S_Z_R
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Reged: 12/22/05
Posts: 222
Loc: SWMO
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Thanks to everyone who helped out with this little project. Especially to Lying in Wait who sent me the specs for his weedwacker motor (it works great!)
the damn thing floats and manuevers pretty good. Now all I need to do is throw some grass on it and get it bloody 
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At what age should you tell a highway that it's adopted? You know, cause it's eventually going realize that it doesn't look like the MWA.
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aquafowler
Reged: 07/25/06
Posts: 407
Loc: Sedalia
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I thought you were dead. Haven't seen you round' here in a while.
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S_Z_R
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Reged: 12/22/05
Posts: 222
Loc: SWMO
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Nope, not dead yet. i work my arse off from March to October. But it is all for a good cause...No work from November to February 
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At what age should you tell a highway that it's adopted? You know, cause it's eventually going realize that it doesn't look like the MWA.
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swmodukr
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Reged: 01/02/06
Posts: 32
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Lookin' good Jason 
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DADAKOTA
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Reged: 12/14/05
Posts: 3852
Loc: Missouri West Side
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KInda pink ain't it? Prolly belongs to DA2. 
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S_Z_R
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Reged: 12/22/05
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Damn it Dave, that's "Tea Rose". It is the color between Salmon and Medium Pink.
BTW, I took it out yesterday and ran it in the pond and had a little problem. It bogged down too much and died when I put the prop in the water at idle. Any ideas on what is going on and how to remedy this? It went down hill from there...when I got back to land and went to look it over, the prop came off!!!!  Thats not good cause I had that roll pin in there TIGHT. Anyway, when I got it home and went to put it up in the garage, I dropped that damn thing and busted it up pretty good; broke the end of the spark plug off and tore up the primer bulb.  Maybe poling the damn thing this winter if I cant get this thing worked out. Kind of strange because the first time out, it worked great. Any suggestions?
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At what age should you tell a highway that it's adopted? You know, cause it's eventually going realize that it doesn't look like the MWA.
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lying_in_wait
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Reged: 12/14/05
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Loc: Choot 'Em!
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Looks great!
You could drill it out a bit and put in a bigger roll pin. Or you could ditch the roll pin and use a stainless nut & bolt. Another thing you could do is bore it all the way through and thread the end of your shaft for a lock nut.
There is a slight learning curve to operating one of these deals. First, set your idle speed a little bit higher. I set mine with the prop in the water. This will keep it from bogging or dying when the prop hits the water. Let it warm up before you try to take off. Mine usually needs a few minutes or it tries to die when you give it gas (even out of the water). Don't use full throttle. Your engine can run about 7000 RPM while the prop works best at about 2500 RPM. Turning the prop faster will not make you go faster, it just starts to bog the engine down. Experiment with throttle position and you'll find the "sweet spot" is usually somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 throttle. Also, did you bypass the clutch making it direct drive or did you leave the clutch operational? Mine slipped considerably under load and melted the plastic housing on it's trial run all those years ago. Bypassed it and never had a problem again.
Another thing to keep in mind is to tip the prop out of the water for 1/2 a second occasionally. As you kick along the engine sometimes starts to load up, you can feel it and hear it. Just tip the prop up very briefly and keep on moving. Do the same thing when you start to encounter weeds. Do it when weeds first start to wrap on the prop. If you let them wrap up it will kill the engine, but if you keep tipping it up as the start to wrap they will be thrown free.
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Shawn Wheaton
Missouri Waterfowl Association
Westside Chapter Chairman
Edited by lying_in_wait (10/21/07 12:29 PM)
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