Ski pylon

74Wind wrote: my brother used the rear ring on a 72 Southwind for many years, with up to 8 skiers, on a very frequent basis, as they live on the lake.

Jeff,
8 teenage skiers on two skis isn't even equal to 1 full size adult on 1 ski. Sorry but your logic won't make me change my mind. Have you ever even looked at how the aft ring is fastened to the transom?

Before I found him a pylon, my brother used the rear ring on a 72 Southwind for many years, with up to 8 skiers, on a very frequent basis, as they live on the lake. My friend has also used the ring on his 72 Coronado forever. Neither boat has ever shown even the slightest bit of damage from this. Or maybe older boats were just built better.....

While I won't challenge this prevailing wisdom in theory,   there have been numerous past threads on this but never any real proof. Pics or it didn't happen..

Someone else just PM'd me for it. If the deal falls through, I'll let you know.

I'm currently selling a 10" pole and wakeboard rack. The ID of the pole is 2.5", $125 for the whole set-up + shipping.

Let me know if you're interested.

Original Posting

Yes sir I agree about autozone I purchased the boat from a friend who purchased from original owner.. My friend had intentions on fixing up and flipping the boat so he did little things here and there like the coil before giving up and letting it sit for a yr before I bought it so that's why it is from autozone I only use napa and I'm a heavy equipment mechanic just not real savvy on old engines but I will look into the voltage and I am pretty sure it's oil filled.. But it shouldn't be getting hot right?? Also with it getting hot there isn't something else that could cause it to overheat other than the wrong type of coil or it being cheap

i have the old one he took off and they do both say use with external resistor which the engine does have but I thought maybe since some parts are marine specific and the new one is cheap from autozone that maybe that's why it was getting so hot then it would bog down and die after I let the coil cool or took it off and cooled it in water then put it back on it would start right up and run great for another 30 min or so then die and coil would be hot again..is it normal for that to get really hot and if it's not a defective coil what would cause it to get hot

Ok thanks again I appreciate it took it out this weekend and everything was good except that they had an automotive coil they put on and it would get really hot then the boat would start to misfire when taking off from idle and die then it wouldn't start back up until it cooled off.. I put about 30 hrs of labor in it after purchasing it and thought I had everything right kind of disappointing but atleast it's a small issue and easy to fix I'm just new to boat game except for my dad owning one while growing up so I'm trying to learn as much as possible

Ok awesome thank you sir it hooks to the eye on the front of the boat where the trailer hooks on to it correct

Ok thanks I never towed with it it was loose when I got the boat and I won't be rigging anything I'm appreciative of the classic original design of boat and don't want to rig it but it would be ok to get fly high and slide it on pylon without damaging anything and it will fit over pylon??

If you are wanting to pull wakeboarders, combo skiers, trick skiers, or kneeboarders then you'll need to purchase a Super Deluxe Boom Mount and a extended pylon. If you want to use a Skylon, Fly High or some other extended pylon then you will need to remove the existing Ring & Finger set up from the pylon and slide the extended over the factory pylon. PLEEEEEEEEASE, DO NOT CUT or HACK UP what you currently have to make it work. The Ring & Finger tow points are in HIGH demand as they are not made anymore and is considered criminal to destroy it to modify the exisiting to accomodate the extended one.

As Pete stated the rear 'Tow Eye' aka Lifting Ring that you are using was designed for verticle loads only (ie lifting boat in the boat house) and not for towing. That's why its loose. You purchased an Inboard Tournament Competition Ski Boat so yes all pylons are in front of the engine unless it's a V-Drive boat.

Does anyone know if there is usually any kind of small extension for pylon or is it always just right above engine cover??? I just bought an 81 ski nautique and the back tow ring is loose so I can't pull with it but would like for people to be able to sit in back seat while I'm pulling