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  1. S

    Best tool to remove rope from jet intake of any jet boat / jet ski / waverunner

    The tool is just the right size as it provides enough leverage to cut through rope that is accidentally sucked up into a jet boat intake. Easy to insert tool through grate and it’ll cut nylon rope easily. In less than 10 minutes, I was able to remove a large amount of rope that was tightly...
  2. tahmad575

    Weed guard for intake grates?

    Hello everyone, This past Saturday I took the boat out with my friend after work and we wanted to go bow fishing for carp on greenwood lake in NJ. First we decided to go to the deep end (New York side) for some bass fishing then I hit the throttles and headed over to the Jersey side of the...
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    • custom fix intake modifications seaweed stuck trolling motor to pass over weeds weeds
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  3. Rodney Findley

    Top loader intake grates for Yamaha boats

    I'm not sure if this has been discussed on any other threads but I was curious about the interchanging of intake grates from the PWCs? Some have said that the boats are different because the intake system is angled on the "V" but yet the engines sit flat in the boat? I would find it hard to...
  4. Robert Sands

    Reverse Trick?

    Quick question. Does the reverse trick work, I hear about it a lot? On my Scarab reverse is just a bucket that caps the jet nozzle and shoots water forwards forcing the boat to go backwards. The impeller is still turning in the same direction. I don't understand how simply putting the bucket...
  5. Robert Sands

    Sucked up a Rock

    Hi everyone, I like keeping you all updated, so I thought I would write about my last jet boat mistake. I recently sucked up a rock, a decently large rock. It was about 1.75" diameter by 0.5" thick. It slipped right through the grate lengthwise and started to make a horrible sound for about 1...
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