My 1997 Johnson 150 Fast strike was cutting out and stalling on me earlier this year. It acted like someone had pulled the kill switch. Mine would also start back up right away. It turned out to...
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My 1997 Johnson 150 Fast strike was cutting out and stalling on me earlier this year. It acted like someone had pulled the kill switch. Mine would also start back up right away. It turned out to...
New power pack and sensor installed and the problems seem to be fixed! Thanks for all the help guys!
thanks guys. I figured there had to be other ways of doing that. I might try making a piston stop. I found another post where someone made it out of an old spark plug. The manual doesn't say...
OK, so I ordered a new pack and optical sensor and found a service manual. Just have a couple more questions before I attempt this project. In the instructions for replacing the optical sensor,...
O.k. that makes it easier. Is it the BRP part # 0584985? I found it on this site for $181.97 http://www.boats.net/parts/det...F3Z1g
Does that sound like a good price to you guys?
OK, thanks ChampMan. I will go inspect my big Johnson to see what color sleeve I have.
Thanks Fast Fred for the reply. Is there a good service manual available that explains the replacement of the pack and sensor in detail? Also, in looking for power packs for sale online I keep...
I am having problems with my 1997 Johnson fast strike 150. Model # J150GLEU serial # G 04210746. I am experiencing an intermittent high RPM miss and also stalling/cutting out at seemingly any RPM or...
I am having similar problems with my 1997 Johnson fast strike 150. Model # J150GLEU serial # G 04210746. I am experiencing an intermittent high RPM miss and also stalling/cutting out at seemingly...
I just went through the same dilemma that you are going through. I ended up mounting a skimmer transducer inside the boat in the bilge area. Yes, it is a pain to access and work in that small area...
Thanks for the advice Richard. I'm way ahead of you on the coating of the holes, I did take some of the fiberglass resin and coated the bare fiberglass using a Q-tip before I assembled everything....
That is a sweet lookin Champ and nice tow vehicle to match!
Yep, that was me out on Lake Michigan battling the 4 ft rollers. Caught a bunch of steelhead in Diversey Harbor that day. I haven't been up to Delavan yet but I plan to SOON! How is the bass...
Thanks for all the kudos guys. I will see what I can do about getting some more spacers made. I do have a couple extra prototypes made already that would probably work just fine. I have more...
Thought I would post this for any other newbies doing their first fishfinder/GPS install. I was able to complete it in a couple days ( I work slow) with alot of help from you guys on the BBC boards....
Thanks, the picture taken from high above the water was shot from the top of the houseboat we rented. Good Times!
Thanks for the reply Pat. I just bought some fiberglass resin yesterday from Home Depot so i'll give it a try this weekend. BTW, I enjoyed reading all of your Champion boats history posts, very...
Here's a couple pics of my 97 181 elite DC when it was 2 weeks old. Took it to Lake Cumberland in Kentucky, June 1997. I still love it just as much now as I did then!
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In response to the transducer mounting Tips
This is very interesting to me since I will be putting a transducer in my hull shortly. Do you have a favorite brand of fiberglass resin to use? Any...
Thanks for posting the pics! You are right Dave, there is a PVC pipe in that area that routes the wires. Just have to make sure I drill far enough forward to miss it.
Thanks alot guys. Glad I found this board, it's been a big help! I will post some pics when I get finally get it done. I chose the RAM mount because I want to be able to swivel it around and see...
Thanks for all the advice guys. My boat is a 97 Champ 181 and there is not alot of room on the actual console itself to mount anything. I bought a Lowrance 522 iGPS unit which does not allow me to...
Could someone tell me the best method for drilling large holes in a fiberglass boat? According to the instructions with my new lowrance unit, I have to drill a 1" dia hole to run the power and...
That was a cool article, thanks for posting!
Thanks guys. The reason I was considering a transom mount is to gain a temperature reading which I don't have yet. My boat already has 2 transducers mounted in the hull that were done by the...