I am done with the entire wrenching and tuning every trip to the lake performance thing at this point in my life. I have done all that before and am over it. THe few times I get to take the skis out I like them to stat and idle every time without touching them. I would rather have slow and reliable than fast and temperamental any day.
I do have a superjet I am working on that will have a factory pipe and porting but that will get thrown in the back of the truck as a backup ski.
Hey following your thread like you told me to and tried to inspect my driveshaft, what kind of grease should I use for that grease fitting(I got some stp multipurpose water resistant grease I used for my atv's wheel bearings.)
Should I pump till grease starts pushing out or will I risk blowing a seal? Also, the metal in front of the top hose clamp (for me.) Seems to have seen some heat, I do not have my phone on my or else I would send photo. Less than 1 cm of the area has seem to have the discoloration.
Wondering what I would need replacing, or inspecting. This is the first time I have dealt with a carbon seal, short explanation on what to look for to see if it is bad?
The more I clean my hull (looking 100% than what it did when I first picked it up, seemed like everything was caked on with mother nature and oil.. lol) Making me want to put in the labor and do the ground up restoration. I already got the kitty hair and palm sander ready.
Once those fuel lines I have ordered come in and I replace them, I will move onto the carbs. The ski sat for a couple years with ethanol fuel in those forbidden gray lines so I was wondering (from your experience, would it be wise to see if the oem parts are still usable?) If the carbs seems to have after market kit inside carbs I will definitely replace.