesn’t bother me at all. Appreciate the comment and I’m sure some other watchers will too.

@@MrKattlyn2 I've seen a few people double-insulate the output pipe by putting the 3" pipe in a 4" pipe - that's supposedly pretty good but I'm yet to try it. The angle of the pump is purely to stop air bubbles rather than noise... it's decoupling it from anything which resonates which helps stop the noise. I can't hear mine at all now and it's maybe 4 feet away. That said, I use rubber 3.2mm ID hose throughout rather than the green plastic supplied/white hard line available. The rubber dampens the tick even further. Good to hear the exhaust isn't an issue though. I accidentally burnt the wood under mine :) Won't make that mistake again.

Well I like to tinker. Going to try it all out. Thanks again.

Beautiful, haven’t been since I was younger. It’s on my list tho. Glad you guys could enjoy your family time together and caught some fish.

Tell ya what, if you ever make it to Saskatchewan I’ll hook ya up.

Mine are all 5 minutes long.

@@MrKattlyn2 Will see what I need to change. Mine stops at 2.5 minutes.

What size of card are you using? Don’t use anything bigger than a 32GB

@@MrKattlyn2 32 GB card also. Is there a way to transfer the video files to the PC? Right now I just use my phone to record the playback of the clips. Also it took me 4 days to find this to reply. For the life of me though it was on one of the Facebook mega live sections.

That’s strange. I’ll try and look in to the length. When put on the pc it just records data, you would need programming out of my league to interpret it all. I just set up a camera and record the screen. Garmin you can but humminbird needs to up their game on the transducer and the recording option.

I tone it out. Can definitely hear but it doesn’t bother me. That would be my only negative vs propane, the noise.

@@MrKattlyn2 thanks for the video and the info! I just picked one up and noticed the ticking when I first started it up prior to my trip this weekend. I'll expect to tone it out as you do.

There are options online for quieter fuel pumps, about half the noise. But like I said it doesn’t bother me.

In this video I ran my diesel heater, helix 7, and mega live off a lithium 60ah, ran about 6 hours, definitely not below half. Still had 13.4 volts which is what it has a full charge. Usually it drops below 13.4 after about 30% drain. So I’d say 60ah plenty for a day trip.

“Squirming Squirt” from Bass Pro Shop. I have tried a few colors and the pink pearl on a small pink jig head does the trick. My previous first ice video shows a close up of it and the packaging. Works great for perch and walleye too.

Oh man you’re gonna love it. It’ll be exactly what you need this winter to be comfy in the Dodge overnight.

@@MrKattlyn2 Let’s goo! I just got so sick of having propane in the back with me.. and it shutting off through the night.

I completely agree. All you need is a good battery. I use a 60ah lithium Kepworth I got on Amazon for $250. Great battery. Ran my heater, mega live, and helix all day and barely touched the battery life.

@@MrKattlyn2 sick! I was just planning on using my marine battery I use for my trolling motor 🤷🏼‍♂️.

That’ll work awesome, good use of battery in the winter.

So far I’m digging it way more than the buddy.

Thanks for the tip I will check in to this. I did notice some leak around connections so put exhaust cement in connections and wrapped them with exhaust tape. It seems good now but I’ll take another look. Thanks.

So just following up. Wondering if my exhaust is different? Like I said I cemented and taped the connections only. I put 2 different CO detectors and fired it up and ran for a long time. The detector with numbers didn’t move even 1 ppm. Glad I got it all double checked tho as I do over nighters often.

Good to hear better to be safe than sorry. Good fishing.