Myself
manic mechanic
- Location
- Twin Lakes AR
China made aftermarket carb?
Flipping couches for fun and profit
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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- Alabama
Exactamundo !
Big Kahuna
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- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
A Pink Layer of Red Loctite??????????
WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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Yes BK , that is straight out of Kawasaki's KTEC news service bulletins , circa 1992 , when you spread it out on the bearings correctly it appears pink , if you know , you know.
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
The customer is bringing me an OEM carb to rebuild , like me he has a ton of stuff laying around, this is probably my oldest and best customer, I lost count but I have probably repaired over 20 skis for him over the years now , I used to do one a month for him years ago ,now I am repairing them for his kids and the yellow GTI is for his granddaughter.
Monday he is bringing two more skis over for me to repair , two 96 or 97 GTX's , one need an engine because the inner crank seals are toast, he is also bringing a 787 that I built for him years ago that he has sitting on the shelf to install in the ski.
I have to take a ride over to his place soon to see exactly what he has over there that is buildable or that I can use , we may strike some kind of a deal on clearing out his lot and mine over the next few years .
Monday he is bringing two more skis over for me to repair , two 96 or 97 GTX's , one need an engine because the inner crank seals are toast, he is also bringing a 787 that I built for him years ago that he has sitting on the shelf to install in the ski.
I have to take a ride over to his place soon to see exactly what he has over there that is buildable or that I can use , we may strike some kind of a deal on clearing out his lot and mine over the next few years .
WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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- Alabama
Just for the Halibut I timed myself to see how long it would actually take me to remove this Fakuni carb , 9 minutes from start to holding the carb in my hand , that is getting tools out of the truck and everything so yeah , that old man's still got it.
There is a reason my nickname is Speed Racer lol.
There is a reason my nickname is Speed Racer lol.
- Location
- Reno,NV
thx that all i needed to know and was hoping
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
The customer brought me an OEM carb off of a 97 GTI last night , this morning I went through it , cleaned it and put it back together , it was very clean inside and the only thing that took some work to get going was the accell pump and I put in a new main diaphragm , it is now ready to water test again , hopefully this will wrap this one up , the 97GTI is right behind it and hopefully will be finished tomorrow .
He has a bunch of project skis over there he is never going to fix and we may work out a deal on them at some point, I really need to take a ride over there and see what he has .
I was sick most of Saturday and all day Sunday , yesterday I still wasn't 100% and I went at it way too hard , I did pretty much the same this morning so things are moving really slowly here , I still have to replace that tire on the trailer before I can water test it again , maybe by tomorrow.
He has a bunch of project skis over there he is never going to fix and we may work out a deal on them at some point, I really need to take a ride over there and see what he has .
I was sick most of Saturday and all day Sunday , yesterday I still wasn't 100% and I went at it way too hard , I did pretty much the same this morning so things are moving really slowly here , I still have to replace that tire on the trailer before I can water test it again , maybe by tomorrow.
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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- Alabama
I am always keen to start a new project , now finishing one well that's a different story but anyway here goes.
The 97 GTX is not quite done yet it's close but we will circle back to it in a bit , meet Big Nasty , aptly named because it's big and it's damn sure nasty , the best part about Big nasty is it is at the best possible starting point, it's free and it's on a trailer , I have zero dollars in the ski and the trailer.
The trailer will get new tires and maybe lights but that's all it needs , Big nasty on the other hand needs an engine , on that last two skis that went out the door he brought me an engine , I pulled the top end and it was toast but the bottom end is good and on another ski I have a perfect top end on an engine that had a rod let go , so there is my engine .
Counting what I allotted him for the engine I now have $200.00 in this ski. , it will need new graphics , these are all there but not that nice up close , it needs two new bumper corners and a new rub rail on the left side , the hood is broken in several places, I have the correct color hood on another Big Nasty twin at my other shop , it will also need the seats recovered , the seats are not horrible and the foam is in excellent condition , the footwell pad for the back will just be cut from a sheet of turf , I should have a good OEM one for a pattern at the other shop .
I found a good carb and rotary valve cover the other day so that's sorted, now all I have to do is make it happen . My goal this Winter is to get several of these skis going and mechanically sound , then pickle them up and store them in my shop till next season , I will sand ,clean and buff the hulls and get them ready for new graphics , next year all I will have to do on these is install the graphics and recover the seats, a one day job , install a new battery fire it off test ride it and send it out the door , at least that is the game plan .
The first stop is the car wash where I spent $5.00 knocking the scuzzy stuff off the ski , it will need a lot more cleaning before it is done. , now in at $205.00 .
The 97 GTX is not quite done yet it's close but we will circle back to it in a bit , meet Big Nasty , aptly named because it's big and it's damn sure nasty , the best part about Big nasty is it is at the best possible starting point, it's free and it's on a trailer , I have zero dollars in the ski and the trailer.
The trailer will get new tires and maybe lights but that's all it needs , Big nasty on the other hand needs an engine , on that last two skis that went out the door he brought me an engine , I pulled the top end and it was toast but the bottom end is good and on another ski I have a perfect top end on an engine that had a rod let go , so there is my engine .
Counting what I allotted him for the engine I now have $200.00 in this ski. , it will need new graphics , these are all there but not that nice up close , it needs two new bumper corners and a new rub rail on the left side , the hood is broken in several places, I have the correct color hood on another Big Nasty twin at my other shop , it will also need the seats recovered , the seats are not horrible and the foam is in excellent condition , the footwell pad for the back will just be cut from a sheet of turf , I should have a good OEM one for a pattern at the other shop .
I found a good carb and rotary valve cover the other day so that's sorted, now all I have to do is make it happen . My goal this Winter is to get several of these skis going and mechanically sound , then pickle them up and store them in my shop till next season , I will sand ,clean and buff the hulls and get them ready for new graphics , next year all I will have to do on these is install the graphics and recover the seats, a one day job , install a new battery fire it off test ride it and send it out the door , at least that is the game plan .
The first stop is the car wash where I spent $5.00 knocking the scuzzy stuff off the ski , it will need a lot more cleaning before it is done. , now in at $205.00 .
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
I spent about 30 minutes with 2000 grit sandpaper to get the rest off , It has a couple of small gelcoat dings, smaller than the head of a pencil, should be a easy fix , dot it with a carbide bit on a die grinder pull in gelcoat mixed with cabosil then sand and buff , no big deal.
I can go back any color I want but the large Seadoo graphics are good and have an green outline so I am probably going back green , it just may not be this green , I think a darker green like on the 97 GTX would be lovely . Here she is all cleaned up .
I can go back any color I want but the large Seadoo graphics are good and have an green outline so I am probably going back green , it just may not be this green , I think a darker green like on the 97 GTX would be lovely . Here she is all cleaned up .
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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- Alabama
I really don't remember what exactly was going on with this ski , I do remember it was electrical , so I started back at the beginning.
The engine turns over nicely but it has no spark, a quick check of the Exciter coil on the stator gave no AC voltage reading off the black -red wire so , the stator is bad , on these particular skis the engine is set way back in the ski so replacing this stator should be easy enough and I have one in stock , compression seems good , the fuel system still has to be dealt with but I think this ski may be a really easy fixer upper.
The engine turns over nicely but it has no spark, a quick check of the Exciter coil on the stator gave no AC voltage reading off the black -red wire so , the stator is bad , on these particular skis the engine is set way back in the ski so replacing this stator should be easy enough and I have one in stock , compression seems good , the fuel system still has to be dealt with but I think this ski may be a really easy fixer upper.
