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Hi Huey the dealer who sold and set up the engine was a MAJOR dealer in the southern suburbs..WOT Revs are 5800,it definatly runs at about 50 - 1 oil usage, and is extremely fumy at idle and trolling .I would be more then happy to bring the boat to you if you could solve the problems, as I am obviously less then happy with it.I will take note of the fuel usage by the gauge at different revs next time I get to take the boat out and see what you think. Regards Kevin

Hi there I have a 130hp E-Tec and to say I am very disappointed with it would be an under statement! I replaced a 120 HP carburetted Force and fuel economy is very similar to the old motor and the use of the liquid gold XD 100 oil is at about 50 - 1(same as the old Force) and the motor is disappointing with the amount of exhaust fumes, making people who would not normally get sick feel ill. I was so disappointed with the fuel and oil usage that I complained to the dealer( a very well known long established dealer) after only 2 trips and they sent down a Tech to test it all out on the computer ,and I was told all was working within acceptable limits!! Then when I had a overheating issue and it was in for warranty I again complained about the oil and fuel usage , this time they water tested it with the computer attached and again said all was good. Next problem was an Injector failed and again it was in for warranty (to a different dealer this time ) and again I complained about the poor oil and fuel usage , all the tests again said all was running at acceptable limits. When taken in for its 3 year service ,once again I complained about the oil and fuel and fumes ..again all came back as acceptable ( not to me by a long shot). The 130 E Tec motor starts and runs well all day and is fairly quiet(nothing like a 4 stroke tho) I would not and could not recommend the 130HP E Tec from my own experience ..that said I know of others who own 115HP and 90HP E Tecs and they are really happy with their motors. After doing a lot more research and taking runs in others boats with 4 stroke Yamahas on them .. if I could afford to replace my 130 E Tec I would buy a 115HP or 150HP 4 stroke Yamaha immediatly. Regards Kevin

Hi there A couple of seasons ago while on a charter with Reef Magic of Sydney , I actually caught and landed a small Mako on a skirted trolling lure,everyone on board including the crew was amazed that it did not cut us off.

It sounds like you have a bad connection in the terminals connection at the battery..if it is still clicking and you dont have a multimeter, you can try and start it a few times while it clicks and put your hand on the terminal to see if either is getting hot..Hot one will be the faulty one . Otherwise it would be a very easy test by an Auto Electrician to actually tell you what is wrong and is much cheaper then buying new batteries that you dont need. Kevin

Hi kitto The other small boat was us ...should have guessed you were a raider lol It was only luck that we came out on Saturday as the plan was to just take the boat for a run in the Bay after some repairs.Had a look out side and decided we may as well run out to the fad and have a look..as we were there anyway and found it dead as you did.Decided to head up north to some traps we had marked earlier and see what was going on,as we got closer could see 2 boats and birds and thought here we go this looks better, Caught a few jellybean yellowfin and and saw you wave us over and generously told us about the Dollies under the tree ,so we had to go and have a look. Pulled up at the tree that was huge and mostly under water to see a monster dollie swim right past us,two livies rapidly hit the water for all of 15 seconds before a huge dollie jumps out 20 metres from us..unfortunately for me it wasnt on my livie He put up a real fight ,lots of jumping and was by far the hardest fight I have seen from a dolphinfish,finally pinned him with the gaff ,tail roped him and dragged him on board.Had a celebration drink and headed back over to say thanks and show him off Did not measure him but he weighed in at 18.9 kgs Regards Kevin

Hi We went out on Thursday around Garie and down south and ran into the dreaded jackets also . The first small spikey I brought up looked like he had been filleted on the way up,when I threw what was left of him back in ther were literaly hundreds of 15 cm jackets attacking the remains under the boat. We tried moving around to different spots between 30 and 60 metres and was met with the familiar instant attacks of jackets as soon as the baits hit the bottom.There were a couple of other boats around and they also seemed to be moving around alot as well and finally left. We did manage to find a patch of very nice flaties and for about 40 minutes did catch about 20 good fish until the jackets found us again ,at this point we gave up and went home after losing several rigs . Kevin

I recently also bought a dual axle Sales trailer for a 5.6 metre glass boat ..great price, localy built and the guys swapped my boat over and set it all up so it tows , launches and retrieves perfectly. Regards Kevin

