I bought second hand a 1997 Savage 896 in 2006. had to upgrade the original Rude 225XP to a Gen1 E-Tech 225 in 2016. LOVE this boat and motor! my wife complains I love the boat more than her! I keep...
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I bought second hand a 1997 Savage 896 in 2006. had to upgrade the original Rude 225XP to a Gen1 E-Tech 225 in 2016. LOVE this boat and motor! my wife complains I love the boat more than her! I keep...
I love my boat may be an older model but what a great fishing platform, and the repower from the original XP to the E-Tech was awesome!
I have a 97 , 896 Savage with a 1997-225 e-tech and I LOVE IT! When I bought it in 2005 it had a Rude 225XP and that was a good set up. Great fishing platform, storage room to spare, great ride,...
I have a 1997 Nitro 896 Savage repowered with a 2006 Etec 225, the marina loaded the motor with a Cyclone 14 1/8 X 23 four bladed prop. I have seen NO body mention this make prop on here. is it any...
I like the Magnets on the lid! GREAT idea, where did you get them? I have to look into that for quick change out of lures!
Had to replace my Rude 1993 225XP last year with a 225 E-Tech on my 1997 Nitro 896 Savage. the new motor came with a Cyclone 14 1/8 X 23 from the marina who set the new motor up! not complaining,...
If you look at my avatar that is the boat my dad bought and I inherited when he died at 46! he loved that cedarstrip and so did everyone who looked at it! BUT it was shit to fish out of!!LOL, I...
I bought a 1997 Savage 896 used 14 years ago and LOVE it! Nitro customer service has been great from the beginning . I was only given one ignition key and one storage locker key, they sent me...
Needed to replace the control cables! Did it last night, all good to go!
did that this morning and no issues at the motor! I took the throttle handle off and took the assembly out and found the retaining pivot for the shifter cable broken! so the shift cable had no tie...
went out this morning, all things good, few hours of fishing and moved around the lake a bit, no issues. headed into the marina, got the truck, backed the trailer into position, jumped back into the...
I want to do the same thing with my new mill! looks awesome!
So my original 1993 225XP blew up! Lower port piston gave up and took the other two pistons out as well. Marina is saying they can't get/find a power head to rebuild my engine and are offering me a...
go to an auto performance shop and get an electronic temp gauge! there are threaded spots at the top of most blocks that accept the electronic sensor and run your wire back to your dash. I am...
I have a VE200SLETC that I lost the air baffle ( 0337793 ) a couple weeks ago on the lake! got the replacement baffle BUT there is no lock pin or mounting plate. On any drawing I can find it ONLY...
So I was out fishing with my grandson yesterday, yes we caught some walleye! I usually decarb out on the lake at the beginning of the season when the water allows. when I went to remove the engine...
Seahorse i took all plugs out and inspected, all are in great shape and show a great burn. checked the coils and all seem tight and spaced evenly. Spun the flywheel and no funny sounds,grinding, or...
Hey guys last time out at the lake i noticed what sounded like valve tapping from the motor! Water pressure was all good at WOT(50lb) 1/2 throttle( 30lb) and idle(15lb) head temp was at 150-160 F...
I bought a used 1997 Nitro 896 Savage with a 93-94 200XP and LOVE IT! this is one strong motor, the original owner had a problem with the motor new, Rude replaced the head with a 225 head, I got the...
OK guru's did I do a bad thing? I finished winterizing the 200XP today and after fogging and running the stabilizer thought it I drained the old gearcase lube and put in the new! here is my question....
I have a 1993 Rude 200XP that runs like a champ. this year after decarb I changed to new plugs instead of the Champs I was told to try NGK because they were "better" by a freind. after a few tanks of...
Are you telling me that my motor is a 1993 model?
hey guys can you help? just got back from a fishing vacation and the big motor did not run well. I think it is ignition issues with the coils. but when I went to the parts link I could not find my...
sorry guys newbies mistake. I forgot to put the primer relay lever back to the run position after the engine tuner!!! It took no time for an expert and some directed questions to see how a person...
OK all you motor heads, after taking the boat out of winter storage I started the 200XP to blow out all the fogging oil out and then proceded to follow the Evenrude tuner directions, 2 second bursts...