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It was about 6 months ago that there was a fairly complete explanation of
just how a Minnkota was dis-assembled, drilled, and reassembled with special
precautions on watching for metal shavings from drilling and a few other bits of
wisdom on where to drill the hole and what was used as a hose/reservoir and
other things. I don't remember who had posted it but the thread had some
input from several members, all with suggestions and advice on how exactly they
had proceeded. A thorough search of the mail list archives would bring this to
light again. It's true that a simple step by step explanation with photos and
all would be helpful but some time spent searching the archives can turn up all
kids of interesting stuff, this being but one of the many good threads in recent
times.
Perhaps having the threads and subjects organized into a more user friendly
configuration could be possible but it's a pretty big undertaking to back track
through all the old stuff, sort out what's relevant, divy up into
subjects.......Ya, a huge chore.
There was even a thread about THAT a while back.
For now, it's just a bit of work to go through what's there in it's current
format. Time consuming for sure but worth it if you have a specific problem
you're trying to overcome. Still, it's much easier to just ask the question and
see if any good answers come back.
I for one don't mind putting in my two cents on a subject that's been
covered several times before but not everyone reads every note on every thread
so it's a hit-or-miss method at best. Like I said, a little time searching the
old stuff is often worth the effort if you have the time and need a bit of
advice.
Maybe it could be possible to generate a list of "SUBJECTS" that would make
future threads a little easier to group together.
For instance.....this thread called "hello Emile" is unlikely to be looked
at if a guy was looking for info on compensating a Minnkota and trying to narrow
down the search.
If however there was a list of subjects published and a thread was begun
that could fit roughly into one of these subject headings, maybe the writer
could use the "subject line" to label a thread as one from the published list
and then add a couple words that were a little more specific to the actual info
contained within the post.
An example for the subject could be........Subject: Re:[PSUBS-MAILIST]
Minnkota ( oil compensating )
and then someone replying could write Subject:
Re{PSUBS-MAILIST] Minnkota ( disassembly )
Then another guy who wanted to chime in with a related but different
approach could write Subject: Re:[PSUBS-MAILIST] Minnkota ( WD40 oil
) and then................
Ok, you get the idea.
Not being a good computer whiz I don't really know if this would work
but it's something that could be considered or at least thought about to make
the searching a little easier. I know it's something that's been brought up a
couple of times but for now.....ya just gotta look a bit and spend some time
checking the old stuff. I've got this great big pile of stuff that I
printed out and just stuffed into a folder, thinking if I need it later there's
a hard copy in there some where. Lots of times I'll be leafing through that file
looking for something I remembered printing and find other little treasures I
had forgotten about. OK, I'm not a very good secretary either but I can always
find it if I want to, just takes a while.
Sorry if I'm rambling but I'm dead tired and headed for bed. I guess the
message here is, check the archives if you don't get an answer.
Frank D.
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