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Also spoke to Brent today and he's going to have a go at getting some stickers ready for us. Sorry @Shakotom but I went with the uncultured Manawatu sticker submission. No surprise for anyone, but 2020 has had enough of them thanks. I think Brent was going to get in touch but could @Dolan @Deliboylurker @Chunky_t or whomever is responsible for the rainbow masterpiece plz get a good res image to @Archetype. Onyam8

I have Borts new whip here for him also.

I'm so slack, I'll call now!

@keltik insisted that I pull finger and offered to come give a hand to make some things happen. Today we removed the dead motor from the green one and gave the engine bay a quick wipe down, pulled the fuel tank and rinsed out most of the orange sludge, pulled the oil tank and gave it a slight rinse. Everything is pretty dank. IMG_20201115_120527 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20201115_125803 by John Bell, on Flickr We then turned to the donor Banana and set about removing the working motor, and wiring etc. IMG_20201115_140215_1 by John Bell, on Flickr While the donor boat has the same motor, its more mid/front mounted when compared to the Green boat. I've since worked out that there was a hull change between '96 and '97 Seadoo XP models. The problem we found is that the boat required a splined coupling on the end of the crank for the rear mounted engine, and the front mounted donor ski had a different rubber flexi coupling thing for the longboi driveshaft. Spent a bit of time headscratching and bending bars unscrewing coupling from the crank, thankfully it got them swapped over. IMG_20201115_172626_1 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20201115_140209_1 by John Bell, on Flickr The donor motor has an aftermarket tune pipe and cute filters, sadly the aftermarket pipe won't easily fit under the seat, and have reverted back to the factory short boi. IMG_20201115_163048_1 by John Bell, on Flickr Got it back into the spot. Going to try the jet unit that is in there for now, and see about swapping the other if something is rooted. Will need to sort out the water plumbing, fuel, oil, the wiring somewhat, and figure out how to shim the motor to get it aligned with the pump properly. Big boi no fit IMG_20201115_172512_1 by John Bell, on Flickr Very pleased with the progress, I would have likely given up for the day when finding those couplings were different.

