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Boat Showcase / Re: Lets See Your Rides
« on: April 23, 2011, 09:30:11 AM »74 Tahiti, 455 Olds
Man, I need to get some more pics.
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Great looking boat and great looking family you have there. That's the way it's done!
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Great looking boat and great looking family you have there. That's the way it's done!
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Boat Showcase / Re: Lets See Your Rides
« on: April 21, 2011, 09:27:49 AM »Here's my '74 challenger I picked up last summer....
I really dig your boat. Looks super clean! I remeber first seeing it and the pretty blonde on the Vintage Jet Boat forum when it was the background picture of the month.
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Topock / Laughlin / Re: AVI Trip May 13/14/15 2011
« on: April 19, 2011, 10:19:08 PM »
Put me down as a maybe. My boat is ready but I don't know if I am as It's been several years since I've driven a boat. I'd like to hit Castaic a few times to get the hang of it before making my way out to the River. I'll keep you posted.
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Topock / Laughlin / Just got back from Laughlin
« on: April 19, 2011, 09:58:50 PM »
Just got back a few hours ago. I desperately needed a few days off from work and I thought I'd check out the Avi for the first time as I'm considering launching from there this summer. Here are some pics I took from the Avi. Didn't see alot of boats or pwc's. The current looked to be very strong. Is that normal?
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Boat Showcase / Re: 75 California history
« on: April 19, 2011, 09:51:48 PM »I hope you don't mind a newby question here but what drove the popularity of the jet boats? Was it strickly performance or water conditions? The reason that I ask is there seems to be so many boats available and in such great shape in your area. I Have seen very few in my area and I am always looking.
I don't know the definite answer but it may have something to do with skier safety???
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Boat Showcase / Re: 75 California history
« on: April 19, 2011, 09:49:11 PM »
Not many people can say they know of the entire history of their boat. I know that I can't. When I bought my boat last year, I knew nothing about it. The guy I bought it from only had it for about 4 years and he was not the talkative kind. Up until about 2 months ago, it was just a boat to me. Then all of a sudden, out of nowhere a fellow member on this site saw the pics of my boat and let me know that he owned it for the first 10 years. from that point forward, I can honestly say that the boat took on a whole new meaning. He had some interesting stories to share and he also showed me some pics of my boat when it was new. Never in a million years did I think my boat ever looked like that. Now...if I can only somehow track down the second owner... 
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Jet Pumps / Re: Oil dripping from rear of Berk jet
« on: April 15, 2011, 09:12:58 AM »
Well I'm not gonna have a heart attack over this...just yet. Today I'll hook up the garden hose and let the boat idle for a minute or two. After that I'll crank the nose of the boat all the way up. I'm leaving town tomorrow and won't be back until wednesday. If I see any signs of oil then, I'll go ahead and have a heart attack and send my rebuilder the bill. I'm not planing on adding any oil just yet. I would estimate that it's leaked 2-4 ozs. at the most since I've had it back. That amount may be an exaggeration. One of my employees seems to think like it's maybe 1-2 ozs. Whatever the case may be, I want this thing right. If I see more oil on wednesday I'll insist that my rebuilder fix the problem. If not, theres always something called small claims court.
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Jet Pumps / Re: Oil dripping from rear of Berk jet
« on: April 14, 2011, 08:47:59 PM »
My rebuilder finally answered the phone and it sounds like it's normal. I haven't run the jet since it was rebuilt 2 months ago. He says that there is quite a bit of oil laying in the bottom of the bowl. He says it should go away once I run the boat.
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Boat Showcase / Re: Finally got to work on the Rogers this weekend
« on: April 14, 2011, 08:10:06 PM »the blue hose does look great
one item of concern, if you can please get rid of the hose clamps and use a/n fittings on your water lines like you did on the fuel. your boat will fill up really fast if one of those hose clamps fail and you dont see it.
just my .02
ralph
Thanks for the advice, but I think I beat you to it
. I installed all new Comp Cams hose clamps. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CCA-G3912/ They are of much better quality than the clamps offered by Ideal or Gates. We've used these before on several performance applications with zero failures. Anyways, I have 2 bilge pumps now 
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Boat Showcase / Re: Finally got to work on the Rogers this weekend
« on: April 14, 2011, 04:42:01 PM »
Started changing the h2o hoses. Bought a bunch of this blue Goodyear heater hose that's installed on police cars. Looks pretty cool and should last forever. Wanted to do stinless, but funds won't allow for that.
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Jet Pumps / Oil dripping from rear of Berk jet
« on: April 14, 2011, 03:48:55 PM »
I noticed that there is a small amounf of oil leaking from the rear of my Berk jet. I recall that when I had it out and while I was painting it, some oil would drip out of the bowl. But now the jet is in the boat and completeley assembled. Is this normal?
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Boat Showcase / Re: Finally got to work on the Rogers this weekend
« on: April 14, 2011, 12:01:13 PM »
Another slow day at work today. Pulled the seats from my garage and I cut out access for the storage. I had some left over carpet so I decided to use it in the storage are so whatever objects I have in there won't slide around. Raised the bimini top for the first time. At last, something on the boat that doesn't have to be restored, rebuilt or replaced!!!
