C40TLRX gear box drive shaft seals replacement

[rodbolt17]

today is gonna be about decent. feet are doing better,eye is doing well.
think I will hit the range and do some testing with a few mausers in 30-06,my 1911 and a new load for the .41 swiss.
may even take out my chronograph I got for Christmas that I have not used yet.
gotta test my first load in .45ACP.
6.3gr of 800x and a 230gr lead pill.
gotta wild bunch shoot next Saturday.

[99yam40]

It is better to Vac them out otherwise a bunch tends to get into all sorts of places that they sit and rot.

I took out the floor and remounted my side console when I 1st got this boat to shed all of the weight I could to get in shallow water and float.

turned out some of the older than me friends did not handle the ribs too well so I put some foam core fiberglass flooring back in. the leaves tend to get under that and under the bench seats.
usually notice the remains after heavy rains while trailering .
water sloshes around and out it comes to the open back end.

[pstephens46]

I guess I need to go outside and shopvac all of the live oak leaves out of the boat in case I try to put it into the water before too long.

just looked at forecast and 35% chance of rain as the front comes thru in the morning and then the north wind will be blowing 12 to 14.
I will wait till that blows out and then look to running into the bay later in the week hopefully

Drive truck really fast and they will blow out. Leaves. Takes until now for the regular oak leaves to finish falling. Live/water oaks next.

No snow though. Just the damn biting sand gnats. Thick!

[99yam40]

I guess I need to go outside and shopvac all of the live oak leaves out of the boat in case I try to put it into the water before too long.

just looked at forecast and 35% chance of rain as the front comes thru in the morning and then the north wind will be blowing 12 to 14.
I will wait till that blows out and then look to running into the bay later in the week hopefully

[walleye1]

Calling for 5 to 8 inches of snow starting tonight. I'm ready to move to Mexico.

[pstephens46]

that is so true,
I saw frost a few times this year and a little sleet a few weeks ago.
I am good with just rain, but the winter cloudy ,rainy days suck

What about tomorrow? No rain tomorrow forecasted.

[99yam40]

that is so true,
I saw frost a few times this year and a little sleet a few weeks ago.
I am good with just rain, but the winter cloudy ,rainy days suck

[walleye1]

No hill for a hill climber, i'd rather have rain than snow.

[99yam40]

Well the parts showed up yesterday.
Found them in mail box when I got back from the farm.
put the lower unit back together today and back on the motor.

tried pressure testing before putting the water pump back on so I could be able to see the drive shaft seals, but that popped the shift shaft seal housing out. had to put water pump on so the bottom wear plate would hold things in place.

everything checked up OK.
so I installed it onto motor and filled up with lube.
hope to put in the water before too long, the motor needs to be run
but there is a call for ran this week.
we shall see

[99yam40]

I keep an eye on the tell tail just in case, but I get 2years out of a water pump kit.
the cup and wear plat have groves , but the rubber impeller is still looking OK.

Cutting the mud and sand is just normally stopping(coming off plane the lower digs in and stops the boat) and trying to get back up on plane.
If I do not want to spend a long time idling out to find deeper water, a lot of times I turn the wheel hard right and peg the throttle to get the boat to lean over to get the lower unit off the bottom.
once I get a little speed going running in a circle like that I can straighten it out on plane.

I have had a couple of guys fly fish off of the front of my 16' aluminum boat, but at times you could use a cane pole to hang the fish as long as they have the heads down digging for food and not spook.

Single fish are a lot harder to get to bite sometimes. 2 or more in a group and they compete for the food and get very aggressive. 1st come 1st serve
I have had the fish eat the lure and then chase the small float 12 to 18 " in front of it.( the float helps keep the line and lure of the bottom and grass/moss in the real shallow water.)
you are reeling as fast as you can to try to pick up the slack to set the hook.
In shallow water and being able to see all of this going on is a blast

[panasonic]

Sounds like you have some good fishing when the conditions are right. I loved fly fishing for Atlantic salmon or trout in rivers...but have not done so in years now. Mostly just Cod, and mackerel now.

The river boat guys amaze me. Basically 25 foot flat back canoe with a 25-30 HP going up and down a river that is nothing but rocks..most have no skeg left.

How is it on your W/P inpeller? Do they wear out quickly?

[99yam40]

the so called Waterpump housing assembly (actually drive shaft seal housing)and 2 o rings were not in stock,
Parts should ship Monday they say.

[99yam40]

I normally sight fish for Reds, but catch some specks and flounder also in that shallow water, just not normal to see those and catch them after seeing them swim off when spooked.

this time of year is not too good for where I normally fish.
when water is real clear it is also cold so the reds are in deeper water getting away from the cold .
during the summer and fall I find reds with their backs sticking out of the water it is so shallow sometimes.
tricky part is getting a piece of plastic to run thru the water that shallow and not spook the fish you are trying to catch.
I normally fish water just deep enough to float the boat.
there are times I have to get out and wade to reach the fish I see.

I started out many years ago wading, but now 66 I try to stay in the boat and push pole along the flats as much as I can.

[pstephens46]

Looks like you run in shallow sandy water a lot...got all the paint worn off!!

Yep. Looks like mine. Just glad
sand, oysters and mud is all we worry about. None of those nasty rocks down here.

[panasonic]

Looks like you run in shallow sandy water a lot...got all the paint worn off!!