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Location: Van Buren, Indiana | Update finally got the boat back out yesterday, its not he plugs! The last time we had it out I felt like it was the Prop slipping but did not know for sure. When I first took off I put the hammer down, it took off fine, eased back on the throttle lost speed and seemed like lost power, run at that setting to 1st fishing spot. When we leave and try to go WOT same bogdown of motor. So I tell my buddy trim up the motor until you still have water but as high as you can go, engine runs up to FT. So he kept working with it until it locked up, we ran all the way across the lake on plane made one long slow turn stayed locked up, run straight a short distance make another sharper turn, BOOM, bow drops same, dogged running of the motor, found the problem, prop is slipping! The increased pressure in the turn was too much and it broke loose. It's a Comprop that looked like it has hit a few too many things, now confirmed. I just found a used aluminum 3 blade to replace it. Now will the ice stay away long enough to get it back out and find out!! |
