Hunt Smart, Fish Hard

Back in March of this year, I cranked up the boat motor from sitting all winter. I was getting it ready for spring fishing. I was having a little trouble getting the fuel line to connect to the motor. The connector was loose. I squeezed the gas pump and I could hear air hissing from the connection. I tried my best to get it connected but I didn’t have any luck.

The $64,000 dollar question is what do I do now? I never had this problem before. It’s always been two cranks and she fires right up, she purrs like a kitten. Today she was acting like an old mean ally cat.

I grab my little tackle box and got the needle nose pliers and got ahold of the nut/screw that was loose. I turned it a few times and tried cranking it over again. It didn’t help. When I checked the screw again it was still loose. They were calling for rain on Saturday so it was going to be a week and a half before I could try again.

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