The rebirth of the RXX

[1of500]

So tired of looking at pics of the inside of your hull. Finish the damn thing and go ride. I wanna see pics of this thing tearing it up at the lake. LOL...good job.

Maybe you like this one better [emoji23] [emoji23]

 

[jhjesse]

Lol! You funny guy....

 

[1of500]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/282147365555

 

[1of500]

That link is for the new oem starter I bought for $70

 

[96spxpos]

That link is for the new oem starter I bought for $70

That's a GREAT PRICE for that, right? And New Old Stock means new and never used, just an original part from all those years ago, right? So that gasket below where the positive cable goes, that orangy color, is that rust?

 

[mikidymac]

I thought the OEM ones were Nipon Denso?

 

[1of500]

Not on the 951

 

[1of500]

That's a GREAT PRICE for that, right? And New Old Stock means new and never used, just an original part from all those years ago, right? So that gasket below where the positive cable goes, that orangy color, is that rust?

No that's a insulator

 

[mikidymac]

Good to know. I only have one 951 so more familiar with the little 787 and 720 families.

 

[1of500]

Lol! You funny guy....

 

[1of500]

This alignment is whooping my arse

 

[jhjesse]

That engine looks really good in the hull. Keep it up.

 

[Krispy]

Yep. Digging how the paint turned out. Good work!

 

[1of500]

I got the alignment close it still has a slight bind before it all the way in I've moved it 50 different ways with shims so I guess this is as good as it will get. I can't remember if there were any shims in between the pump and hull. Wonder if that's where the bind is coming from

 

[96spxpos]

That sucks. I even saw joe st Lewis from sbt say that after using the alignment tool, if it's still not aligned to use shims on the pump. If that's necessary then that probably means the pump shoe or the back of the ski wasn't molded flat from the factory I guss ....hmmm

 

[racerxxx]

It's gonna be out in 25 hours any way to get freshend up anyway, LOL

 

[mikidymac]

I have had some that the alignment tool goes in with one finger and one that never was perfect.
My completely stock 03' GTI that had never been apart with all factory shims reinstalled was off a little. After 3 hours trying everything there was still a little tight spot with the alignment tool that I just couldn't get to go away. Has been fine for years.
In my opinion if there is a small tight spot but it generally goes in all the way you will be fine. Remember the tool is made to allow no tolerance and provide perfect alignment but the couplers and driveshafts are made to allow a small amount of alignment and even hull flex.
In this situation I think very close is good enough.

 

[1of500]

Choke delete done

 

[1of500]

Made a bracket for the koso egt turned out good for just using an angle grinder and a vise and bending tongs

 

[1of500]

Making progress have to relocate the fuel pump again. Added a fuel gauge looked into the wiring diagram and pinned it to the mpem.

 

[Matt Braley]

Looking really good. I love orange.

 

[1of500]

I'm going to attempt to use the purple and black that's laying there to power up the egt gauge.

 

[1of500]

Getting there my back is killing me from being stooped over in this hull decided to finish the exhaust in the morning

 

[96spxpos]

Amazing. Yea I know the feeling. Let me tell you, fwiw, the HX was a refreshing change of pace working in that hull compared to the spx, I'm guessing the RXX is more like working under an x4 than the HX. Thing is looking sweet though. Literally showski with all that clean anodized work under there.. Did you ever end up using/buying that silicone/rubber coupler for the exhaust?

 

[1of500]

I have some silicone bands that go around the joints if that's what you are referring to