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He is not selling and only sporadically parting, he has a trust fund to buy all this and then just wants to control the market .... its pretty sad
Flipping couches for fun and profit
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WFO Speedracer
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My thoughts exactly Benny , I guess if you have to be a big fish in a small pond this is one way to do it.Sitting on a massive hoard of ratty old jetskis is a very strange thing to do with your money
Myself
manic mechanic
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- Twin Lakes AR
......ya but,.....letting it all ruin in the sun makes that a poor investment. Nobody wants to buy your roached out handlebar cover. LOL!!
WFO Speedracer
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My point exactly it's a depreciating asset , that money would be much better suited in an investment acct making money, this is a losing proposition .
- Location
- Texas
Maybe it's purposely done to lose money for a write-off. An accounting strategy. Some businesses are only created to lose money...
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- Reno,NV
nah , he just wants to control market and parts, then he got bored with 2 strokes and started switching to 4 strokes , he upsells everyone by telling them that their old skis are junk .....
Anyone have a seadoo 657 engine they would want to part with cheap ?
Anyone have a seadoo 657 engine they would want to part with cheap ?
WFO Speedracer
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Today I am working on two Seadoos a 98 GTS that is clean as a pin and a 97GTI that hasn't been run in 20 years , everyone asks why do you like Seadoos so much, here is why , I put a battery in it, I got nothing, red light comes on the gauge , that means we have power to everything , no solenoid clicking no nothing , I go for the obvious and on a Seadoo you just unplug the connector at the solenoid and plug in the new one .
I hit the start button, click click , so we just diagnosed the problem , took under a minute, required a Phillips screwdriver , that's it, I replace the solenoid, it spins over , I check it for spark, we have it, I spray carb cleaner into the flame arrestor, it starts and runs , next test I unplug one spark plug wire and start it again, it starts, I unplug the other one and try to start it nothing.
I break out the compression gauge , front reads 147, rear reads 110 , not good , ok I know what you are going to say , it's dead right, an oil line broke and killed it, you would be wrong.
I pulled the head off and find a broken o-ring , I clean it up , replace the inner and outer o-rings back the inner o-rings up with 1211 and torque the head down , it now runs on both cylinders, I pull the carb, the carb is spotless inside except for a bit of crud in the filter, I clean it and reassemble it , no new parts were used ,it didn't need any , while the carb was off I put new oil lines on it .
Now we get to the fuel lines , for some odd reason no one carries fuel line any more , Advance has it listed on clearance for $1.85 a ft , they don't have any in stock , Autozone has it for $3.00 a ft , these places are crazy , I ordered 15 ft off of Amazon with ten clamps for $17.20 and it got here in two days , I am not paying $45.00 for 15ft of fuel line that's just plain crazy.
So the fuel line came in a few minutes ago and after lunch I will wrap this thing up tight , I still have to pull the pump, replace the wear ring and drain the fuel tank to put fresh gas in it.
This guy is a long term customer I have built probably 8 engines for him in the past and worked on about 20 of his skis, when these two are done he will bring me two more .
He dropped off a Seadoo 720 motor with me when he dropped the skis off, I pulled the head and checked it out , it is something someone cobbled together, OEM piston on the front cylinder , aftermarket piston on the rear , the rear cylinder and piston are trashed.
I have a good OEM top end off a 95 XP that is spotless, the rod went out on it, I will take this engine apart . clean and inspect it , spray everything inside down with W4U protectant and install the other top end with a hone and a new set of rings then put it on the shelf for the next one.
I hit the start button, click click , so we just diagnosed the problem , took under a minute, required a Phillips screwdriver , that's it, I replace the solenoid, it spins over , I check it for spark, we have it, I spray carb cleaner into the flame arrestor, it starts and runs , next test I unplug one spark plug wire and start it again, it starts, I unplug the other one and try to start it nothing.
I break out the compression gauge , front reads 147, rear reads 110 , not good , ok I know what you are going to say , it's dead right, an oil line broke and killed it, you would be wrong.
I pulled the head off and find a broken o-ring , I clean it up , replace the inner and outer o-rings back the inner o-rings up with 1211 and torque the head down , it now runs on both cylinders, I pull the carb, the carb is spotless inside except for a bit of crud in the filter, I clean it and reassemble it , no new parts were used ,it didn't need any , while the carb was off I put new oil lines on it .
Now we get to the fuel lines , for some odd reason no one carries fuel line any more , Advance has it listed on clearance for $1.85 a ft , they don't have any in stock , Autozone has it for $3.00 a ft , these places are crazy , I ordered 15 ft off of Amazon with ten clamps for $17.20 and it got here in two days , I am not paying $45.00 for 15ft of fuel line that's just plain crazy.
