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Excellent.....worth a watch Boys and Girls... !! Dave

SH*T..........with all that effort I hoped this thread was going to end on a good note. Soz to hear it didn't and hope it all gets sorted without too much expense !! Dave

Welcome aboard Steve. I joined the club last year and have had a great time with the forum and members. Best money I've spent in a long while. Great bunch and I am sure you will enjoy the experience too. Dave

Nice report James......well done !! Dave

Well done lads .......sounds like a good day was had by most even if it was a bit slow at times Dave

Well done Rob !! and to Neal who always seem to have the fish on his boat !! Dave

Nice one Charlie The boys have talked me into it .......Yeah right !!! make me larf !! Have a good one and I am looking forward to the report and some cracking photos !! Tight lines Dave

Huge respect Peter ......but I don't think Zed was having a go at anyone.... just voicing some concerns about the bottomless pit that some of these "agencies " become without actually achieving benefit for the majority..... I am not saying that this is not a worthwhile cause......far from it.!!! But as the Trust grows and the issues taken up demand more staff and more sophisticated representation at legal and political level, so the need for money to sustain takes precedence over the need to be accountable to the members regarding membership costs and money making methods. I had a similar situation with the then British Field Sports Society....when it was "absorbed" into the Countryside Alliance.....along with several other trusts, societies and agencies. Membership has more than doubled from the original and very stable

Nice one Ben and Graham Always good to hear about the adventures in these Wintery gloomy days when not many of us get out to fish !! Dave

Martin. Not at all......been a member of CAC for years and still enjoy my coarse fishing........just thought it would be of interest to CAC members too... See you l8r.....I will bring your bottle prize to the meet Dave

I will be there with Alan ........I left a thread about this on Christchurch AC forum yesterday and it has had a few hits so maybe a few non members will be there too. Dave

Thanks Charlie You are a star.....that sounds easy enough........is there a special salt water gear box oil req'd and any idea about the amount that may be req'd. Dave

Thanks Martin ........Any and all info is very handy..... Does the club keep anything on the database or does it have a book store for these types of useful info snippets etc ?????...... I mean why invent the wheel more than twice??....a separate 500 G hard drive for an archive only costs about

Just heard about this. Known Shaun for 15 odd years, way before he had the CAC shop. Drank with him, played pool with him, argued and fought with him, so sad to loose a mate ..... I will miss him, and I know loads of others will too. My thoughts go out for his family.. So sad Dave

Ta For that .....always nice to hear what others do.....I will try a Zonker sometime ......not sure I have one in my box but will get a couple next time I am in R T .. Dave

Thanks Charlie I have done that too....getting to be quite good at taking the fly and recoil bit off, repair and replace.... It would be handy if you have the manual, it would give me a head start when things need doing.....so much to learn for an "old f**t " like me. I have put my lump down to early 70's but have no way of knowing......plate has been filed flat so no serial No ?? UNLESS you know of some other way of finding the No ?? Must be somewhere else on the engine ?? Enjoy your decorating !! Dave

Beautiful fish .......some local trout lake.....my fish usually range between 2 and 4 lb.....what was your rig, fly and line ?? Re the flatties.... With the light running rigs mentioned above I used to use a small "spoon" to stir the mud just up from the hook....and a few bright beads at the hook to attract. Some use the one up, one down rig too.......a light running rig with one snood set above the lead as well as the one below the lead. Dave

Just to let everybody know.......the manual I paid for on-line ......payment was refunded to me via paypal by the site platform http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/193...anual-1977-1989 How good is that ???......worthy of a mention I thought. Dave

Dave Already had this one but thanks for the thought !! Dave

Hi all Continuing the thread.....I just paid for and downloaded a Mariner service manual 1977 - 1989 ....only to find it does not cover my old "lump" ..........oh well it will do for a generic I suppose !! Anybody on here got a manual for the OLDER style Mariner 40 hp 2 stroke 2 cylinder (ex RNLI lump I was told !!) ?? Dave

Hi again G & B's Is there a club run workshop for outboard maintenance ??? Is there anybody in the club that would be willing to do one for a small fee ?? I am not talking about a course that makes me an instant mechanic.....just some basic maintenance.....oil seals, oil change, prop change, stripping down and those type of things. It would be good if it could also relate to the back of boat situations we might encounter too (even changing plugs at sea can be problematical I would think) !! I am a complete num nuts with engines and the like......I get by....but usually because I am between a rock and a hard place. I don't know about basic things like....how often is a service required, is the period based on hrs or months/years of use, what is done on a typical service, Is there any safety checks or simple things we can do between services, basic mechanics of an outboard (how does it generate the prop rotation and where is it vulnerable) different types of outboard and their peculiarities etc Just a thought....being a small boats club...I know a little knowledge can be dangerous sometimes but there must be more club members out there that would like, benefit from some idea about the thing that drives most of us !! Dave

Well done Brian......look forward to reading your report Dave

Hard luck all of you......but thanks for the post......makes me realise I am not the only one it goes wrong for !! Better luck next time out. Dave

Ok lads.......latest update I "unpacked" my outboard this morning .....weather kind and had a 2 hour window so thought it an opportune time to start her up and run her for a while as discussed.. Started fine after about 3 pulls and was pumping water well.........then after about 3 mins just died off a bit for a while and slowly stopped. Fuel starve....forgot to open tank vent. Pulled again and she fired first time and was away again.......so all seemed fine and I let her run for about 10 mins.....I stopped her and was about to pack her away again when I decided to give it another run....pulled up and she fired ....BUT the recoil spring went "ping". Oh sh** It had broken about an inch from the end so spent most of the next 2 hours drilling, re-fixing the end connection and re-setting the spring. Managed to do it all.......started the engine again.......started the Aux too......cleared up and re-packed the engine before I collected Ben at 3.30. What had started at 10.30 as a 2 hr window ended being a 5 hr marathon.....Best laid plans eh ?? Still I know things are ok for now !! Dave

Thanks for that Wedger.....guess I have got loads to do ...... and initially I was only worried about the freezing conditions Rob ...I think I prefer your idea of starting her and running for 15 or so mins every 2 or 3 weeks.....but I guess a bit of both wont do any harm. Focussed me on the need to do something... Thanks again Dave