Mark Hofman
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Woohoo!!! I did it! I broke the Motorguide mount! Now I can get that MinnKota Maxxum 24-volt ...Uuhhmmm, excuse me for a second.....
(Yes, wife? I CAN'T? I gotta get the one I have FIXED? Really? You know that's going to cost us money and I'm probably just going to break it again. But the Master Spring Catalog from that OTHER outdoors store just came today! . . . . But I don't know HOW to fix it! Oh, okay . . . I'll ask them.)
Guys, we hit a dock trying to park my boat and snapped the Motorguide decket in half. The decket is that black piece of plastic on the front of the mount that sticks over the bow of the boat and guides the trolling motor into its stowed position.
But the real damage is that one of the screws holding the mount in place spins and spins and SPINS when you try to unscrew it because the little plastic plug is also broken. I can't unscrew it.
How do I go about getting that screw out and replacing the plastic plug? It's the bow, port side screw. On my TV-18, the plug is in a hole in the metal, not in the wood of the casting deck. Do I have to take the deck up to get at that part from underneath?
Thanks for the help. Now excuse me while I go cry over my new spring master catalog.
Mark
(Yes, wife? I CAN'T? I gotta get the one I have FIXED? Really? You know that's going to cost us money and I'm probably just going to break it again. But the Master Spring Catalog from that OTHER outdoors store just came today! . . . . But I don't know HOW to fix it! Oh, okay . . . I'll ask them.)
Guys, we hit a dock trying to park my boat and snapped the Motorguide decket in half. The decket is that black piece of plastic on the front of the mount that sticks over the bow of the boat and guides the trolling motor into its stowed position.
But the real damage is that one of the screws holding the mount in place spins and spins and SPINS when you try to unscrew it because the little plastic plug is also broken. I can't unscrew it.
How do I go about getting that screw out and replacing the plastic plug? It's the bow, port side screw. On my TV-18, the plug is in a hole in the metal, not in the wood of the casting deck. Do I have to take the deck up to get at that part from underneath?
Thanks for the help. Now excuse me while I go cry over my new spring master catalog.
Mark