Locally one of the Walleye Guru's has finally switched over to Ball head Jigs with wire Keeper. For 2 years, I've had them available and all I've heard is they are junk! I just smile and keep using them. Now however, its a different story and everyone wants them unitil... they are 15 cents a jig higher which I think is more than fair. Remains to be seen what they do.
Now to my real Rant of the day and probably the month. A buddy called this am and cannot get his boat started, Fresh gas, new plugs etc... I agreed to meet him at my barn and take a look see. Fuel filters looked filthy so step 1 replace. Took the filter off and out of the fuel line came a bunch of black balls loked like sand. (Last year I told him he needed new fuel lines). Looking that the filter I could see thru the center. I said something and he said "Oh Yeah, it was stopped up last summer and I cleaned it with an ice pick".
Pulled carbs and fuel pumps and as suspected full of deteriorated fuel line.
New fuel line - $35.00, New fuel Filters $8.00,
Carb and Fuel pump Kits 123 + 16 shipping. Labor to install undetermined, Still waitng on the cash, Boat is drying out in the barn.
Still not sure if I'm gonna gouge on cleaning the fuel pumps and carbs. But the expression on his face when I told him he was an idiot for unclogging the filter and lazy SOB for not changing fuel lines.. Priceless!
Enough said, tightwads abound and generous wallets are few and far between,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Now to my real Rant of the day and probably the month. A buddy called this am and cannot get his boat started, Fresh gas, new plugs etc... I agreed to meet him at my barn and take a look see. Fuel filters looked filthy so step 1 replace. Took the filter off and out of the fuel line came a bunch of black balls loked like sand. (Last year I told him he needed new fuel lines). Looking that the filter I could see thru the center. I said something and he said "Oh Yeah, it was stopped up last summer and I cleaned it with an ice pick".
Pulled carbs and fuel pumps and as suspected full of deteriorated fuel line.
New fuel line - $35.00, New fuel Filters $8.00,
Carb and Fuel pump Kits 123 + 16 shipping. Labor to install undetermined, Still waitng on the cash, Boat is drying out in the barn.
Still not sure if I'm gonna gouge on cleaning the fuel pumps and carbs. But the expression on his face when I told him he was an idiot for unclogging the filter and lazy SOB for not changing fuel lines.. Priceless!
Enough said, tightwads abound and generous wallets are few and far between,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
on their face .