- Location
- Ontario, Canada
I figure that it was time to introduce an updated version of this sort of thread. So let's hear it, what have you all done this year, last year, whenever...that ended up being fit for the idiots guide. It could almost be equivalent to the Darwin Awards, the more ridiculous, the more entertaining. Allow me to start, this so far is my brilliant entry to the guide. I have been having issues with my ski since I blew my stock coil. I had most of the issues cured when I installed the new coil but still something wasn't quite right. Turned out my carbs went out of sync, so I pulled the duals and threw on the single set-up. Then the R&D flame arrestors decided it was time to rot at the bases so with nothing to put onto the single the duals are back on with the stock airbox.
This is where it gets interesting...today called up a buddy to go for a rip on a lake we only tend to visit once a year because it is about an hour and fifteen minutes drive away. He gets held up by construction on the way to meet me so I give him a hard time about it just to be a jerk lol. We finally meet up, head out and an hour later are at the lake. Unload, gear up, I tell him go ahead, you're the new one on stand-ups, you need the practice. He takes off, I fire up and start out on the water...can't get my ski past 1/3 throttle. I tried everything I could think of to dial it in. It fired up in the driveway, revved up nicely and now...nothin doin. 75 minutes drive one way, 5 minutes ride time and 45 minutes of diagnosing and trying different carb settings. Finally I give up and pull the ski from the lake after a whole beach of people anxiously awaiting to see the stand-ups take to the lake. Now we are all disappointed. My buddy and I take a break, sit around and guzzle back a Coke. I tell him I am going to try it one more time before calling it quits. We move away from the ramp into a parking lot set back in the bush and dive into the engine compartment.
We check things, we change carb settings again and again. We check things again and again. I finally notice that the pto carb is getting fuel but the mag side is dry. So I right away think aha! fuel blockage. I start to dive into the carb on the manifold and much to my surprise I find the metering diaphragm cover is loose. As I am saying to my buddy, why are these screws loose the memory comes back like a ton of bricks. They were loose because there is no diaphragm inside and the loose screws were to remind me to put it back in there. When I put the single set-up on I was going to swear off the duals as intended for some time now. So I disassembled the duals and dried them all out to prevent the diaphragms from going crusty. The single had no flame arrestor anymore since both of them are torn at the rubber base and rotten...so I had no choice. Had to go back to the twins. I get the ski back home, a 5 minute job and trip to the local ramp...boom...performs like a raped ape. My only words for myself the entire time after realizing what I had done was IDIOT! lol. How about y'all? What was your best bone head move?
This is where it gets interesting...today called up a buddy to go for a rip on a lake we only tend to visit once a year because it is about an hour and fifteen minutes drive away. He gets held up by construction on the way to meet me so I give him a hard time about it just to be a jerk lol. We finally meet up, head out and an hour later are at the lake. Unload, gear up, I tell him go ahead, you're the new one on stand-ups, you need the practice. He takes off, I fire up and start out on the water...can't get my ski past 1/3 throttle. I tried everything I could think of to dial it in. It fired up in the driveway, revved up nicely and now...nothin doin. 75 minutes drive one way, 5 minutes ride time and 45 minutes of diagnosing and trying different carb settings. Finally I give up and pull the ski from the lake after a whole beach of people anxiously awaiting to see the stand-ups take to the lake. Now we are all disappointed. My buddy and I take a break, sit around and guzzle back a Coke. I tell him I am going to try it one more time before calling it quits. We move away from the ramp into a parking lot set back in the bush and dive into the engine compartment.
We check things, we change carb settings again and again. We check things again and again. I finally notice that the pto carb is getting fuel but the mag side is dry. So I right away think aha! fuel blockage. I start to dive into the carb on the manifold and much to my surprise I find the metering diaphragm cover is loose. As I am saying to my buddy, why are these screws loose the memory comes back like a ton of bricks. They were loose because there is no diaphragm inside and the loose screws were to remind me to put it back in there. When I put the single set-up on I was going to swear off the duals as intended for some time now. So I disassembled the duals and dried them all out to prevent the diaphragms from going crusty. The single had no flame arrestor anymore since both of them are torn at the rubber base and rotten...so I had no choice. Had to go back to the twins. I get the ski back home, a 5 minute job and trip to the local ramp...boom...performs like a raped ape. My only words for myself the entire time after realizing what I had done was IDIOT! lol. How about y'all? What was your best bone head move?
