Traveler2586 Posted August 23, 2013 Author Posted August 23, 2013 Any luck? Well, I did get a message yesterday reporting the gear casing came in and the prop should arrive today. I still have not received any word (estimate or status) on the trolling motor, or the estimate on the engine repairs. Just by the tone of the voice in the message I feel like we're imposing on the person and he has no time to make calls. Am I expecting too much here, I'm comparing this boat shop to my local shop and my car dealer. Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted August 23, 2013 Super User Posted August 23, 2013 The map curser (target symbol) is where your stated the GPS waypoint. This is the Navionics digital mapping. The Shoal shown on the map is .22 statute mile from the waypoint. Quote
Super User Sam Posted August 23, 2013 Super User Posted August 23, 2013 Dang man. Glad you are ok though. Boats and parts are replaceable. Jeff X2. Really glad that you were not hurt. Two guys in my boat club supposedly hit "something" in the Potomac after leaving Aquia Creek and heading up river. The impact tore the $18,000 Yamaha off the transom and it sank. The two guys were thrown around the boat but no serious injuries when the motor came off. That was a close call. As stated above, you can always repair or replace the boats and their parts but you can't replace you. Keep us posted on how AARP handles the claim. Thanks for sharing. Story highlights the need for a good map and doing research before you venture out even though the maps and other data may still be incorrect. Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted August 23, 2013 Super User Posted August 23, 2013 All I can say is that you're lucky that you came out Ok. From the pics it looks like you took a solid hit. Quote
Brian Needham Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 I too am glad you are ok, that must have startled you at best! aarp, leading ranger dealer in area, everyone is dropping the ball here. I would be highly peeved. I personally would blow up phones until work was completed. That's how I handle things, lean on, lean , lean on, pound them , pound them. then Great job! thanks for your efforts! I have found people/shops/insurance will put you off as long as they can or until you get ticked. JMO Quote
Traveler2586 Posted August 23, 2013 Author Posted August 23, 2013 I too am glad you are ok, that must have startled you at best! aarp, leading ranger dealer in area, everyone is dropping the ball here. I would be highly peeved. I personally would blow up phones until work was completed. That's how I handle things, lean on, lean , lean on, pound them , pound them. then Great job! thanks for your efforts! I have found people/shops/insurance will put you off as long as they can or until you get ticked. JMO AARP was never a problem, other than they don't have Boat Adjusters; they gave great service; they are the only one's to tell me what the lower unit estimate is. 1 Quote
Brian Needham Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 fair enough........ I know it sucks being off the water. I do hope it speeds up and gets you back out there soon!! Quote
Super User J Francho Posted August 23, 2013 Super User Posted August 23, 2013 When you get her fixed, come on up to Oneida, and I'll show you where to wreck her good. Just kidding, glad you're ok. Stinks when it comes to repairs. They always take too long. Quote
Traveler2586 Posted August 23, 2013 Author Posted August 23, 2013 X2. Really glad that you were not hurt. Two guys in my boat club supposedly hit "something" in the Potomac after leaving Aquia Creek and heading up river. The impact tore the $18,000 Yamaha off the transom and it sank. The two guys were thrown around the boat but no serious injuries when the motor came off. That was a close call. As stated above, you can always repair or replace the boats and their parts but you can't replace you. Keep us posted on how AARP handles the claim. Thanks for sharing. Story highlights the need for a good map and doing research before you venture out even though the maps and other data may still be incorrect. If you look at the map Wayne put up you'll see the structure I was looking to fish. The sad part is I had my eyes glued to the graph at the time of the impact; the problem is the transducer is in the rear of the boat just two feet before the lower unit so I had no warning at all. Quote
Traveler2586 Posted August 23, 2013 Author Posted August 23, 2013 fair enough........ I know it sucks being off the water. I do hope it speeds up and gets you back out there soon!! You're right; I tried some dock fishing at the park, but that sucks; they have areas of the dock marked off as "No Fishing beyond this point" and there are no boats around at all. I don't know how a bank angler manages with all the tree limbs and brush to contend with. Quote
B@ssCrzy Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 Man!! Heck of an ordeal. Glad you are ok and hope the boat gets fixed real soon. That is one of the reasons I am afraid to get my boat out on a river. Kayak is more my speed for a river. Quote
Traveler2586 Posted August 28, 2013 Author Posted August 28, 2013 Picked up the boat yesterday, just 4 wks & 3 days to get the lower unit and prop replaced. Today I took it to Fusion Fiber Marine Inc.to have the hull checked out, we know it's scratched up but don't know if the trailer bunks are hiding any damage. 2 Quote
Traveler2586 Posted September 1, 2013 Author Posted September 1, 2013 Trolling Motor Autopsy 09/01/2013 Preformed a forensic autopsy on my trolling motor’s power head today to see why it locked up on me. If you recall from my first post I hit a shoal which took off the underside of my lower unit, so I called BoatUS for a tow. To meet the towboat in deeper water I deployed my trolling motor to make my way towards the channel. As I made my way I was fighting a headwind so I decided to put the TM on high speed to make better headway; a few seconds later I hear a knock from the TM and I go dead in the water. When I pulled the TM I found I could not rotate the prop. I had the TM serviced at a local shop and asked them to save the parts for me so I could investigate what happened. The shop said it wasn’t worth digging into the power head to replace parts so they replaced the entire head. This gives me the opportunity to see for myself the undisturbed inside of the head. I carefully disassembled the head inspecting each piece as I proceeded. When I pulled the armature it became obvious a small piece of the lower expansion shaft of an aluminum pop-rivet had fallen down inside the TM’s tubing, following the wiring, and made its way into the motor. As the pop-rivet is aluminum it was not attracted to the motors magnets and was free to move about inside the motor. There’s no telling how long the pop-rivet was inside the motor, but on this day it made its way to the armature/magnet area and became wedged between the magnets and the armature plates with enough force to break many of the plates. A careful inspection of the motors parts shows that only the armature and some rubber O-rings need to be replaced. Learned Lesson: debris can find its way down a Trolling Motor tubes and into the motor housing. Corrective Step: Plug the TM’s outer (upper) tube with a wad of cotton and cap it with RTV caulking. Tight Lines All Quote
Traveler2586 Posted September 1, 2013 Author Posted September 1, 2013 Just looking at a parts diagram of the MotorGuide Tour Series and found there is one pop-rivet used to hold the control head onto the outer tube. Some time back I did have my TM serviced for a bent shaft; so if they drilled out the pop-rivet to change out both the inner and outer tubes... guess where half of that pop-rivet went??? Quote
Super User Redlinerobert Posted September 3, 2013 Super User Posted September 3, 2013 Bottom line, you're ok. This could have been so much worse. Quote
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