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Boat Showcase / Re: Finally got to work on the Rogers this weekend
« on: April 13, 2011, 03:02:03 PM »
Slow at work today, so I got a chance to work on the boat for a little. Cleaned up the power distribution block and installed all stainless screws. Cleaned up a little more of the wiring too.
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Boat Showcase / Re: Finally got to work on the Rogers this weekend
« on: April 08, 2011, 11:29:52 AM »
Closer look at the jet. I had the steering clevis and nut on the transom cover hard anodized in black.
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Boat Showcase / Re: Finally got to work on the Rogers this weekend
« on: April 08, 2011, 11:24:19 AM »
This thing is almost ready to see water. Good thing, because I'm already getting a bit burnt out. The jet is finally 100% Found the rudder in my garage so I decided to install it. The plan was to not install a rudder, but since I found it, it's on. Finally finished up rewiring and repairing the PD switch on the steering wheel. I had the center cap and the piece directly behind the steering wheel hard coat anodized blue. Directly behind than blue piece and just in front of that plastic piece is a metal piece that I tought was aluminum. I polished it for an hour and sent to it to get anodized with no luck. I was told that it was most probably die cast and it could not be anodized. What I did was paint that piece and the plastic piece appliance white which is what I used on the jet. I aslo fully degreased the bilge and installed a second bilge pump. Now I have an automatic @ 750 gph and a manual backup @ 500 gph. All I have left to do is to bolt the seats back in, relocate the shifter and plumb the fuel tanks.
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Jet Pumps / Re: PD cylinder leaking
« on: April 04, 2011, 03:13:57 PM »Actually, they CAN be rebuilt. Looked into this when this same question came up over a year ago and it peaked my interest.! Why not? My Biesemeyer leaked a little too, so there had to be a cheap fix right?
Heres the problem.......They leak because possibly the packing is worn out, a gland seal has failed or the shaft off the piston has become corroded, bent, and/or pitted.......maybe .too much pressure........any way you look at it, not good.
Cheapest tiny hydraulic cylinder repacking kit I came across (Used all my old sources from way back when I rebuilt my pops Backhoe after the barn fire........another story) was $65. They had no problem matching me up with what was needed to do what I wanted to do, but the secondary problem was replacing and polishing the hard chrome on the piston/shaft assembly, which, more than likely, was the culprit of the failure........2 minutes into that phone conversation showed me that this was a dumb conversation to be having to begin with, more on MY part than theirs........
$119 was the cheapest I found that cylinder for. You'll NEVER be able to rebuild it for less than that, really.......It's disposable, it is what it is.........
Ray
Once again, you have put things into prespective for me
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Jet Pumps / PD cylinder leaking
« on: April 04, 2011, 12:50:19 PM »
Over the weekend I decided to test the hydraulic PD (place diverter) and discovered that the cylinder leaks from the shaft. Does anyone know if the cylinder can be rebuilt? I'd like to avoid spending the 100 bux on a new one if possible.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Installing MSD distributor
« on: March 31, 2011, 02:42:18 PM »
Does the dizzy look like this? I have my limiter on the 6AL box set at 6k. Try rotating the dizzy a little and it should go all the way in. If not, bump crank the engine and see if it drops in.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Hardin fuel switching valve
« on: March 31, 2011, 02:38:58 PM »
Ordered the valve a couple of days ago and waiting for it to arrive. Hopefully once it gets here I'll be able to figure how whereto install it as I don't wanna pay a restocking fee. I'm just looking for something that is simple to install and looks clean.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Hardin fuel switching valve
« on: March 28, 2011, 02:50:12 PM »
Has anyone had any experience w/ this product? http://www.hardin-marine.com/c-1377-fuel-valves.aspx I'm thinking about installing one on my Rogers. Any feedback would be great and much appreciated.
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Boat Showcase / Re: Finally got to work on the Rogers this weekend
« on: March 26, 2011, 08:05:35 AM »
Yesterday I put the Rogers decal on the back window of my tow rig. Wish I would've gone with white ibstead of chrome.
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Boat Showcase / Re: My new boat
« on: March 25, 2011, 08:04:51 PM »
Pretty cool lookin boat. Dig the color scheme!
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Boat Showcase / Re: Finally got to work on the Rogers this weekend
« on: March 25, 2011, 01:01:35 PM »
When I bought the boat I knew that the jet was bad, I just didn't know how bad. The only thing that could be salvaged was the housing. Everything selse needed to be replaced. It was alot of money, but my Chris Starkweather (my rebuilder) really went out of his way to set me up.
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Projects / Re: sprucing up for summer
« on: March 23, 2011, 11:16:50 AM »
I've been "sprucing up" my Rogers for the summer as well. At leat that was the plan. It's been more like a major overhaul for me.
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Projects / Re: Bilge pump question
« on: March 23, 2011, 10:48:35 AM »
The bilge pump was only a couple of weeks old. I removed it and took it to the store where I got it. The salesman shook it and gave me another brand new pump. The thing worked fine but I didn't wanna take any chances.