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    Quote Originally Posted by Auston22688 View Post
    Is that a factory cover you have? How does it fit with your trolling motor? I’ve got a cheap cover that doesn’t fit worth a crap with the ghost and would love to have a good cover
    It's not a factory cover but I can't remember what brand that it is. The previous owner had purchased it. I'll look tonight and take some other picture of it where it covers the trolling motor so you can see.

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    #62
    Thanks. I appreciate it

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    #63
    Here is a few pictures of the cover showing how it covers up my Garmin Force Trolling Motor.





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    #65
    Do you tow the boat with it on?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Auston22688 View Post
    Do you tow the boat with it on?
    I haven't yet, but I will be.

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    #67
    Bout my z7 3 years ago with 80 hours on it. Now has 150 hours. Heres what you need to check....
    1) tires (blew out both taking it home... sucked.. dont be like me)
    2) put some grease in them bearing buddies. Its 13 years old. Just go through everything now.
    3) Spark plugs... all were bad on mine from age. May only have 28 hours, but I'd replace
    4) replace fuel filter
    5) Check lower strainer and ensure it is clear (im sure its fine but might as well do it).
    6) I'd pull thermostats (really doubt they are bad with only 28 hours) but if you're in doing all the other stuff, might as well check these.
    7) Make a jumper wire for the oil reservoir. They notoriously go bad, even though everything is working. Known mercury issue with this motor. Nothing worse than a sensor causing your motor to go into limp mode, thinking it doesnt have oil but really does.

    Boat looks just like mine and I love it. It fishes good and its a comfortable ride. I am seriously contemplating selling my motor around the 200 hour mark and putting a 200 4stroke on it though in the next year or two. Also, want to pull carpet and sea dek mine.

    Best thing I have done to my boat.... probably added the the ultrex with active target. I built my own custom mount for behind the steering wheel and can get a 16" screen there if I wanted to, but I put a 12" carbon and its plenty big for behind the steering wheel. Next best thing is vessel view. With the older motor, you can only stay up on stuff so well, but things break. Vessel view just takes all the guess work out with the faults that come in and tell you exactly whats going on. I also upgraded my livewell pumps to faster/bigger bilges. I can pump water in and out and exchange water in the livewells so much quicker. Better for fish health imo but I really dont use the livewell all that much. Really the older z7 has been a fantastic little boat. Sometimes I wish it was a smidge bigger, but for a 19'er I don't have much to complain about. I will probably put a 4 stroke 200 on mine before thinking of a newer boat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DucksnBobs View Post
    Bout my z7 3 years ago with 80 hours on it. Now has 150 hours. Heres what you need to check....
    1) tires (blew out both taking it home... sucked.. dont be like me)
    2) put some grease in them bearing buddies. Its 13 years old. Just go through everything now.
    3) Spark plugs... all were bad on mine from age. May only have 28 hours, but I'd replace
    4) replace fuel filter
    5) Check lower strainer and ensure it is clear (im sure its fine but might as well do it).
    6) I'd pull thermostats (really doubt they are bad with only 28 hours) but if you're in doing all the other stuff, might as well check these.
    7) Make a jumper wire for the oil reservoir. They notoriously go bad, even though everything is working. Known mercury issue with this motor. Nothing worse than a sensor causing your motor to go into limp mode, thinking it doesnt have oil but really does.

    Boat looks just like mine and I love it. It fishes good and its a comfortable ride. I am seriously contemplating selling my motor around the 200 hour mark and putting a 200 4stroke on it though in the next year or two. Also, want to pull carpet and sea dek mine.

    Best thing I have done to my boat.... probably added the the ultrex with active target. I built my own custom mount for behind the steering wheel and can get a 16" screen there if I wanted to, but I put a 12" carbon and its plenty big for behind the steering wheel. Next best thing is vessel view. With the older motor, you can only stay up on stuff so well, but things break. Vessel view just takes all the guess work out with the faults that come in and tell you exactly whats going on. I also upgraded my livewell pumps to faster/bigger bilges. I can pump water in and out and exchange water in the livewells so much quicker. Better for fish health imo but I really dont use the livewell all that much. Really the older z7 has been a fantastic little boat. Sometimes I wish it was a smidge bigger, but for a 19'er I don't have much to complain about. I will probably put a 4 stroke 200 on mine before thinking of a newer boat.
    Great info!

    Thanks for sharing.

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    #69
    I had one of my TM batteries take a dump on me last time out so I replaced the Interstate SRM27’s with 2 Everstart 27 DC’s from Wally World. I almost pulled the trigger on a lithium setup but decided to hold off until after the summer and do the swap over the winter.

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    #70
    I recently added a dedicated battery for my livescope setup. I went with an Ice Hole Power boat box and added a 19ah NMC 14.8V battery. I still need to connect my front graph to the same battery but it has worked great for me so far. Battery has worked for two trips before needing charged.



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    #71
    Now it's time for a 200 hp motor and you will be set.

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    #72
    I had a few minutes tonight to wire up my front graph to my Ice Hole Power Boat Box. I’m getting 15.0 volts on my graph voltage now. Really liking this setup.

    Last edited by mflora98ss; 08-16-2023 at 07:44 AM.

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    #73
    Planning on adding Powerpoles to the boat this off season and possibly new lithium batteries as well.

    Anyone with the same boat that's added them to their boat have any recommendations or tips on installing?

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    Gonna need that 200 for sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bassfisher444 View Post
    Gonna need that 200 for sure.
    LOL. Maybe next year.

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    #76
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    My 2012 had carpet removed amd seadek installed, a few other changes aswell
    That looks awesome. Did you do the carpet change or is there a kit that can be purchased? I'm looking to have my carpet changed on my 2013 Z-7

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    #77
    Just got my Power Pole 8’ Pro II’s from KandKKustomz today. I’ll be adding them shortly to the boat and add them to this thread as well.

    I also added a single 36 volt lithium so I can cleanup my bilge area for the Power Pole pumps.

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    Last edited by mflora98ss; 03-21-2024 at 07:06 PM.

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    What's the top speed now?

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