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Tech Talk => Jet Pumps => Topic started by: 78 PROPDUSTER on July 07, 2008, 01:09:16 PM

Title: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: 78 PROPDUSTER on July 07, 2008, 01:09:16 PM
Any local shops fix these? Havasu?  How do these fins effect the pump function?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: pw_Tony on July 07, 2008, 01:43:57 PM
I fixed one like that with sea goin and epoxy putty. Haven't tried it yet so I don't know if it's gonna hold up yet, if not out comes the motor, pump, and get it welded  :-\
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: beerjet on July 07, 2008, 06:04:33 PM
Take a grinder to it and just sharpen it back up .

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: 78 PROPDUSTER on July 07, 2008, 08:29:28 PM
Yea, I did the grinder thing and actually don't notice a difference in perfomance but since I'm runnin a 950 HP deal I want to get all I can out of it.
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: beerjet on July 07, 2008, 08:34:18 PM
Yea, I did the grinder thing and actually don't notice a difference in perfomance but since I'm runnin a 950 HP deal I want to get all I can out of it.
Otherwise it's gonna have to come out . It's not open heart surgery , but a little tougherthan a hang nail .

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: beerjet on July 07, 2008, 08:37:19 PM
With that many ponies I'd also suggest letting a pro reset the intake .

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: 78 PROPDUSTER on July 09, 2008, 09:54:30 PM
Yea, I was hoping to weld a peice on to finish the summer, then take it to MPD. Jack did the original work and I need it to load just a little quicker now with the new motor.
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: realHawaiianJet on July 09, 2008, 11:02:47 PM
Yea, I was hoping to weld a peice on to finish the summer, then take it to MPD. Jack did the original work and I need it to load just a little quicker now with the new motor.

Don't weld on it while it's still installed!!!!!!!!! :screwy: That will screw up the seal!!! That epoxy doesn't take the heat to well, plus the expansion rate of the aluminum will cause it to start to separate from the hull. :banghead:

If you're that concerned about fixing the fin, take the intake out and do it right the first time!!! If you're good, it could be a one or two week job. If you're me, it will turn into a 7 month job. :banghead: :banghead: Of course I didn't have all my parts to form a running boat when I pulled the intake out, after discovering the seal was bad, after I had most of the major components installed in the boat. :banghead:

Good luck.
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: 78 PROPDUSTER on July 10, 2008, 08:49:17 PM
Thanks for the info. I'm gonna just run it for the summer then!
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: BOOST on July 10, 2008, 09:05:50 PM
Take a grinder to it and just sharpen it back up .

-beerjet-
your kinda like Mcgiver Omar
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: walshmotorsports on July 11, 2008, 12:27:40 AM
  Hey Propduster, Would you mind posting a couple pics of your 950 hp deal? We all like that kinda stuff.....Thanks.
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: 78 PROPDUSTER on July 12, 2008, 09:44:58 AM
It's a 540, 1071. dynoed 944HP W/51 pulley and 1012 W/56 @ 6700RPM. Ran it for the first time last weekend, runs good! Been working on it for over a year and got lots of good info. here on the site. trying to post build in the galleries but keeps kicking back. Trying to attach a photo to this post and it does the same. Any suggestions? will try again. Will drop in at the AVI bash next weekend.

Thanks
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: 78 PROPDUSTER on July 12, 2008, 10:08:28 AM
6th try
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: 78 PROPDUSTER on July 12, 2008, 10:17:41 AM
boat
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: Marcsrollin on July 12, 2008, 10:27:45 AM
Down size your pic's and will not kick them back.
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: beerjet on July 12, 2008, 10:35:39 AM
better

(https://www.socaljetboats.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4337.0;attach=16775;image)

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: beerjet on July 12, 2008, 10:38:16 AM
Mo betta

(https://www.socaljetboats.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4337.0;attach=16777;image)

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: HDriderTH on July 12, 2008, 11:21:37 AM
Mo betta

(https://www.socaljetboats.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4337.0;attach=16777;image)

-beerjet-

WOW, nice shinizzle
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: 78 PROPDUSTER on July 12, 2008, 02:28:53 PM
Thanks
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: GT Jets on July 27, 2008, 11:06:50 PM
Was flipping through some old papers and found that you could buy the intake fins for the 12JE and 12JF's that bolted through the hull, maybe you could adapt?

They were part #0203-B-06920 From Berkeley, maybe someone has some NOS they want to get rid of.
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: COORS HEAVY on July 28, 2008, 12:03:13 AM
I SAW YOUR BOAT AT THE AVI LOOKS AND SOUNDS BITCHIN. YOU WERE FLOATING DOWN RIVER ON SUNDAY BY YOURSELF GAVE A WAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE ALRIGHT. LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE WAITING TO PICK SOMEONE OFF ANY CHALLENGERS THAT DAY?
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: 78 PROPDUSTER on August 13, 2008, 09:43:00 PM
Thanks for the fin #'s, will pull the pump after this season.

THANKS FOR THE WAVE AND KIND WORDS, SUNDAY WAS DEAD BUT I'M OUT EVERY WEEKEND.

Got a new toy, V-drives are bitchen!
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: pw_Tony on August 14, 2008, 01:07:07 AM
Just FYI..... so far my sea goin epoxy fix has been holding up  ;)
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: Brad @ SCJB on August 14, 2008, 07:06:46 AM
but will it withstand the inpact from a duck?
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: 78 PROPDUSTER on August 14, 2008, 07:49:24 AM
Good to know,  Thanks Tony.  If your out on weekends send me a photo of your boat and I'll stop in.

Hey Brad, I remembrer seeing photos of a dead duck in your boat, Did it actually break something?
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: Brad @ SCJB on August 14, 2008, 07:56:17 AM
Hey Brad, I remembrer seeing photos of a dead duck in your boat, Did it actually break something?

no, that was ralph's boat....he went through a flock of them at ming durring a race....hit one right on the front off the bow....it cartwheel'd accross his bow and pegged him in the chest.

allegidly another driver was blaming a broken intake and ride plate on these same ducks  ::)

trust me, i know what it takes to break a intake setup.  :-\
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: Marcsrollin on August 14, 2008, 09:06:26 AM
no, that was ralph's boat....he went through a flock of them at ming durring a race....hit one right on the front off the bow....it cartwheel'd accross his bow and pegged him in the chest.

allegidly another driver was blaming a broken intake and ride plate on these same ducks  ::)

trust me, i know what it takes to break a intake setup.  :-\

He CLAIMED to have a broken intake and a bent impeller shaft from a duck.
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: pw_Tony on August 14, 2008, 11:52:10 AM
He CLAIMED to have a broken intake and a bent impeller shaft from a duck.

No, just a cracked shoe. I checked it before the race, during, and after..... still not sure if it was a duck or not, but it was something  :-\
Title: Re: Intake repair suggestions?
Post by: 78 PROPDUSTER on August 14, 2008, 07:10:13 PM
 So, you sucked a duck? thats some funny $hit!
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