Hey guys new to this forum and loving it so far...

Been going out to Parker for approx 4 years now with the ol' lady and her family. Her ol' man owns a Sanger and her older brother owns a Jet boat with a 460 Ford. Always loved watching the Jet boats rumbling up and down the river and finally 2 weeks ago decided to purchase my own.

After looking at a dozen Sleekcrafts and Tahitis I ran into a 73 Bandito, yes Ban-friggin-dito. Just liked the was this boat looked with a little wing in the back. Came with a 455 Olds and a Berk Jet with a place diverter (jetohhhvator hehe). This is my first boat ever and allthough I wrenched on old school muscle for the past 6 years, Jet boats are a different kinda animal but nevertheless still love it. Got a long ways to go and learn so for future posts and my own sake take it easy on me and my noob questions guys.

Here's my question: anyone on here know anything about Bandito Jet boats? How common, any good, quality etc... any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thx in advance.

Thank you.

I will post some pics asap. When I took it down to the river last weekend people were checking it out cause supposedly nobody showed up with a boat like mine before not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing when it comes down to beats hehe. Old school muscle, it would be a great thing. I did some research on google and the only thing that comes up under Bandito boats that I have found was diving boats and cruisers.

The boat was registered and titled at the dmv as a 73 Bandito but then again wtf does the dmv know. As long as you pay them the fee you could register it as a 44 Schwinn hahaha.

Welcome to SCJB 

Welcome! Sounds like a fun boat. Can't wait to see it. I never heard of em either, but I'm not an expert. 

Ray

Hey General-
We were parked next to you on the beach on Sat in the ORange and Yellow Challeger w/ the olds in it- You gotta good looking deal- it's got some unique lines- when are you guys heading out again??

Yeah I remember, what's happening man? How was the drive back hehehe?

We were going to go this weekend again but when I got home on Monday I noticed some water in my oil, I got the milkshake bother. I'm hoping its just condensation from the PO not running it and keeping it outside or its my intake mani gasket I'm just hoping its not my head gasket not to mention when I left the beach my f/r cable snapped so I got some wrenching and testing to do. I'll get her running by next weekend. You gonna be up there?

sounds like your boat is breaking you in good right off the bat  welcome to the world of jet boats. wrench wrench wrench....

welcome to the site, they have answers to everything on here! hit me up if you ever want to go boating locally
chris

Oh yeah many jet boat owners have warned me but I just wouldn't listen haha. I don't mind the wrenching a bit, I love it. Nothing better then a warm afternoon in SoCal and 12 pack of Sam Adams and taking crap apart haha.

I was very satisfied with the first testrun until I ran out of gas lol. Typical jetboats and their fuel sending units.

I don't even have a fuel gauge anymore. Just run manual ball valves to each tank. Run one tank till it's empty then take it easy till I fill up or take her home. Actually more like one tank up river and then switch and use other one down river. Also have a stick made to check level in tanks.

where is the damn pics yo!
j/k i want to see what you got!

The Pics

i can see theres numbers on the transom....whats the first 3 letters?

nice float! finally!
haha

Thank you sir, she's just giving me a lot of problems now and I'm not very happy with her.