Hi,

I've just got a new boat and have transferred my trusty Furuno 585 accross from my old tub. The screen is a bit scratched up, so was wondering if anybody had replaced a screen on the Furunos before and if so what did it cost?

Looks a bit sad sitting next to a brand new 12" Multifunction display.

ta'

Garry 

Any advice on this?

The steering wheel on my Southwind is about to give up the ghost.  The wheel is cracking around the screws that secure the wheel to the hub.  One spoke is effectively detached - two to go - so I had better get on and replace the wheel.  Images of the wheel falling off out at sea are a bit spooky.  I have to choose between replacing the wheel which is secured by six screws on the hub (and there seem to be a couple of wheels about which 'look' like they are attached the same way), or replace the wheel and hub.  But it's getting a bit complicated.

Problem 1:  The guy at Whitworths indicated that until about 10 years ago there were two versions of taper for the wheel.  If I have got the 'other' taper then I've got buckleys of finding a wheel with hub to match and, just to top things off, if that's the case they also changed the thread on the steering cables so all the steering will have to be replaced.  Ouch!  The taper on my boat looks about 3/4" but most of the new wheels have two key slots along the taper seat and I dont thnk mine does, looking from the top.  Anyone know anything about this?

Problem 2:  Pulling the hub.  So I am trying to pull the wheel off.  It's pretty tight.  Lots of tips on the internet about holding the wheel and knocking the spindle with hammers and blocks of 4x2.  So far it won't budge.  But i am a little tentative whacking the spindle with the hammer i must admit.  I've got a 3" toledo puller so Ive cut a bit of 3mm steel to put behind the wheel hub to give it something to grab but the puller arms are about 1mm short!  Looks like I'll have to buy a bigger puller and a bottle of penetrene!

Problem 3:  If I could just get the wheel off the hub then i might be able to find a wheel with matching mounting holes.  Trouble is those screws with tiny 3mm allen key heads just wont budge either (maybe an overnight dose of penetrene again).  One option is to destroy the wheel and break it off so I can get some multi grips around the heads and get more leverage and hopefully not snap the screws.

One mate suggested a bit of heat to loosen things up, but with all the plastic about not sure I want to try that.

Any other suggestions would be welcome?  Surely someone has had this pleasure before me!

Brad

hi all,

Before my holiday i took my boat out and the trim switch on the control box was no longer working.

The trim switch is still working on the engine.

Do you think i have to change the whole control box? or is there a simple tilt replacement or change the wiring?

last question - do you guys unplug your battery when the boat is not in use? my dads boat got a simple switch that shuts down the power...is it worthwhile investing in one of these?

whats the worst thing that could happen if i dont unplug it

Anyone owned these before??

The boat im looking at in the previous thread has 2 x 140hp 10/04 engines on the back.

Ive had small jono's before but not the 4 stks.

Does anyone know if they ahve heard or had problems with these before?
Just need to do all my research!!!!!

Cheers

Bodie

Just registered my new 406 MHz epirb online with AMSA.

Very simple, took 5-10 minutes and you get a login for your account which you can then use to update your registration as your details change.

For those who haven't done it yet, the website is:

www.amsa.gov.au/beacons

Surprisingly efficient for a government department.

John

Just wondering if anyone knows much about the hulls?

I am looking at a Fury boat at the moment, and wondering if anyone has owned one, or been on one and could comment?

Any info would be great!!

Cheers

can anyone tell me whats wrong,got a susie 175 salt water series,water comes out of every hole when hose pluged into flush system,but when earmufs on no water comeing out of the top pisser hole,even with motor running ,,it was fine 2 weeks a go.any help b great.

finally its finished
after many nights in the moora heat,lots of cursing and modifying its all good.new forward controls, steering, console,etc,etc,etc (still need a trailer tho)
trialled her at cervantes and it handles good

The skippy had better watch out now :-)

cheers

I just got my new epirb (jumped the que a bit) but just to let you all know GME have just announced today that their battery replacement policy is as follows. if you take in your old one in six years they will take it off you, deregister it, give you a brand new one and register it for you and you will pay the princely sum of $200.00. this is retrospective so if you bought one 5 years ago in twelve months you will get a new one for $200.

