Travis Smith
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WE WENT OUT FISHING ON SATURDAY AND WE GOT TO OUR SPOT ANDPUT THE TROLLING MOTOR DOWN AND IT WORKED FOR ABOUT THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES AND THEN IT WENT DOWN HILL FROM THAT. tHE MOTOR STOPPED IN COLD BLOOD SO DAD PULLED IT OUT OF THE WATER AND IT WORKED FINE BUT THEN HE PUT IT BACK IN THE WATER AND IT DIDNT WORK. SO WE TOOK THE PROP OFF THE TM AND LOOKED FOR FISHIN LINE... NUTTIN CEPT FOR A FEW WEEDS THEN DAD TRIED THE BUTTON AND OF COURSE IT WORKED AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEARD THIS LITTLE SPLASH AND YOU KNOW THAT LITTLE PIN THAT GOES BEHIND THE PROP ON THE TM? WELL IT WENT INTHE DRINK...GONE....LUCKILY WE HAD 2 MORE IN THE KEY THAT WE USE TO TAKE THE PROP OFF SO WE PUT IT BACK ON. WELL ANY WAYS IT WOULD NOT WORK ON HIGH BYPASS OR THE MANUAL FOOT BUTTON BUT IT DID WORK ON CONSTANT ON. WHAT GIVES? WE GOT HOME AFTER SLAYING THE SMALLYS---NOTHING UNDER 2 LBS AND WE CAUGHT BOUT 12 OF'EM--- WELL WE PLUGED THE CHARGER IN AND TRIED THE TM IT WAS THE SAME POWER WHICH IT WAS AT THE LAKE, NOT NORMAL. wELL WE MESSED WITHTHE BREAKERS AND FUSES AND THEN IT WORKED FINE. WITH 109 LBS OF THURST YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE OF WHEN IT IS PERFORMING 100% AND WHEN IT IS NOT. WELL AFTER WE GOT IT WORKING CORRECTLY WE FOUND THERE WAS A DELAY BETWEEN THE BUTTON AND THE TIME THE MOTOR GOES ON. THI PROBOBLY ISNT GOOD IS IT? ANYWHO...WE WENT AGAIN THIS MORNING AND IT DID THE SAME THING. dAD THINKS ITS THE SWITCH COULD IT BE THE FOOT CONTROL SWITCH?
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
T.S.
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
T.S.