Bought my first boat yesterday!!

[Tahiti71121]

It is a Tahiti jet boat with a berkley jet 12jc-a and a place diverter. It is set up for a sbc. I have ALOT of questions lol.
1)The steering wheel has no mounting to the shaft, what do i need to fix that?
2)The reverse/forward selector will bring the shaft up, but won't drop it back down.. why is this?
3)where can i buy a shifter for the place diverter? or are there other ways of rigging it up for cheaper?
4)Are there any shops here in the Portland, Oregon area?
5)Oh and what do i need to hook the engine to the pump?
thanks, dylan
p.s. i will try to post some pics after work tonight

[n8dawg]

It is a Tahiti jet boat with a berkley jet 12jc-a and a place diverter. It is set up for a sbc. I have ALOT of questions lol.
1)The steering wheel has no mounting to the shaft, what do i need to fix that?
2)The reverse/forward selector will bring the shaft up, but won't drop it back down.. why is this?
3)where can i buy a shifter for the place diverter? or are there other ways of rigging it up for cheaper?
4)Are there any shops here in the Portland, Oregon area?
5)Oh and what do i need to hook the engine to the pump?
thanks, dylan
p.s. i will try to post some pics after work tonight
1st: Congrats on the boat!!!!
pictures are worth a thousand words, and you can contact Place Diverter directly... www.placediverter.com
you also might want to check out some performance boating catalogs for parts like REX MARINE and EDDIE MARINE
A drive line conects the engine to the pump.

[n8dawg]

http://www.rexmar.com/page126.html
it should look like this
http://www.rexmar.com/page126.html

[smokinflatties]

there is a adapter off the flywheel the a drive line

[hellman2u]

Contact Ray Defir @ Defir marine in Corbett, He custom builds boats . Great guy ! 503 695 5780 He does a lot of jet stuff, as well as builds Raysoncraft boats. Good luck on your project. Jim

[BrendellaJet]

I've got a 1310 Hbar and driveline assembly for sale. Needs new universals.

[Tahiti71121]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...1/DSC00478.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...DSC00477-1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...1/DSC00483.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...1/DSC00480.jpg
here are a few pics

[78Eliminator]

Nice boat. I would seriously consider re-rigging the boat for a big block chevy. Those jets need ungodly amounts of horsepower to move at any kind of real speed. Parts for a BBC are pretty abundant too.

[ck7684]

For sure, go with a BBC. I had a boat set up for a SBC once but it was only 14ft long!!

[76ANTHONY]

if your gonna build a sbc for that you better be making that rotating assy reaalyyyy light and it best make some serious power.
that boat is bitchin lookin, good buy there for a first boat, shoulda saw my first boat before i rebuilt it, wooooweeeee, pink and purple metalic flake dont look good