This ski came on our big haul.
Buddy needed to make some room for a new project, and I was already enamored with this thing. So now it's mine! What's wrong with me.
Quick little recap:
This was from the "boneyard" from the seller gave us no guarantees. And alarmingly included a spare 440 engine... I think he knew. That day we had it running. Next day, it made a maiden voyage acoss a cove and over heated.. turns out motor was just beyond clogged up with junk.
One "well lubricated" evening as my father would say. Myself and another buddy starting pulling the motor while we were bored at our friend's house. Few hours, few beers, some jbweld on the waterbox she was ready to go.
I was out that next day ride, they got to blast it around, allegedly shot a disgusting brown sludge out the back and survived most the day! Flooded out one last time they packed it up and rode the other skis rest of the day. That night... (This was my anniversary...) I get a 11PM call.. it still isn't running again.
I demanded this time a Gin & Tonic be there waiting for me. Got it going, we rode it next day. It was a champ!!! I dialed the carb in a bit... 26MPH cavitation machine. It never stopped working, got 3 tank fills. Everyone did a tail stand on it.
Buddy needed to make some room for a new project, and I was already enamored with this thing. So now it's mine! What's wrong with me.
Quick little recap:
This was from the "boneyard" from the seller gave us no guarantees. And alarmingly included a spare 440 engine... I think he knew. That day we had it running. Next day, it made a maiden voyage acoss a cove and over heated.. turns out motor was just beyond clogged up with junk.
One "well lubricated" evening as my father would say. Myself and another buddy starting pulling the motor while we were bored at our friend's house. Few hours, few beers, some jbweld on the waterbox she was ready to go.
I was out that next day ride, they got to blast it around, allegedly shot a disgusting brown sludge out the back and survived most the day! Flooded out one last time they packed it up and rode the other skis rest of the day. That night... (This was my anniversary...) I get a 11PM call.. it still isn't running again.
I demanded this time a Gin & Tonic be there waiting for me. Got it going, we rode it next day. It was a champ!!! I dialed the carb in a bit... 26MPH cavitation machine. It never stopped working, got 3 tank fills. Everyone did a tail stand on it.
