Shoot me an email at bboyette@centennialbank.net and I will let you know what all I am looking for.

Thx,

Ben B

Brad,

I won this on Ebay. You have mail. I will need to buy the hardware that goes along with it.

Thanks,

BB

I have a 73 Hondo. My boat will be used for more relaxing fun. I want to put on a swim deck off the back. Do you guys know of anyplace to get these? Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

BB

Guts please excuse my ignorance but i am new to this and am trying to learn as much as possible. i have a good friend who is doing the work on my boat. He is wanting to switch from a "points" to a H.E.I. I sorta have an idea of what this means(electronic). I asked him to make this thing reliable. 2 Questions..1)is this a good decision? Reliability is one of the most important things to me. 2) What would you recommend I use? brand,etc. I have a BBF 460. Again sorry for my ignorance but if I dont ask I dont learn. Thanks in advance!!

Thx

Thanks a ton! I look forward to passing along the goodwill to somebody else in the future. you guys are great on here.

Already have!!!  thanks! I am like a kid in a candy store right now with my boat!!!

Here is the scoop I bought last night. I agree that the other one needed to go.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220348610683&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&viewitem=

Guys I am having a hard time getting pictures on here. Below is a link to a Picasa folder with 5 or 6 pictures of the boat. First off let me start by saying this website is great! I am in Arkansas and it is hard to get good info here. Let me give you the short version of how I come across my first jet boat.

I always wanted one. I have had nice ski boats,etc. We have wonderful lakes here. Just not so many jet boats. I have a good friend who owns a nice Motorcycle/Boat shop. Attached to the building he also has a pawn shop. I drive by my friends store everyday. One day I looked up and there sat this boat. Somebody pawned the boat and had to let it go. I looked the boat over and decided to offer a really low price and see where it led to.  10 minutes later I was hooking this boat up to my Tahoe for $1000!!
That leads me to some questions I have guys. I do not know the least about these boats and what i have purchased for that matter.  I have basic knowledge of engines,etc. But nothing like most you guys. Here is what I have. I was able to contact the last owner of the boat and here is what I have:

Owner said the boat ran great last time out last summer. Said it GPS at 72 MPH. Who know if he is telling me the truth.

1973 Hondo
Ford 460 with about 10 hours on motor.
Tandom axle trailer

I have had the starter rebuilt, Changes fuel pump and filters, plugs, etc. Plan on trying to start it this weekend. The ignition hangs up and I do not want to hurt the starter. Especially after just having it redone.

Look at the pics and tell me what you think. Where should I start? I am not looking to race up and down the lake but just hit the sandbars and relax. Was this a good buy? Is Hondo a popular JB?

I could ask a million questions. I look forward to working on this boat and getting it ready for summer!! Any advice is greatly appreciated!!



http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=4wd2ngy.ezv2wwi&x=0&h=1&y=-pbhgac&localeid=en_US

Sorry for having you navigate to this above. I know about as much about computers as I do my new boat!!!  haha.