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  1. Freakie

    Stripped OEM Driveshaft only 30 hours of use

    Is this wear pattern abnormal....any ideas on what caused this..its on an H20 148 setback stainless pump
  2. Freakie

    limited slip tank

    Hi Its totally inert....no reaction to gas at all...mines been in place for 2 years and I have never had to tighten the brap strap even once. I cant get a pic that far down without removing everything....I bought 4 stainless steel rings from a marine boat shop and tied the ends of the dyneema...
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    limited slip tank

    Hi I use a brap strap setup with dyneema rope (unbreakable and no stretch)...under the tank is a 1 inch pad.the rope is fixed at 4 places on the hull in front and behind the tank same as stock.....rock solid the st raps in the picture has long since been removed. The tank cant move at all and...
  4. Freakie

    Faster way to tow ski? (on water)

    I have always wanted to test my own solution to this problem but its still in my head. (I will it explain lower down). Blocking the water lines is just way too tedious imo if you are towing the ski fairly often behind a ski boat to get an upriver /down river camp. Towing does not cause the...
  5. Freakie

    Other Low End or Spark??? - Troubleshooting Help Please!

    I would guess one of 3 most likely possibilities..1.. water has infected either your carbs internally (through contaminated fuel), or (2) exposed an electrical breakdown, or (3) a partially blown cylinder o ring due to water ingestion through carb venturis (your piston top is way too clean...
  6. Freakie

    Other Yamaha FX 140 hull transplant

    I was in Phuket a year or two ago and noticed that all the sit down rentals were very beat up Yamaha FX 2 and 3 seater models.....I asked them to pop the seat so i could look at the motors and big surprise ...all of them had single carb 61x 701 motors hooked up to the stock 160 pump.....it...
  7. Freakie

    Big Li batteries shred starters

    CARBONX2 is very likely 100 % spot-on with his conclusion. fact...The LiPo batteries internal resistance is much much lower than any Lead acid...it also gets lower the longer you crank the starter(i.e heat in the battery lowers the resistance in LiPo bats....so the bigger LiPos huge amps...
  8. Freakie

    Waveraider restoration

    even a hair dryer works very well.
  9. Freakie

    Spark plugs lasting 6 hrs

    Ok so pop off is lowish and you have high volume pilot jets as well.......what are your mains.......sounding richy rich already but i am not an expert....help us guys
  10. Freakie

    Unstable Super Jet

    Its your sponsons that are mounted too low...they are most likeky flush with the lowest seam on the hull on each side.....great fir surf riding....crap for high speed flat water...creates chine walk at anything over half throttle on FLat water......they needto go up about .5 to .75 of an inch or...
  11. Freakie

    Engine McDog = Great Seller and OCD on after sales too !

    I was looking to buy an 1100 short block and did a lot of research before pulling the trigger .eventually spotted his ad and we bounced a few pms after which i felt confident to part with my cash in exchange for his high dollar baby to be then sent to a fedex collect address in New York, after...
  12. Freakie

    Spark plugs lasting 6 hrs

    If you had stock 38 carbs, your pop off would be way too low.....i.e too rich above idle and into 1/3 rd throttle...but you running 44s. So an expert needs to comment on whether the bigger air volume can imply a lower pop off to get the fuel running in the right ratios....i also want to learn...
  13. Freakie

    Looking for a retriever bag

  14. Freakie

    Looking for a retriever bag

    Hi yes I have ..under 10 dollars...its the very small Topeak under saddle bag thats designed to hold one MTB tube..its pretty surf and salt proof . find it a cycle shop .....I have rolled up about 8 metres of kevlar which has a red float attached to it and it is actually mounted just under my...
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