u/Desperate-Control-38

The gp1200 never had a problem but the gp800r was given to me from a buddy after he blew the engine up (dropped a power valve and seized a rod along with a little hull damage) I ended up gathering the special tools I needed over the winter which consisted of a press and a bench center fixture so I could rebuild and true up the crank, then put on new cylinders, pistons, seals, gaskets, and rebuilt the carbs all myself so it’s basically a brand new engine and started on the hull repair just waiting for the filler to harden so I can sand and gelcoat it. Plus the bonus Polaris slt780 I saved.

I got motor pulled on the free gp800r, turns out a power valve dropped into the rear cylinder causing the connecting rod bearing to basically melt, so I ended up ordering a new rod kit, and a crankshaft web, pressed the new parts back on, trued it myself to about 1.5 thou of runout, new pistons, new cylinders, complete gasket kit, rebuilt the carbs, reassembled, dropped it back into the ski earlier tonight and she fired right up and sounds great!

Picked up this southbend model a lathe the other day, it’s a 9” with power feeds on both slides, came with a bin of tooling hss and carbide, and according to the serial number it was built in 1918

Picked up this southbend model a lathe the other day, it’s a 9” with power feeds on both slides, came with a bin of tooling hss and carbide, and according to the serial number it was built in 1918