Mine broke today. I am thinking of drilling thru from the outside and see whats up. Hard to work out how they did it.

Just wondering if anyone has been down this track.

Alan

Yes I have started drilling in from one side and the pin seems firmly set in there. I have hit the pin and started trying to punch it thru. Not budging. Yes - the bolt may be a problem on the outside - unless I can recess it. That plastic looks solid in there.

That broken pin cost me a rod and a good fish, and a lure.

The rod dropped down and jammed past the broken pin  (bigger butt section higher up)- while the fish (YF) was at the boat waiting for a gaff. The base of the rod lodged itself in my nuts.  Things got awkward, then the fish bolted under the boat. Another broken rod for the collection.

Maybe I will contact BM too - good idea.

Regards

Alan

Just need to find one.

Have contacted BM, just in case.

Found the ceneter bit of the pin on the floor of the boat.

Alan

It is not like I can walk down the road and buy another one here (Vtu). There will likely be something available - but I would rather fix this if I can.

Alan

Ideally I might find a bolt with a 50mm shank. But prob have to wait til I get back to NZ. Meantime this will work. There is no nut on the end right now. Bolt too short. Needs another 10mm. But it may not need a nut - it is threaded in to the plastic. Just need to find a couple of 12mm blanking grommets now. But this bolt will be easy to replace if needed.

Thx

Alan

I think I will leave the ends open for now, no real reason to close them in. WhenI find a 12mm blanking grommet (prob NZ) I will fit that. But this is an easy change out now if I ever needed to. Can't see why I should tho.

Alan

Alan

That is really smart - nice work brother.

I hate throwing stuff away for a 'minor' defect, although this was a tad more than minor.

Bit of lateral thinking and you've saved yourself a few hundred bucks on top of it too.

Yes

Stuff craps out here at an alarming rate. Never seen anything like it. Weedeaters, mowers, gas water heaters, vehicles, boats , not to mention gamefishing gear. It is a constant process. My ute had a starter motor issue yesterday. Fixed thankfully. My boat had a small leak and I had to strip the hull out a couple of days ago.. I have a bunch of trailer parts I brought over in my luggage recently. When my mates get here shortly, they will bring the rest of it, along with a bunch of other stuff. Then I can replace a whole lot of rusted fittings on the trailer. It is hard work at times just keeping everything working as needed. But I have never missed a fishing day with broken stuff. 

I spend a good deal of my time, when not fishing, fixing stuff.

Unfortunately I didn't get to try the rod bucket out today. Saw a couple of cracking YF that would have given it a serious workout - but they didn't want to know about my aspirations. Next time.

Alan

I got sick of fixing 2 stroke stuff so recently bought a battery Stihl hedge trimmer and a seperate battery weedeater unit.  Everything here costs a lot more - about $1k for NZ retail $600 for the two units. But I figured I had fixed my 2 stroke issues. The hedge trimmer was going fine for about 4 mths then I came back to NZ and 2-3 months later it failed. My mate here had a look and took it in to the 'dealer'. Motor seized. Meantime they lost 1 screw and stripped another thread. I purchased another motor while in NZ - cost about $200 - only 1 in stock in NZ (which suggests they don't expect them to fail). When I got back to Vtu I swapped it over. The dealer here said 6 mth warranty - sorry. The NZ dealer said 3 yr - if I bring the unit in they will replace, free of charge. Obviously I couldn't do that. I pulled the failed motor apart - one lug on the commutator winding had detached itself from the armature.. Clearly manufacture failure. I bonded it back and have as spare now.

I just fitted a new Yamaha F70 to my boat - brilliant motor. The warranty here is 6 mths. I think Aus/NZ is 3-5 yrs.

Electrical stuff near no warranties.

It is just a tough environment I think.

I did contact BM about the rod bucket failure - no response. I guess they rather want pics of gurnard on a 10/0 hook or something.

So my GME boat radio has just failed. About 2 yrs old. The mic cord has completely disintegrated. I sent a pic to GME a few days ago. They have replied tonight. They are offereing a new mic cord at least.  But have no explanation why all the coating on the cord has fallen off.

V factor.

Alan

"Hi Alan a bit off topic but I see you mentioned the F70. Has it lived up to your   expectations, got the power you require etc"

I think I got a couple of positive replies - yours was one of them then. That was enough for me to make the call. I figured the impressive brochure performance specs would be under the most optimal conditions. I was looking for some real world experience.

So I have the same boat and 90 Merc 2S back in NZ. I am now wondering why I shouldn't change that over too.

I was waiting to see how this motor would go for the hole shot -0 since in NZ I beach launch in to surf. Every second counts when you want full power. But this thing revs out at least as quick as the Merc does. I can't fault it.

Regards

Alan