I may have a line on an old boat with a complete Berkeley  pump on it with a diverter....maybe a couple of old 455 heads and misc parts for 150 bucks! 

Question, my brother in
Law will buy it and disassemble, since the hull is shot, what would be optimum way to yank the pump? Chainsaw or Sawzall .... Anyone ever do this??  Any tips?

Understood .... I appreciate your input and for taking the time to reply

Thx

I have not checked vacuum yet, and since I do not know the cam specs I was planning to use the same power valves as are in it now since it ran nice before I pulled it. I can only guess if it has a stock or mild cam in it.... If it DOES have that size PV in
It should I drop It down a size or two?

skip all the nonsense with bolting or screwing things to the stringers... glass in a bulkhead.  its really the only way to tie in everything.

measure and cut a 3/4" plywood piece



tab it in with fiberglass (if you can paint, you can glass...) all the way around.



slap some carpet over it.  it'll make a *HUUUUGE* difference in your deck and how your boat rides.  its simple and easy to do, you'll have somewhere to install some speakers if you want, and it'll keep all the crap under the deck from constantly flying out back at you.

I can see how that's the way to go, and I have done some minor fiberglass work in the past.  QUESTION

I have a floor where you have hull and stringer, I'm going pull the carpet and see what type of flooring and how it is fastened. And for my particular application / Since I have a floor would it be OK to attach ( tab ) it to the floor with "L" type brackets and glass it in that way instead of cutting the floor to get to the hull or is that the point; to attach to the new bulkhead to the stringers like in your photos?

Am I making any sense??   

THX for the phots Rip....

mine has a floor that runs all the way to the nose...stringers can't be seen unless you open the door to the ski locker, but I can see how that would stiffen the deck considerably.

I can't see where there was any past repairs or holes where they may have been attached at some point like on yours, so im thinking it did not come with them.... there is no stress cracks or crazing on any of the deck surfaces, so it may just be " what it is".  In the meantime, i'll stay to the sides if I need to go on the deck.

THX again for the photos

 After a move from SoCal to North Mississippi  in 1998 (and a 14 year gap between boats) I went a little crazy this past summer and drove west and started looking for another boat.
 After 3 days of driving from BHC to Parker.... and looking ...at about a zillion boats... I bought one...put it on the river for 4 hours...then loaded up and drove back to Mississippi.
 At the end of the season here, I realized that just because I had another boat, (and since the boating here is radically different from where I grew up), I needed to be able to talk with, solicit advice from and maybe even get a few laughs too from some other jetboat owners...here I am.

I lurked a few other websites, but this one drew my attention. The posts seem genuine and helpful.

Perhaps one day, I will load up and head out to the river again for a couple weeks for a summer vacation.... but until then I appreciate any and all help... and if ya come thru Memphis...let me know, I know some great places for BBQ

looking good......

I have an 84 Bahner and under my dash there are two pieces of plywood that are bolted to the stringers and run the rest of the length of the stringers up into the bow. One of them came loose once and I sure noticed the deck flex right away. I can take pictures of them if you would like. 

That would be cool. if there is 'something missing' id like to know...

Thanks

THX ....it runs and handles well.   

Grew up in So-Cal   spent my summers at the River... Lake Mead...Havasu...Copper Canyon...BHC. I   have lived in Northeast Mississippi for the past 13 years.

This past June I had  enough and drove to Earp and bought this 1985 Bahner - 19' 11"  -  454  - Berkley.

I feel better now