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Spring tune-up is easy, worthwhile
Winter is over. Flowers are beginning to bloom. The weather is milder. The days are a little longer. […]
Articles by Hank Johnston
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Power steering now better than ever
I was just reminiscing with an old friend the other day. I remembered the first outboard boat that my father owned. It was a 15-foot tri-hull with a 33-horsepower Johnson hanging on the transom. […]
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Jack plates not always good
Jack plates can be very beneficial to certain types of boats, but they are not necessarily the answer to all that may ail your boat. […]
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Jury still out on oil-bath hub system
In the September issue of Louisiana Sportsman, I wrote about trailer bearing failures and how to avoid them. A recent e-mail I received asked for my opinion on a different type of trailer bearing lubrication system that was not mentioned in that article. […]
The Boat Doctor
It’s time to get your mud motor ready
Duck season opens this month, and I was wondering how many of you have thought of doing any maintenance on your duck hunting boats and motors. […]
Fishing
Cooling system not just a water pump
Last month, a reader emailed to say he has a 1985 model 40-horsepower motor, and is having trouble with the water system. He replaced the impeller and the gaskets with an impeller kit, but the engine tell tale is still not as strong as it is supposed to be. […]
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Bearings are failing more frequently
In the past, I have always recommended that trailer bearings should be cleaned and repacked with fresh grease every two years, but lately, I have seen a larger-than-normal amount of wheel-bearing problems. At […]
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Teflon lubricants may spell trouble
One of the things I enjoy most about writing columns is the feedback I get from the readers. Many times readers will share with me tips and hints that can be very helpful. […]
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Good steering worth investment
Last month I wrote about steering systems becoming stiff, and how to repair them when this happens. Almost immediately, I was contacted by several readers who needed to replace their steering systems. […]
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Don’t get the steering-cable blues
I was recently writing a repair order for a customer’s boat. The steering system was frozen, and the customer could not understand how that had happened. […]
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LED trailer lights a vast improvement
LED is an abbreviation for light-emitting diodes. They have been around for many years. In the past their use in boats has been more of decoration than function. […]
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Solutions to a slow-starting engine
I received an e-mail this month from a reader (I’ll call him Joe) who is having carburetor troubles. He wrote that he has a 1987 model boat with an XYZ brand outboard. […]
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Buyers beware of Katrina, Rita boats
The one-two punch of Katrina and Rita claimed upwards of 50,000 boats, many of which have been totaled by the insurance companies […]
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Got motor trouble? I can help
Hello, and welcome to all the readers of Louisiana Sportsman magazine. For those of you who don’t know me, I was first christened with the name “The Boat Doctor” way back in 1983 when I was a guest on the WWL outdoors radio program. […]