raytherace
Canadian Brapp Dealer
- Location
- St-Ray Beach, QC
loll... me i ever install a pump without the pump seal, and i ever install a flywheel without the key way.....two big rookie mistake...hahahaha
Other The What is your biggest Rookie move on a build.
- Thread starter B3IS
- Start date
- Location
- Austin, Tx
Buying a 550 thinking it would be a good reliable backup ski. Boy was I wrong, ended up giving it away it was such a headache.
Joker
...chaos? Its Fair!
- Location
- La Porte, Indiana
I forgot to hook up my starter and pondered for hours on what was wrong.
Hooking a battery up backwards
Not putting lock tight on intake manifold and reed cages which caused the intake to snap.
Ice and aspirin heals any wound
Hooking a battery up backwards
Not putting lock tight on intake manifold and reed cages which caused the intake to snap.
Ice and aspirin heals any wound
Fro Diesel
creative control
- Location
- Kzoo
Letting go of my ski in surf.
Learning difference between lake Michigan and daytona beach sand. With someone else's ski.
Going too fast on a hilly road (100mph). Lost my straps and the ski slid to a stop. Ground the
out of a few places on the wdk hood but no broken mounts and the ski fired up and rode.
Buying crap parts from people
Not hooking up a ground on my msd enhancer and thinking my starter was bad after towing my ski into a houseboat weekend.
Those are just the ones that are not so bad I drank the memories and devastating financial impact way way down so I can't think of them off hand.
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Learning difference between lake Michigan and daytona beach sand. With someone else's ski.
Going too fast on a hilly road (100mph). Lost my straps and the ski slid to a stop. Ground the
out of a few places on the wdk hood but no broken mounts and the ski fired up and rode. Buying crap parts from people
Not hooking up a ground on my msd enhancer and thinking my starter was bad after towing my ski into a houseboat weekend.
Those are just the ones that are not so bad I drank the memories and devastating financial impact way way down so I can't think of them off hand.
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Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
20 years ago I installed one of those oversized westcoast gas tanks in a 550. You had to fill it at the tank. was not thinking and poured gas in through the gas cap. realized what i had done. Turned hull upside down to drain out gas. Went to put in water and battery was dead. No big deal, jump it off my X2 that was on the trailer. Jumper cables slipped of and Boom........ Uh, did not get all the gas out of the hull. I realized this as I flew though the air backwards landing in the water.
6 years ago had rubber dampner blow out. Called a buddy and drove 2 hours round trip to get another one. Come back, pull the motor (It was 11:00 pm at this point Memorial day weekend). Go to bed and get up early to put everything back in. Walk out to the shop, look at the motor sitting on the bench and started wondering why in the hell did I pull the motor, all I had to do was loosen the four motor mounts and shift the motor forward.............. dumb ass........
6 years ago had rubber dampner blow out. Called a buddy and drove 2 hours round trip to get another one. Come back, pull the motor (It was 11:00 pm at this point Memorial day weekend). Go to bed and get up early to put everything back in. Walk out to the shop, look at the motor sitting on the bench and started wondering why in the hell did I pull the motor, all I had to do was loosen the four motor mounts and shift the motor forward.............. dumb ass........
I hooked my battery up backwards, thought my bendix was siezed cuz it was only spinning, took everything apart on the beach. Couple minutes later after i realized it was fine my bud pointed out my problem lol.
I forgot to tighten my f/a bolts on my square nose, didnt notice it till i had to gas up. Pulled two bolts out of my reed block. I found the other two in the hull, whew! Could have been bad.
I forgot to tighten my f/a bolts on my square nose, didnt notice it till i had to gas up. Pulled two bolts out of my reed block. I found the other two in the hull, whew! Could have been bad.
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- Location
- Houston/Galveston
Skipped the couch and just bought a SJ in the first place. I dont even ride my blaster anymore.
Freakrider
X247
- Location
- Tampa Bay area
installed four new oem SJ motor mounts that only lasted 7 months. couch mounts or cold fusion for the future.
- Location
- Reno,NV
At Lake thought bendix is shot was just spinning
Open up Flywheel cover to check...lost spacer in back of bendix fiddeling with it ...didnt notice put back together, figured out that the new battery had drained overnight, replaced battery rode couple of minutes>> spacer killed my Stator and chewed up my lighten flywheel......hahaha learned " think easy" not complicated...
Open up Flywheel cover to check...lost spacer in back of bendix fiddeling with it ...didnt notice put back together, figured out that the new battery had drained overnight, replaced battery rode couple of minutes>> spacer killed my Stator and chewed up my lighten flywheel......hahaha learned " think easy" not complicated...
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI
Hmmmm, Now you guys have me thinking......did I peen those throttle shaft screws when I rebuilt my carbs?????....
Other than that I am pretty much sure than I am smarter than all of you guys
Other than that I am pretty much sure than I am smarter than all of you guys
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI
Wid awl da nbreedeen up hear wee iz vary smaart.
chriselmore_1
high on resin
- Location
- san jose ca
Haaaahaaahahaha.
- Location
- Central FL
i actually had to read that a few times before i caught on!
raytherace
Canadian Brapp Dealer
- Location
- St-Ray Beach, QC
can you translate it for me please !
WOW I am feeling pretty good about now after reading all these horror stories that ended up costing a ton! Considering myself very lucky knock on wood
Here's the short list:
Hooked up battery to wrong cables (backup battery was opposite terminals) luckly only blew the fuse no other damage
Didn't install stearing cable lock - ruined a cable
Spilled gas all over a cheap paint job made it all peal instantly
Used footholds without shoes - ouch
Here's the short list:
Hooked up battery to wrong cables (backup battery was opposite terminals) luckly only blew the fuse no other damage
Didn't install stearing cable lock - ruined a cable
Spilled gas all over a cheap paint job made it all peal instantly
Used footholds without shoes - ouch
Idok
F1pro
- Location
- Nations oldest muthaF+++kin city
it says something like this:
"eh hoser, Wid awl da nbreedeen up hear wee iz vary smaart, eh.."
- Location
- union lake, michigan
wow did the same thing- i didn't realize there was a washer on the shaft of the bendix when i took apart, put it back together and apparently the washer was stuck to backside of flywheel magnetized - put back together and disintegrated everything
also sprayed gas in cylinders walked away and came back and tested spark on plugs while standing over ski - hit start and plugs ignited flames about 6-8' high frying all my hair -
also sprayed gas in cylinders walked away and came back and tested spark on plugs while standing over ski - hit start and plugs ignited flames about 6-8' high frying all my hair -
- Location
- South Florida
Cutting a hole in a perfectly good gas tank for internal fill because it was cool to block off the regular external fill on a rn. It leaked. Of course. And I dont do hood tricks so worthless mod too.