Now I know why my grade school teacher said keep your thinking cap on.
I bought this little 6 horse Johnson for $100 bucks because it was so clean under the hood. I had to replace the water pump and thermostate because it was only kicking out a little water. I got that done and there was a miss when it idled slow so I fixed that, kinda figured it was the Champion plugs, bought some NGK’s yesterday and put those in because thier a darned good plug, even better then AC’s. I put the boat in the water and lifted up the gas can and I felt some weight so I thought I had enough gas. I got out on the river and went upstream and the boat planed out and ran like a sewing machine.
I got up river about a mile and a half and thought Id better turn around, again lifting the gas tank and feeling a little weight, thinking Id use less gas going down river with the current so I thought no problem. I made the turn to go down river and went about a block and the motor died. I thought dam- I can’t be out of gas can I. Well I tried to prime the carburator and all I got was air.
I knew better and slapped myself across the face a couple times and thought oh well its a nice night for a drift. I ran out of gas at 9:00 and didn’t get back down river to the ramp until 12:15. It was a nice night with bullfrogs and leopard frogs making all the noise they could with a very fait breeze. The bugs were out by the kazillions and I couldn’t keep my stern light on because of them but that was ok. Atleast I got out on the river and with no bait but atleast it was a nice float. I’ll know better next time like tonight and my first stop is the gas station, maybe the boy and his girlfriend and I’ll get lucky and catch a few channels. Note to self;; don’t forget to put gas and oil in the boats gas can.
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E-F guage they usually have.