97 Superjet Project- its bad, don't laugh

tom21

tom21

havin fun
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clearwater FL
okay, update, clean and polish hull in and out. no paint inside yet. that and foot holds when the motor pukes. for now I just want to ride it. so Riva is sending me boxes and boxes its like Christmas over here. almost spent as much on hardware and such as I did for the boat. to be fair I did buy Kenny Keepers, a grate, mounts, hood hooks, bilge kit bracket and switch, chin pad the part that covers the bars( plastic no padding at all WTF?) couple hundred on nuts and bolts and screws( 1200 for everything to put it back together) pricey but like I said I did get a few high dollar items and yes I could have scrounged around at the junkyard for most of the hardware and saved some money but its fresh and the right size not mismatched junk.

sanded down the metal on the pole with a d/a and painted, tried to polish the waterbox and pipe, but they are really pitted and didn't get as nice as I hoped. the pipe is the worst. might have to weld some spots and seal it with epoxy and paint it.

so all that is left is paint the motor and put it in and the pump install. its pretty close. sold my 92 SJ and almost have 3 or 4 other skis sold. trying to get some of them in shape for sale has slowed the rebuild a bit but maybe tonite I will knock the rest out.

can't get pics to upload will try later.
 
tom21

tom21

havin fun
Location
clearwater FL
its never too late, and now others know too, I'll let you know the diff in price on a few things I got.
 

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WAB

WAB

salty nuts
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coastal GA
It amazing what a little love can do to a hull. :) Nice work so far!

did you 5200 the bearing carrier to the bulkhead?? :ugh:
 
tom21

tom21

havin fun
Location
clearwater FL
wab, white silicone, Why should it be? it felt like a flexible silicone sealant so that is what I put back. I used 5200 under the rubber tank pads,why would you take those out? I mean what possible reason would you tear them out? a lot of the stuff i had to get was that kind of stupid stuff, but I am pretty thorough with having all the parts that should be there.
 
tom21

tom21

havin fun
Location
clearwater FL
Update..Friday I got it all back together. The ski must have been sitting with water in it for a while, cause the carbs had some water in them and there was a small bit of corrosion on the top of one of the throttle plates that put some small pits in the throat of the carb. the very hour after I got tired of waiting for the last couple of bolts for the ride plate and starter and had found some close replacements, the UPS guy shows up. So off with the makeshift bolts and on with the new correct stuff. battery, fuel tank and fuel, wire up the bilge wrong- Crap! rewire the bilge andhit the button! nada. check the plug connection and wammo! but it is not right. pull the plugs and they are wet! Shiot!!!!!! I did try to tip the motor over when I bought it and see if there was water in there but did not get any, so I hoped I was ok. but no. so now I am cranking and plug changing and its 10 pm. finally starts on one cyl. so swap out and try to clear the other. got it to fire. So now I load it up and take it to the shop- away from my house and neighbors. and get er running. a little carb tweaking and now she runs. I tried to make my own makeshift flush kit to go in the pisser and backflush but it is just to hard to hold it there. much easier with the flush kit so I will put that in later.fog the engine real good to give it a little protection til I can ride. Pesky job always getting in the way of my ski time! will get some pics soon, and maybe some on the water, it will either live or be time to build a budget 760 and do the footholds.
 
tom21

tom21

havin fun
Location
clearwater FL
I want to ski all the time but I have a ton of work. Scott and Derek are always trying to get me to go but I am just slammed right now. Maybe I can bust arse this week and buy some ride time. Will try for this sunday and I will let those guys know. Scott may not have his ski ready by then. Unless he wants to ride my old kawi. LOL. Hey, how is the busted lip/ nose healing? MMMM salty water on scabs! You know it will make a really nice scar if you rip it open before it heals.
 
WaveDemon

WaveDemon

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my nose and lip feel pretty good, the scabs are small now.

Where do scott and derek ride? I only rode with them at Sebbastion that one time.
 
WaveDemon

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yamasaki said:
actually! if someone wants a blaster, i have one i could part with.. needs some love, but its all there, it runs, and its a blaster.. i just can't get into them no matter how hard i try.. i guess its different borrowing one every 6 months for 15 minutes in the surf (which is fun as hell).. but then when you own one.. its like 'meh'.. :sneaky:

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which derek are you talking aout? the derek i'm thinking of? bogies friend?
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I don't know if he knows bogie. his name is I met superjet here and I think he's D-rok on pwctoday. he rode a white SJ with stock graphics at sebby and his buddy scott was on an sxr, I think he borrowed an allen from you to try and tune his new B pipe
 
tom21

tom21

havin fun
Location
clearwater FL
we usually ride at Bellair cause it is close, but they go to dunedin when the storms come. I guess I do now as well. Where are the hurricanes anyway?

Saki, Scott and Dered were at Sebby, Scott has the SXR and Derek has the Roundie with the stock white hull with black and red outlined graphics. They are BIg toe and I met a superjet on here.
 
WaveDemon

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tom21 said:
we usually ride at Bellair cause it is close, but they go to dunedin when the storms come. I guess I do now as well. Where are the hurricanes anyway?

Saki, Scott and Dered were at Sebby, Scott has the SXR and Derek has the Roundie with the stock white hull with black and red outlined graphics. They are BIg toe and I met a superjet on here.
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well it's time to knock that off! Ollie comes up from St. pete and I come down from NPR. Dunedin is were it's at. When winter comes we will get our winter swells and dunedin will be that much nicer.
 
tom21

tom21

havin fun
Location
clearwater FL
well, boys I'm off to work. I will try to get it together and ride this weekend let ya know later in the week. If not, Derek is dying to ride so I will pass it on. later
 
tom21

tom21

havin fun
Location
clearwater FL
WD I got my shortie and full suit so lets play! bring on the waves! so long as this motor doesn't rust up on me I am ready( with a brief intermission to tune the carbs completely):woot:
 
i met a superjet

i met a superjet

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CLEARWATER BEACH, FLORIDA
damn, i didnt know all this chit chat was going on in here tom.... sorry im blind. Props to tom. You do know your stuff man! So, I just read most of this thread..... and yes im looking for a blaster for my GF.. I was looking at that one in sarasota with the riva red pipe etc. he wants alot but it is nice.

Hey edwin. How much will you let your blaster go for? Is this the one that left you dead in the water and you were floating down sebastion inlet on, until i helped you hold it while you got it started?

Hey tim... if you wanna ride you gotta PM me man!. I have my ski on the lift on north clearwater beach. But soon to have a blaster also. Dont trade it! unless you have another blaster?

Tom, Hey im gonna try to work something out where us local guys can all get together down here and cook out on clearwater beach once you get your ski up and going cuz i have plenty of parking and there is a small boat ramp here.... and we should all ride out to the spoil island or head out from sand key bridge and ride around the jetti.
 
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