Hi all,Im in the market for a gps,fishfinder combo to the value of around $900. I have been looking at the garmin 420s can anyone help me in some advice and recommendations Thanks heaps.... 

hi everyone just a quick question i broke a throttle cable on fri, i replaced both with new cables just in case i dont like just replacing one. i have fitted them myself, do they need much fine adjusting if so does anyone know how or is it a job for the shop thanks heaps rob

need  hand with a bit of information regarding a few changes we are making on the boat

• im after a good evinrude/jonno mechanic?
• a good evinrude dealer.  looking at upgrading to an evinrude etec has any one had any experiance with anyone before also will have to do some fibreglass work to fit in the hydralic steering arms aswell
• someone to do a fuel tank inspection?
• need to get some new seats put in and pedastals ?
• need some new clears an canopys made up ?

 if anyone has some good advice or know some people that could help us out any info would be appreciated

regards

hi

i'm looking for a 40-60hp 2st second hand motor pwr trim/tilt/elec start

do you know where can i find them i've checked almost all the boats dealers around freo and strling but no luck

thanks

Heyoop Guys and Girls,

I'm looking for some chart software that I can run on my PC (XP OS). Any ideas? It's for the south coast of WA.

hi all

can anyone tell me where i can get my trailer sandblasted in rockingham

                                                                                    cheers

                                                                                     dakka

hi all,

I've got a 5.4m profish (http://www.trailcraft.com.au/boats/boat.aspx?model=540profish ) which has a side console.  I was wondering if anyone knows where you can get screens for the console?

 At the moment i have my sounder and gps mounted on the top of the console and it's starting to get abit wheathered from all the sea spray so am looking for something to protect it.

cheers

wayne

Gday Guys and Gals, My names Dave and Im new to this great site and i was wondering if anybody could help me with the choice of gps for my new/first boat. Ive always been a mad keen fisho and worked on the water off the wa coast most of my semi adult haha life but have only just bought a decent rig apart from a tinnie or 2 for myself a 5.5 mtre plate ally westlne. Ive been looking at the Lowrance globalmap 5200c (external antenna) or the Hummingbird 785c2x (external antenna)  or maybe the Garmin gpsmap 550 (internal antenna).. or can anybody suggest a similar mid price range model?

Has anybody got one of these gps units or know someone who does and are the external antenna miles above the internal antennae? Ive already got a sounder so just after  a single colour gps unit which can take map cards,

Any help whatsoever would b greatly appreciated and i look forward to contributing to this very imformative and fun site fishwrecked, Thankyou in advance..

Hey peoples i just went and saw the guys at Preston Craft who built my boat i have now. I walked in there and saw a alloy rib. It is an awesome looking boat and looks like it would be pretty good out on the open water. I got talking to then and asked if they could build me a 7.5m walk around. To which he " no problems at all". What does everyone think of these?

Gday.

Is it open speed it melville water during daylight hours and if so where is the downstream cut off? Is it Chidley Point? 

Thanks Jeremy.

Having bored the pants off people moaning about how long it has taken to get my boat into the water - it looks like i will launch the weekend after Australia Day. My query is i have a nearly full tank of 50-1 fuel that has sat in the shed for nearly 6 months. Is it useable or too risky? Any advice welcome.

I have done the usual search and have found a few old threads but not sure if they are current. I need some minor work done to the boat before we go away in Feb. I used to use a mechanic in Osbourne Park but because of work hours I can't get the boat to him during his work hours.

Can someone recommend a mechanic close to Joondalup that I can try. Have seen/heard a lot of old recommendations for Ernie at Just Marine (Hillaries). Could anyone still recommend him or another mechanic I could try?
Thanks,
David

hi all
im planning to convert my outboard to side console control.
the steering is easy enough but im stuck with the throttle/gear shift.
the motor is a mercury 25 (1997 i think) with the gear shift in the throttle twist grip.
can anyone put me in touch with someone that supplies the relevant bits and pieces needed to do the job..

cheers
dave

hi all

need to no if there is a simple way of telling if your wheel hubs  are holden or ford so i can change the bearings.

