"Tim" wrote in message
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On Sep 6, 11:49 pm, "Steve B" wrote:
My friend visited us this weekend for the long weekend. We get ready to
go
fishing, and so, of course, we need to mount the trolling motor I bought
on
the bow. No great correct accurate good looking mount, mind you, we're
in a
hurry. So we shoot some quarter inch lags into the ratty plywood that's
there with a promise to make it better next week or sometime after that.

Then the damn motor wouldn't work. It worked fine when the guy
demonstrated
it where I bought it, which was from a craigslist ad. He was even a cop.
*******.

So we putzed a little, then decided to go watch drag racing.

Tonight, after he left, I took the bottom plate off the foot control, and
the last doofus in there had put one of the wires behind the in/out
lever,
and the first time the foot pedal was depressed all the way, it pulled it
off the spade.

Crap. A missed fishing trip. Instant fix, rerouted the wire, plus
squeezed
all the other spade connectors tighter. Works like a charm.

Well, at least now I have a good excuse to go test it.

Time to do some fishing. Time to do some work on the boat, too.

Anyone here have a boat?

Steve

Yes, I have three and a pontoon. All are surprising when the
maintenance flag pops up.

From here on to be referred to as "Tim's Navy"!