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Honestly I think it turned out damn good! Lots of sticky fingers and paper towels. The tape helped a lot as well. I was able run some clean lines with tape on, pull tape, and touch up. I may be an idiot, but it looks factory in my opinion. Speaking of factory, wouldn't it be nice if...

It was about midnight and I was beat, but its time for glue. 5200, gflex, heck lets try something new. $40 a tube ;-( I made myself a work area to mix and dug out my little composites box. Who remembers the black pigment I bought 13 years ago. Shes still in use! I placed the screws and...

In then end one washer top right and two bottom right got the pump shoe squared up with the pump. Now that the pump is aligned and I know how to square the pump shoe when I glue it in, I was ready for final pump shoe tweaks. This started with some final prep to the ski. I found the rasp...

With the distracting intake grate done, it was time for final fitment on the pump shoe. At this point the shoe "fit" but required a hammer to get in and out. I decided before grinding the shoe more, id prep the hull for the shoe and gain some clearance for glue and shoe. I started witha wire...

No real benefit other then to make me happy, we also reshaped the front intake grate to match the hull better. At this point I noticed the intake grate wasn't centered in the pump tunnel and found the culprit. The corner was cleaned up and it fit much better. After centering the...

Well after some good ole edumactaion, time to hack at this $150 RRP pump shoe to fit in my $8k RRP hull :-) My friend Andy who has a nice setup in his truck offered to come by and hit it with the 36 grit to make quick work of that aluminum. Mark the line, take the line, and repeat. We...

How does one book a campsite? We were going as well and cant shift dates. We plan to still be there and ride camp where ever we can.

Good call, I have not put that on yet. I wasn't sure I was going too. Thanks man and thanks for the hand tonight! Stock 62t cases and the white is good old corrosion :-)

Good thread, thanks for sharing. Reading some of your experiences will surely help me finish my ski!

Also, I ran some weights when building the pump and pole. I though both are light and others may ask to compare. Keep in mind this is done on a bathroom scale and math, not exact. 6.5 lbs - Bare Pole (top, bottom, tubes) 11.2lbs - Complete Pole (+ bars, steering, stop, grips, levers, top of...

I agree and settled on Black. Plus, I owned them already so... I've seen lots of parts have troubles, in the end it just comes down to what looks best and pray. My black ones from Thrust look like new and are 2 years old. Black it is.

That's it for Sundays effort. I spent some time on the phone today asking Brian at Thrust some questions and ordered some parts I was missing. Now off to grind and install the pump show tonight!

With the help of some purple power and mean green, I cleaned everything up and laid it out for the rebuild. Got the motor cleaned up too. Glad I did this. Turned out a bed plate was coming loose! Bolt backed out!

Late and not sure what to do next, I broke the first promise I made to my self in the build (Don't tear down good ski until Rickter is ready) Donor ski. So naturally I torn it down. One hull with pole ready to sell. One box of spare parts for the break fix bin. On table full part parts...

At this point it was getting late in the day and I got distracted. I think I may swap out the black washers on the footholds for some color matched... maybe, just maybe :-)

Time for actual assembly, made easy courtesy of my friend @blaster800 and his prop busting tool. I opted to used some silicon in the pump as well. Windex for the win… Pump is done!

Time to fix up the reduction nozzle. I noticed the turn nozzle hits a factory fitting one way and stops from full turn. I’ll wait until it's on the ski to see if the cable even throws this far. I’m impressed how tight the trim ring is the allowing less blow out. Definitely want to...

Time to fit the prop. Stock washer. Nope. Thinnest I have from mcmaster… Yup. But it looks like I could still send her out later and have it cut back another 4mm. Inspecting the used wear ring. Looks good as new to me. Tight no more then 1mm all the ware around when spinnign prop.

With the pole thrown aside (won’t mount until I install pump shoe) I began assembling my pump. I'm excited to run a pump that I don't think many know of yet but should! I bought this from @sasquatchcrap. He machines the outside of a brand new 4 stroke ski OEM 160 down to fit our hulls. It...

Time to mount up the rest of the bar options. I had ordered and intended to use some red or blue colors but after a few minor issues and varying colors, chose to keep the black form the old ski. I have some colored washers on hand and played around with the steering stop. In the end...