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My last kiss goodbye......

Just lost my ski to the ocean on saturday.......

On Saturday I Lost MY Ski. It was absolutely devastating to say the least. The last two days I have been completely crushed. After spending almost all my free time perfecting, upgrading, and tuning my pet project. It was all gone in a matter of minutes. The low down...... It was a fairly...

Can someone at the X help? I feel that the need for blocking spam is important to say the least but it is kind of ridiculous that I cant even post a video without sufficent rights, and I cant post on certian threads either?.......So 2010.........But really, why cant we have a site a bit more...

Finally was able to get her out on the water and do the real testing! Ended up encountering a few more problems......all rookie builder mistakes. Nothing to major. But was finally down to the carb tuning, set up, and minor tweaks. I rebuilt my carbs with the pop off arm on top the needle and...

After finally getting a running ski in my yard. In started to finish up the controls, steering, bars, bilge, etc......

During the finishing phase I finally got her built up, and hit a brick wall........I could get the motor to turn and could prove gas, compression, and spark but couls not get it to start. I later found I had a shorted circuit in my ebox and was taking down my CDI. I ended up replacing some parts...

With fresh new paint and rebuild kits installed I was ready for them to be installed! The next task was to finish my cooling lines and gas tank install.

After finishing the new glass work for the new mounts I installed. I started to rebuild the carburetors. I thought this would be a quick task which soon turned ugly.......I purchased some used carbs off Ebay and did not really know the seller or the history of the carbs. But they were cheap and...

So its been awhile since I updated this thread. I finally have a working ski and I have been out on the water riding her! But I will fill in the gaps as to where I am at with the progress and some build picks and comments to follow!

Today I glassed and epoxied in some hull mounts and began rebuilding the carbs.......The guy I bought the carbs from must have spray painted them. As soon as I hit them with carb cleaner the paint came right off.....What a dill hole! Guess I will be taking them to the bead blaster and possibly...

Yeah I was super bummed to miss the ride with the crew. I just got my last bit of parts and am in the process of glassing in the new mounts soon. With any luck we will all be out ripping every weekend!

Got My Pole! Pretty freakin stoked! I am having a few issues getting the spring installed correctly. I think its due to the fact I am running a aftermarket spring and its super strong. At first when I installed it the damn thing would not go down! So as of now I removed a coil from the spring...

Thanks Cully! I may be hitting you up for some tips!

Very Clean! Great Build so far!

I have officially hit a stopping point until my next order arrives. I cannot go any further without proper hull mounts. In the meantime. I need to rebuild my carbs, fit the new pole and bracket, and install the electrical system and controls.....

Then I decided I would need a fresh coat of paint on some old items to freshen them up for their new home..Flywheel cover, motor mounts, b pipe, and water box.

The new pump shoe did not come with holes taped to mount the intake grate....so this was next in line to be done...

With all that in order, my next task was to install my new bored reduction nozzle, prop sleeve and pump. This is a bit out of order, ....I had to rebuild the pump and install the entire housing before I could align my shaft and install the mid shaft......but you get the idea.