Maybe that's what I do with the donor. Repower for dromeaggedon 2, on water

5hp chonda you say

image-20170130_123129 by John Bell, on Flickr So the old man spotted this plastic bath toy at his local WOF spot a few years ago. They (not a marine workshop, a backwater automotive garage) were unable to make it run. The old man pestered them every six months for a while till they sold it to him on behalf of the owner for a reasonable price (for a lump of plastic). He then squirrelled it away in a barn until we built a shed at our place, we then squirrelled it away in my shed. I decided to take ownership of this project, and proceeded to do nothing with it, as is customary. I am far from knowledgeable about boats (or anything), but can run google and the telephone pretty well. It appears to be a Tuff Jet, they were built by a Whakatane based business for a while (now based down south). I believe this one to be a pretty early iteration, likely late nineties, early 2000's. Roto-moulded polyethylene 2.8m 2 seater jetboat. (Yet to put a tape measure over it, but later models are stretched an extra 400mm or so). Just over 300kg (I'd like to weigh it to confirm though), this one is fitted with a 2cylinder 787 Rotax as found in Seadoos of the late ninties. Quoted 110 Canadian HP. Some forum post on the internet says that the plastic hull has a UV warranty of 25 years, so hopefully the fact its been unused in sheds for the last 10 means I have more than 5 years of life in it. I poked around a bit and learnt that Seadoo used a highly advanced (for its time) all in one CDI that included an immobilizer using a security coded lanyard. Cool. My money was on that being quite shit, based on its resistance to do the sparks or allow the cranking. I was reluctant to bring it to a dealer to have its lanyard replaced / diagnosed until I knew the motor was better than it looks. Shorting the starter solenoid said it was quite fucked, and would not rotate, I freed it up, and a compression test confirmed, it was indeed as shit as it looked. IMG_20180926_183501 by John Bell, on Flickr SOMEBODIES BEEN IN HERE IMG_20180926_183510 by John Bell, on Flickr At this point it nothing happened for a few years while we brainstormed compact alternative powerplants that we were capable of making work. This would be a perfect opportunity to fit something modern, more efficient, and in known good condition. Naturally at this point I purchased the cheapest donor Jet-ski with the same engine I could find after trawling trademe and facebook marketplace relentlessly. I'll learn this lession twice. IMG_20200701_143340 by John Bell, on Flickr Amusingly the banana is supposed to make about 40hp more than a Jimny, and weigh about 1/3. IMG_20200701_165559 by John Bell, on Flickr WOAH IMG_20200701_165553 by John Bell, on Flickr RADICAL IMG_20200701_165544 by John Bell, on Flickr I feel (more) like a scumbag instantly. Popped it in the harbour one night after work, to try and assess it's health. 109576785_1549285395257880_4072391247589855252_n by John Bell, on Flickr 110336327_323032162200748_7293717375980309486_n by John Bell, on Flickr As you'd expect it had a dead battery, jumpstarting a thing that is always in gear is a bit awkward. My only experience of Jet-skis being a JS300 childs Jet-ski I was very impressed and thought it to be very good initially. Potato footage. It wasn't running 100% but appeared to go hard, until it stopped abruptly at wide open throttle in what suspiciously seemed like a heat seize, followed by a flat battery, followed by having to push it back about half a K across some oyster beds. NOICE. Speedo reckoned it was good for about 80km/h water speed though. I got a battery and did a compression test on the Banana yesterday, got an even ~130psi across both pistons, which doesn't seem massive, but its even, and it still runs and nangs the limiter so I think I'm gonna send it. So the Green Croc is covered in dust and reeks like 10 year old stale fuel, but now that @keltik and @Vintage Grumble have both purchased jetboats, its time I go and break down on a body of water with company, at some stage before summer I would like to swap powerplant, tidy up the plumbing and wiring, check carbs and fuel/oil system, and go get stranded somewhere. IMG_20201110_144127_1 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20201110_144119 by John Bell, on Flickr

I'll swap you my first born.

The serenity.

That sounds super, I don't know if @Shakotom was up for doing anything or just being peer pressured. I'm quite happy either way, I don't know how much lead time sticker printers need on this kind of thing? Its possible we're too late already, any idea @Truenotch @Archetype

Anyone got creative skills?

Where were Sutherland and sons staying each night? The reason I ask, is it may make sense to consolidate our room with another after a couple from ours can't make it also.

Booourns, but ok.

Yeah, if I'm honest I haven't touched that one since then.

Yeah I've been using one on the farm as is, just staying away from the rear brake. I aim to have at least one or two spares to put on the recovery wagon.

No WOFs on all 3 (just an FYI) 2 CTs have sticking rear brakes, 1 CT needs indicator stalk broken (have replacement), x2 CTs probably could do with new batteries although not required. XL185 has had a china 27mm replacement carb and I suspect the jetting/quality is a bit dicky. (someone sell me a quality replacement carb for XL185, Thanks.)

I've got a couple loaner CTs, and an XL185. Minor problems, able to be sorted out. I am kinda short on time though.

This is real soon, someone slow down time. So is there anything that anyone needs addressing at this stage? I've quite neglected this ride/thread and its gonna creep up real quick now. Is there anyone who's attendance is unlikely or questionable? Who did I promise accommodation to in Waikaremoana?

Imagine the shenanigans if you hadn't filled in the pewl.

Yeah I've got an ancient pair of colour tune plugs. Feel free to pop em in, I'd expect questionable results though. If you could get wideband working I'm sure that would be preferable

So versatile! Definitely get the rear tyres full of water if they aren't already. It'll make a huge difference. You could also make up a weight for 3 point linkage. I've seen 200L drums with 3 point linkage points sticking out of them, filled with cement.

I think we're gonna need pics!

Yeah just start with the lower one and then move to the top one.

Also the fuel stop levers on them are pretty floppy, so don't expect much resistance there. IIRC the top cover of the pump comes off easy enough.