Recent content by mikesx

On a flip boat I use silicone grease, not sealant, I always anticipate a lot of pump tuning, 1 piece pump means you’re not leaving the wear ring anyway. For creek boats I use Ultra Gray Permatex for the seal to wear ring and silicone grease for the lip to pump shoe. The Permatex is my futile...

Don’t be modest, post some pics of what’s under the hood!

I can’t believe you’re gonna put a salt water covered jet ski in it! At least it’ll help with the “patina”….

And if they cast them from scratch why would they still have the screwed on glued on reinforcing block like the Ninjas?

Is that a 144 or 140 trim ring you’re trying to put on there?

Always post pics of the issues! Most of the guys on here have been there done that and like the saying, a picture is worth a thousand words. Another tool for diagnosing hood leaks is the paper tear test. Latch the hood down on paper and see how hard it is to pull out. I use parchment paper and...

Have you considered making the green bellmouth 1 piece with a slit in and then corkscrewing it into the breather hole? May not even need adhesive then….

Separate fuse for the bilge, and keep it external, IMHO, bilges and their switching devices (auto or button) can act up at anytime. You can ride just by pulling the fuse. If the fuse blows on the Zeel you’re not riding anyway….

Lol, hmmm, you may be onto something there, though JB Weld is going to be a far superior material than that stator….

Yeah I get it, with the condition of the base material on these things I don’t think you can even pay to get a decent job. If you notice in the pics of the one I repaired the base material above the actual repair blew out. You just wind up chasing it.

Just give you some perspective on this, I've done a couple of these and spent A LOT of time, there is only so much you can do with a corroded 30 year old casting....

Yeah, kinda figured this was the situation.

I blame Scott for the 122mm pump in the FX1, I’ll never forgive him.

Now that you moved the wear ring over it means your driveshaft will move over. Technically nothing wrong with the shaft not being centered in the tube. You may have a problem with the bigger diameter mid shaft shifting over , may rub the tube. The next challenge will be if the mid shaft housing...

I think what Benny is referring to is whether it is a flow thru or shut off when disconnected, not check valve. I use both. Flow thru for pissers (which I also flush thru). The only place I use shut off is for my EXTERNAL flush connection so I can see when the guts pop out which has happened a...