Oldwakedude

It's always a party with Ken and Adrea, best party people I know. Hoping to get my daughters to fly out, but now that they are grown they have their own priorities

Looking forward to a great weekend. Last one we were able to attend was 2010, now that we have returned to the USA we would not miss it. Calling Bethany creek for reservations today. 2010 was great, 2016 should be even better.

Very Nice Wheelhouse See your shredding it up at the dam, must be nice this time of the year with non of the summer crowd around. Couple of weeks ago water was still 75, was was it for your run? Seeing your wearing the top I take it the air temp is still in the 60s? I assume that massive wave is behind that other quality brand boat made down the street from our beloved Centurions

Robert you are looking good . Good thing about winter in Houston is Lake Conroe is not as crowded, water was still 75F last weekend. I'll be back in December looking to go out, working my new IS Infectious and the 360 is getting consistent, may even be able to talk the girls into coming to Texas for a while (water was 58F and dropping in Cali last week). Kyle, keep at it, your on the road to a good ride. If you head down Houston way drop us a PM if you want to hit the water, we'll get you off the rope .

Well I just want to add that it was a great weekend . The weather couldn't have been better . Next year I'll have to try to make it a longer weekend, hated to see it end . My girls and I had a great time, lookin forward to next year

First kid will land in town in an hour , we'll be on the water in the AM , Long weekend here we come.

Looks to be the light weight version of this one : http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=313457

Never heard of anyone wearing a dry suit down Houston way. For the past 3 years haven't used anything but the spring suit. If it really gets cold might break out the full suit.

Well I know we three are looking forward to it . And I am not sure who all my girls are going to bring, but I imagine when beck and hazen hear the babes will be there, they'll show up. . Or is it the free beer and those mighty Enzo waves?

have you tried turning the key to the on position so you hear the fuel pump running, wait until it stops, then crank and see how fast it starts.

Man dude I gotta get back out to Cali and ride with you guys, you actually had guys riding older than me, how cool is that! Doc, Man am I sorry I missed it, the bay of Conroe was the usual, not many people, but a few tubers to mix it up, 11am and we were done.

Not pushing the OJ, just happens to be the best instructional site I can find. I still use the original factory setup, last boat went 8 years with no problems, I'm guessing this one was not greased in the factory or defective/damaged some other way. Replaced the seals for $50, we'll see how it does. You can also use a 1 inch socket in place of the bar stock to press the coupling off.

Here is a link to instructions on how to do the OJ packless seal, the PSS is similar. Now granted the pictures are shown are for a direct drive boat, so you will have imagine all this under the transmission and reaching around the v-drive, but it is doable for a DIY. You don't need the shaft wrench to hold the shaft a piece of wood works well. I did not have to remove my rudder or prop to remove the seal, there was enough space just moving the shaft as far as I could. Took me about 2-3 hours first time I did it, lot of that was looking at it and thinking, as it can be a bit difficult to get the nut to break loose, then it was a struggle to get the coupling loose, but all went well. If you have a helper it could be a lot easier. http://skidim.blogspot.com/2008/10/oj-drip...stallation.html

Well Stanley it will be a pleasure to see you and your beautiful bride again, but you might want to leave the M... boat at home. Might be embarrassed by all the Mighty Enzos that will be there . Myself and the girls plan to be there, hopefully sleepy surfer will stay awake long enough to show her stuff , and the younger one if she can tear herself away from the pre-med program for a weekend will be there . Should be a good weekend rain or shine

HOOHA ! Let me add my support to Robert's efforts . While I don't agree with his boat choice for myself , but it seems to work, since the World Champ Surf style Wakesurfer perfected his skills on a Tige , it can't be all bad . So while we may say "My wakes better'n your wake" , Robert I applaud your efforts for the sport (really enjoy the videos, keep them coming) . and if RJ's skill continues to grow , as it has in the past year, you'll probably have another champion surfing behind your Tiges . So while the sleepysurfer is lovin RJ's Walker, she still loves Dad's Enzo wake better .

Get that sac in dude !

Audio, Saw your boat at Worlds, nice looking setup. Wouldn't worry to much about dragging the boat all that way unless you want to show off the nice setup, there should be plenty of Texas boats there to accommodate our northern friends . The cable ski doesn't require a boat . Plus a lot of the activities won't require a boat

We're signed up and got our spot reserved , we'll be there with the boat .

I am a little confused by your comment. But my best guess is you have one (1) ballast puppy that supplies the two sprinkler valve. Each sprinkler valve is connected to one of the tanks. The Valves are just like the valves in your home lawn watering system (if you have an automatic system). Here is the link to the manual: http://www.orbitirrigation.com/lib/media/5...20rG_002681.pdf The drain pumps are probably mayfair 750s attached to the tanks so you cannot see them without removing the panel. Here is a picture of mine (port tank) with the panel removed, the hoses are from the aft tank already removed (you don't have those). The picture is looking forward into the engine locker.

Don't sound stupid, sounds like you are asking intelligent questions for a newby . So now that I know where you are coming from. The stock tanks are under the seat, if you remove the forward panel in the engine locker you will see them and the drain pumps (mayfair screwed into the aft bottom of the tank). On the port (left side facing forward), if you remove the forward panel under the long seat you will see the forward end and vent connection. On the starboard if you remove the black panel under the seat you will have access to the top of the tank. I can see two sprinkler valve in the engine picture so I am assuming those are the ones for each tank and I would expect that you would only have one ballast puppy pump to fill. Post a photo of the pumps you are talking about, I would have thought that your setup only had one ballast puppy pump supplying water to the valve manifold.

Do you still have the springs in the sprinkler valves? The valves are actually designed to operate with a minimum line pressure of 5 psi. It's possible that your pump is not generating enough pressure to close the valve. You can test this by disconnecting the fill hose from the starboard sac (point it over the side) and put your finger over it to build up pressure. If the center valve closes you have an idea of what the problem is, might need to replace the impeller in your ballast puppy. You can also try swapping the tops (with diaphram assembly) say center to port, to see if the problem moves with the valve top.

Chcek with Marine Hardware, they supply a lot of running gear to fineline, stuff has not changed much over the years. http://www.marinehardware.com/form1.html

The tanks are under the seat, but why do you care, the tank not filling is more likely a valve issue if you have sprinkler valves.

The valve works on differential pressure. If it is installed backwards or the internal ports are plugged it will not work properly. Taking it apart and installing new parts will not help. If you do not have a strainer on the inlet to the valve manifold your problem could be plugged internal ports. Here are some links that may be helpful. http://www.grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_mai...ation_valves_2/ http://www.pioneermidwest.com/irr/insman/valves.htm http://www.spudtech.com/content.asp?id=21 http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/h...alves_work.html