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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | TJ hit all the main points but there is no reason to put the kicker in gear unless you are going to be using it to push the boat. It does no harm to spin freely in the wind or water. I would recommend that you get a transom support for the kicker motor to save both the brackets and any added stress to the transom. It is easy enough to mount one up and not have anything in the way. I would remove the gas line at the end of every trip and run it out of gas. This will keep the carb from gumming up and prevent you from spending more money to get it fixed. Leave the kicker rod connected. You will keep both the motors from banging together and you will save yourself from hitting the kicker on the corner of the boat. Cowlings are about 250 to 300 for small motors now when I was looking just the other day out of curiosity. |
