Re: First Boat Project
So I'm back again. Here's a quick update:
Got her tuned up by a mechanic; he rebuilt the carb, put now points and fuel pump diaphragm in, replaced the pugs, and put the new impeller in. As soon as we got it back, we took her to a free launch on the delta. She ran great! Then we got some reeds stuck in the prop and broke the shear pin...
A quick fix and she was ready again. A group of friends and I took her camping at East Park Res. She was running great, really a sharp turner which made for some good tube pullin. I brought her back to shore to take another person out tubin when the guy camping next to us asked me if I wanted to try out his new Kawasaki 800SXI jet ski since he saw the stand up ski I also brought. I couldn't pass it up so I asked my friends (one of whom was the part owner) if they could take the boat out themselves. They said sure and I showed them how they had to put it in gear at the back of the boat on the motor since we were having issues with the remote shift cable. I told them to start it in N then put it into gear. When I come back from riding with my new friend, they tell me there was an issue.
They had started it in reverse with the nose of the boat facing away from shore, so they accidentally ran it into shore, backwards. They killed the motor as soon as they hit. I got in the boat. She started right up and got away from shore fine. After I had given her some more gas, the drive shaft just spun without the prop. I figured we had broke another shear pin, no big deal since now I had an extra. We trolled into shore, I puled the prop, but the shear pin was fine!
I took her out again. Power was being sent to the prop, as in it would spin, with a little gas, but as soon as much more gas was given, the shaft would spin alone.
I'm obviously going to post this in the appropriate forum, but I though you guys might like an update.