                                          cheers

                                          dakka



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*name darryl(alias dakka)

*married 3 kids 1 dog 2 cats

*lives in warnbro

*new to boatiing

*boat 15 ft ali with a 30hp mariner

*loves fishing,footy and cricket

*fish true now and we will be able to truely fish in the future

hi all
im just finishing up my boat and am at a loss for a name
its a quintrex hornet 435 trophy.

any suggestions would be most welcome.
cheers
dave

hi all

i took my boat out yesterday for the first time in a while its a 15ft ally with a 30 hp 2stroke mariner. i always start it once a week and it always starts. so we launched at palm beach and headed out ,but could only get 10kmph out of it according to the gps, it was going to take an 1hr 25m to go 7kms to the d9. i changed the spark plugs cause i always carry spares being a 2 stroke but no difference. there was a little resistance from the throttle leaver when putting it forward in gear, i was able to push the leaver all the way forward but no power.but it was very hard to get it back to neutral and when i did it just revved its box off sitting there.so i turned it off restarted but it still revving realy high i put it in gear to get back to the ramp and it jumped into gear, i presume it did this because it was revving high made it back alright.now would anyone know what i should look at first at possibly being the cause,either the control box or cables etc etc any info would be greatly apprciated thank you.



                                      dakka



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*name darryl(alias dakka)

*married 3 kids 1 dog 2 cats

*lives in warnbro

*new to boatiing

*boat 15 ft ali with a 30hp mariner

*loves fishing,footy and cricket

*fish true now and we will be able to truely fish in the future

Hey peoples hope you all had a great xmas.

Boxing day myself and a few mates went to rotto for raftup. What a day it was over there with all the boats tied up together and the alcohol flowing. On the way back once we got into the river my mate asked if he could drive. He has driven my boat in the river plenty of times with me watching on. So i thought  why not and let him take the wheel. I ran through what to do as in where the markers are and what side to have them on as i always do with him. I went into the cabin for a min or 2 so i could get change when i heard a bang and the sound of the prop getting bashed. I quickly came back out and seen he had put us on some rocks jusy up river from aquarama:( I tilted the engine up to find my 4 blade stainlees prop to be ummmm well not in the best of shape at all:( So now i have a stuffed prop and a keel that has a chunck out of it. So does anyone know of a place to get the keel fixed and is it possible to fix a stainless prop or should i just not waste my time and just go buy a new one??

Hope you all had a good Christmas!

As some of you know, I've just newly got into boating etc etc and tomorrow I've decided (weather permitting) to take her out in the Cockburn sound to get a bit of 'sea time' and hopefully some fish  A bit nervous about doing this, but I know its the best way to learn stuff. Any advice/ tips from the boaties will be greatly appreciated. 

Tight lines! 

Well actually 2 little holes, about 4mm diameter!!

Not too big but lets lots of water in!

So how do I get this fixed? Do I have to go see a aluminium welder/boat builder?? Is there any other ways to fix this?

Also how does this happen, must have happened in the last month, when I haven't used the boat for a while. I know electrolysis, but how do I prevent this?

Thanks for any help!!

Hey all,

Having some dramas with my outboard when its cold. Last 2 trips out i have started her up no dramas got to the heads at hillaries and its started coughing and spluttering (running ok till then) engine stalls and turn it over a couple of times and rev it up in nuetral and it ends up coming fine and making power as usual. It is fine all day after that!

any ideas? i thought plugs etc but its not on cold start its after its been running for awhile it just breaks down a bit then clears out and is fine. Runs like a dog for the couple of minutes while i rev it and its fine again?

Its a evinrude 90 1996 model.

It's pre mix into the tank the oil injection has been removed before i bought it and this has only happened since i have added fuel/mix recenlty. Running it at 50:1.

I thought maybe it hadnt mixed well in the tank at first but its happened twice now and i'm sure it would have mixed well on the first trip out.

Thanks

Brendo