04-06-2009, 09:00 AM
Fished the CFF TX#2 on the Chick today,real cold and foggy first thing ,went to blast off and wouldnt run just bog down and suck the bulb dry,partner kept pumping the bulb running all the way above soddy and first stop put a nice 3#in the boat great I thought but with the boat not wanting to run right kinda screwed with my head,fished a ledge some more and caught some short fish then decided to call my ace #1 mechanic and told him what it was doing and he went over things with me and he finally figured out that the fuel pump had blown a diaphragm and we would have to bypass the fuel pump ,so after about 30 minutes of cutting lines and re directing them she would start as long as you pumped the bulb so a rebuild kit is on for this week of the fuel pump.Fishing was ok today ended up with 5.36 on two fish and made it home in one piece. Thanks to james for all his help on the phone today and getting me running for awhile.Was a good turnout and great to see everyone from CFF at HBSP.