This is my post for #freewriters Monday prompt 5 scenarios hosted by @mariannewest
I am still broke down. I got a new gasket for the water jacket on my motor, I was so happy that the outboard shop had one in stock.
The problem with trying to fix my motor is there are more than 5 scenarios of what it could be. These are the major ones.
#1 The stator is bad
#2 a coil is bad
#3 a broken reed valve
#4 a bad trigger
#5 a crack in the head
A husband and wife team runs the outboard shop and he has said he will not work on a motor as old as mine, but the wife said she will ask him again if he will take a look at it. My fingers are crossed that he will change his mind because we can not find the problem. He has all the gauges to test 4 of the 5 things.
#5 is what the outboard shop said it could have, they told us to put soapy water in a squirt bottle and lightly spray the engine while running it and watch for bubbles to appear. I am concerned that if I do this and get some electrical components wet, will it blow up.....
I had a hand full of blackberries that I cooked and strained the juice out of. So today I cut up a few star fruit and made star fruit blackberry jam/jelly. It sure is pretty.
One thing good about not fishing is that I am getting stocked back up on my canning items, last week I made mango salsa, I am very pleased with the way it turned out. We have already eaten almost a full jar of it. It is so good with fish, or over rice and with chips.
Your jams are super pretty, and I bet they taste as good as they look!
Thank you. They do taste good.
At what point do you just look for a new(er) motor? I don't even know what the market is like or what prices are. I'd nick my dad's old Johnson and ship it out, but it also has issues, what with being over 60 years old and a mere 5.5 horse.
Thank you for the thought of shipping your dad's old motor but no thanks. with the way fishing is going, I can not see where I could possibly make the money back from buying a new motor, I think they are 4 to 5 grand maybe more, and if I bought a used one, I would be buying someone else's problems. I feel that fixing this one would be the cheapest way to go unless it has a cracked block. Then I will be stuck fishing in the same boat as my husband, two captains in one boat does not go over very well. He does not want to try places that I would try and one of us gets upset.