I will have a try at putting up a few pics of the great day out on Saturday the 24th Steve hooked up to the fin that took the cube after 30 seconds of starting The ever present Damo stands by ready with the gaff while talking with Mike on the flybridge The end result a happy Steve with his Yellowfin I cannot possibly recommend highly enough the great crew of Reef Magic Hope you enjoy Kevin

A very big thanks to Mike and Damo for the day out,these 2 gentlemen worked extremly hard and did it with a smile and a chat all day. Reef Magic the boat is nothing short of oustanding to fish out of and when it was time to go home it just powered thru the swells with an amazing smooth ride. We will put up a more detailed post with some pics later. Many thanks Kevin and the guys

Hi Dutchy Auto Electrician I am lol It really is fairly straight forward to sort out (most of the time ) try putting the white wires into the 3 pin (centre) plug into the car and turn on the tail lights ,then put the other colours one at a time into pin 7 and see what lights up on the trailer .I would be reasonably confident that the colours would be as i described previously if done by anyone that had any sort of an idea so maybe try that first. If you are still in trouble let me know Kevin

Hi It is unusual to have 4 core cable ...are you sure there is not another colour that has been cut off at the plug end ? does not really matter if those are the colours that are being used already Standard colour codes are red stop light...brown tail light....yellow left indicator ..green right indicator and white is earth,if there is no yellow you could try using the colours as above but use the green as the indicators in the plug spots 1 and 4 for each side depending on which cable runs down each side. Hope this is of some help Kev

Hi Stewy As Chris has already happily pointed out between us we have had a few years around cichlids lol If you are after a few more frontosa let us know and i am sure something can be arranged,I dont currently keep any fronts but may be able to help you with other fish for the tank . The auction on the first Saturday in October will be the place to get good fish at a reasonable price and Chris and myself will be auctioneers on the day. Everyone that would like to attend is welcome on the day ,and you can come at any time and stay as long as you want. Regards Kevin

Thanks Huey For answering Hariklias question about my ex motor ,as you already said it was a very basic motor and good value at the time I purchased it. Apart from faulty stators, in the past it had never failed me . I am glad to hear that it had been looked after as that is what I always tried to do .Remembering it is along way back from the shelf ,to be towed or swim if it was to fail . Thanks again for your help Kevin

Hi all I just wanted to say thankyou to Craig and his team from Huett Marine at Cowan. About a month ago Chris55 and myself were happily fishing off Port Kembla and actually catching fish when the motor decided to have problems starting and running and only got worse as the day went on. Got back to the ramp and pulled the boat out of the water and took it home , some investigation later showed low compression in 2 cylinders and the head was removed and showed 2 damaged bores. A few calls later and things were starting to look not so good,cost wise. A call to Craig at Huett Marine was made ,Craig answered the phone and was very helpful (even tho he had no idea who I was) he made a few suggestions and gave me a rough quote to repair the damage based on what i had described ( his quote was $1000 to $1500 cheaper then others). I live in Helensburgh , North Wollongong so draging the boat all the way to Cowan was not just a short trip. I decided to make the trip and get the boat to Cowan . When I arrived after my journey across Sydney ,Craig had a look and noted that a third piston was damaged. After some discussion it was decided to leave the boat there and have the motor striped down and a quote done , as we walked through the show room we stopped at a couple of second hand motors on display ..one was a 99 115HP Evinrude DFI, a bit more talking and I asked Craig to give me a quote on fitting this motor as well as repairing my Force. Off i drove back home without the boat ,I only went a few Kms down the road and decided to go back and get the price on fitting the Evinrude. The price all up was very tempting as part of the fitting meant that the transom had to have a aluminium sleeve made and fitted to take the extra long motor. The deal was done and the boat left to have the motor fitted, everything was organised by Huett Marine and all I had to do was pick it up and take it for a quick test run in the river at Brooklyn with Chris55 last weekend. The boat ran well and the motor has heaps of get up and go out of the hole ,is quiet and very little smoke even with the half a tank of pre mix that was still in it. All we need now is some reasonable weather and I can take it out for a serious run and some fishing and see what the fuel economy will be like compared to my old carby motors. Thanks again to Craig and the team at Huett marine. Regards Kevin