:welcome: from Hewitt (waco) tx to the forum. congrats on the boat I have always liked the Javelin FS boats very sport looking. are you based out of fort hood? Thank you for your service to our country and hurry home quickly and safely. hope we can help in any way possible.
I finally got a chance to adjust the the fender mount to give more room for the tires. I had to grind the welds to get the brackets off the frame. but I bolted it back on so If I need to adjust it later I can.
and of course the best part is my helper
so tonight I got outside and did some more work on the trailer. I decided to take the long side runners and cut them down to fit under the keel from the front to the first cross member. Hopefully it will support the front more and help guide the boat on the trailer. you can also see damage to...
here is what I have after a 45 minutes soak and then going over it with can carb cleaner. it is now flowing through all the jets. it is not as tarnished as the pictures make it look. tomorrow I will clean some more then put it back together so maybe I can take her out on saturday.
This is the carb that was on the boat when I got 2 years ago. it set for five years before that. When I got it I put one of my holley carbs on it. when I took the motor out my dad decided he wanted the carb that was on it. so I had to put this one back on but forgot I had not cleaned it until he...
I have decided to rebuild the carter that came on the boat because I found a rebuild kit on eBay for $30. I was not surprised at what I found when I opened it up tonight. But I do believe this would cause the issues I am seeing with the motor bogging down.
when I get her prefect I would love to go for a ride.
today was one of the best water test I have had to date. she was bogging down at first but when she cleared out I put it down. Old timer jumped on plain quick without full throttle. she was going good until I tried to push her harder...
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