Atchman2
Well-Known Member
Last night I got a heavy line tangled in my Min Kota trolling motor. Now it won't work. I can hear the Ipilot thing clicking to tell it to go, but it doesn't spin.
That's good, and Swafford is THE BEST. But what TNGunsmoke suggested is still a very wise suggestion. I routinely remove my TM prop (and outboard prop) to check for line wrapped around shaft(s). Once you do it, you learn it's really simple. Once you get your system down, takes make 5 or 10 minutes to do both TM and outboard - FAR less to just do the TM. And that tiny bit of time can potentially save you hours (or days) of headaches and maybe even thousands of dollars in repairs.Thanks! I just called Swafford and he walked me through the fix! What a nice guy! I've bought two used trolling motors from him over the years. He thinks I just have a bad battery and sure enough once I hooked it up to the charger, the motor started running again. I also did a software update on my Ipilot and rebooted the motor.
I bought the boat less than a year ago, and the original battery won't charge. I'm going to take it and see if they will replace it for me since it should be under warranty. Once I slow down fishing, I'm going to take it in for its annual check up. The speedometer doesn't work, and the gas gauge is highly suspect. The Speedometer isn't that important since I use my Garmin for speed anyway.