I'm liking this approach. Also, Ralphs bolt on plate mounted tension piece.   Hmmmmm, might give that a try this weekend.

Many thanks to Skip and Ralph, I think that's gonna work.

John,  Be careful,  That's Ford set up and people will start to wonder about you.     Nice work there!

Hey John, I will be up in Seattle/Bellvue area for 4-5 days near the 20th of August for a wedding that my wife is part of. I was thinking one day while shes off doing wedding stuff I could come by and take a look at WALL-E!  How far are you from Seattle? I know there will be a boat trip involved.

Fantastic!
Piece of cake (I work in Bellevue) to get from there to here.  Go to the Seattle waterfront and either take the ferry to Bremerton or Bainbridge Island (Bremerton run is 1 hour or the Bainbridge run is 35 minutes).
We're about 15 minutes from Bremerton or 30 minutes from Bainbridge Island.

Keep in touch and we can grab some grub and tell lies.....john

John, you just gave me hope that I may actually enjoy part of this trip! Cant wait to see the absolutly incredible hot rod that you've built!

Don't set your expectations too high... 

Looking forward to hooking up with you and being able to hear what real jet boating is really like compared to what we have here..... take care and talk to you soon

Been a while.  The boat is now wired up and I used Painless Wiring connections. Nice stuff that shrinks and seals the connection





I hate the wires from the Alt to the starter but have some old SS nitrous lines that I may cut up and pass the wires through to "hide" them a bit.  Never the less, the thing is wired and plumbed.

Thanks to Tommy and Josh, and Lucky Stiff for all the help and advice.  This is coming together really nice.

pull the whole thing and put in a Mag, loose the coil too. J/k looks great boss

John-

Looks freakin' great! Your seat cover is in the box and heading for UPS in the morning.

  Thanks for the compliments.  I've been frustrated as hell cuz I've been testing the wiring and was getting some backfeed that I couldnt figure out.  Turns out I was a dumbass and wired up by voltmeter like a moron and it was backfeeding me.  All fixed after enough swearing to piss off have the town. 

Hoping to fire it in a few days......stay tuned as this thing either starts or blows up.

You better get some clean underware ready, 'cause you're gonna need 'em when it fires and runs!     Looking goo John.

Your'e assuming a big IF as in IF it runs......

John!!!  IT'S GOING TO RUN!!    

John-
 Let me know when you get it and PM me how much you paid to ship it down here so I can get that back to you as well.

Shut the f^ck up.  You're not paying for that and frankly, I wanna know what I owe you...... 

Wow, i came home sick from work today and followed this from page 1! this is way insane! this could be published as a do-it-your-self manual! I can see people reading and DROOLING! My hat is off as I fall to my knees and start chanting, WERE NOT WORTHY!!!!  major props to you.... If my boat wasnt at work I would go in bolt on the exaust and fire it up! I'v only been on mine for 1 1/2 month! but I work for a Rinker dealership (no insperation!) ok but now!!!     You da man!    Marcel

Aw man, while I appreciate the thoughts and kind words, I'll be honest with you and say that I'm making this stuff up as I go and have learned a TON through this project.  Folks like Tommy, Josh and Rhonda at Jet Boat Performance and guys like Skip at HOTSEAT have helped more than you can even imagine.  If this thing ever runs will be a miracle but regardless, I've enjoyed ever minute of the journey.

Now, back to business.  wired in the new Optima battery. picked up two waterproof inline fuses. One feeds the bilgepump that is triggered by a mercury float switch and is always on, ant the other that feeds the line that runs to the dash. From the dash it feeds a fuse panel that  is mounted under the deck (silicone adhesive and short screws that were scary to run into the wood of the deck).

Also modded the wire from the alt to the starter.  I think it looks better.  Ran heat shrink connectors, and mulitple layers of heatshrink before I ran the wire in the old nitrous line. I also sanded the SS braided line back from the edge of the nylon line to remove the risk of rub through.  Should  be killer and IMHO, looks much better.

Thats a -10 cushion clamp and a -4 cushion clamp tied together is a SS allen bolt.  Way overkill but I think it looks better......

Yah Buddy, it turned over (easy like)

Still a ton to do before I light it but hell yah! As Jan said........It's alive............

I Like those plugs and plug wires, where can I get some?  They sure won't burn!!   

sounds way louder than mine out the pipes, any muffs in there?