So the fuel line came in a few minutes ago and after lunch I will wrap this thing up tight , I still have to pull the pump, replace the wear ring and drain the fuel tank to put fresh gas in it.
This guy is a long term customer I have built probably 8 engines for him in the past and worked on about 20 of his skis, when these two are done he will bring me two more .
He dropped off a Seadoo 720 motor with me when he dropped the skis off, I pulled the head and checked it out , it is something someone cobbled together, OEM piston on the front cylinder , aftermarket piston on the rear , the rear cylinder and piston are trashed.
I have a good OEM top end off a 95 XP that is spotless, the rod went out on it, I will take this engine apart . clean and inspect it , spray everything inside down with W4U protectant and install the other top end with a hone and a new set of rings then put it on the shelf for the next one.
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WFO Speedracer
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I had to remove the fuel tank on this one so it's getting the full Monte , fuel petcock was half stopped up , stuff stuck to the screen at the bottom of the pickups and also stuck to the bottom of the tank , I put Berryman B 12 in and slosh it around then let it sit and do it again , over a matter of hours it will dissolve anything stuck to the tank bottom. Dump the tank out wash the outside and reinstall it .
On the air intake hoses I dumped out about 3lbs of dirtdobber nests, there are probably at least 5 lbs more of them on this machine but none were in the one way check valves for the fuel tank , kinda weird .
Petcock got cleaned out with a drill bit followed by q-tip soaked in Berry B12 , then you spray B12 through it and it is now cleaned and ready to reinstall.
Fuel lines are all cut and ready to put back on as well , this usually goes really quick except for the fuel tank, that will take a minute .
On the air intake hoses I dumped out about 3lbs of dirtdobber nests, there are probably at least 5 lbs more of them on this machine but none were in the one way check valves for the fuel tank , kinda weird .
Petcock got cleaned out with a drill bit followed by q-tip soaked in Berry B12 , then you spray B12 through it and it is now cleaned and ready to reinstall.
Fuel lines are all cut and ready to put back on as well , this usually goes really quick except for the fuel tank, that will take a minute .
Myself
manic mechanic
- Location
- Twin Lakes AR
I have the twin to that '98 GTS!! Mine is also pretty mint but needs a crankshaft. What type of fuel line do you use? I just started getting mine from Fast Flow. It seems to be much higher quality than the other translucent tubing out there.
WFO Speedracer
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I only use 1/4" automotive fuel line on the Seadoos , this stuff I got from Amazon fit really tightly on the barbs and it seals up really well , $25 ft for $17.05 and it came with 10 clamps.
I don't mess with any of the translucent lines, they are all crap including fast flow , it will turn hard in about a year or two and I have had them start breaking down inside before also , I use Emgo 3/16 fuel line on the Yamaha's , I have had really good luck with it also.
I don't mess with any of the translucent lines, they are all crap including fast flow , it will turn hard in about a year or two and I have had them start breaking down inside before also , I use Emgo 3/16 fuel line on the Yamaha's , I have had really good luck with it also.
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WFO Speedracer
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The ski is back up and running on both cylinders now and it sounds really good , I also had to cut the plug wire back a bit , I have to put a wear ring in it and all of the cooling lines are full of dirtdobber nests , surprise , surprise , so I will have to get the hoses cleared out and check everything from the jet pump up to the head , my bet is that the passages in the jet pump are completely clogged up as well , possibly even the siphon tube fittings .
The easiest thing to do is remove the hoses completely , stomp on them then run water through them with the hose pipe to completely clear them out .
No current registration on the GTI so it will be Tuesday before I can water test it anyway , the 98 GTS has current regs on it , I may take it out tomorrow .
This Tracker does not like pulling double trailers and I don't want to stress it too much , so I had planned to make two trips anyway .
The easiest thing to do is remove the hoses completely , stomp on them then run water through them with the hose pipe to completely clear them out .
No current registration on the GTI so it will be Tuesday before I can water test it anyway , the 98 GTS has current regs on it , I may take it out tomorrow .
This Tracker does not like pulling double trailers and I don't want to stress it too much , so I had planned to make two trips anyway .
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- Reno,NV
anyone get a hull with tile left for an spx 657 .....
WFO Speedracer
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Cooling hoses were stopped up on one end and also on the thru hull fittings , the cooling passages in the pump were completely stopped up , I pushed an Allen wrench through the dirtdobber nests in the pump then blew water through it to clear it out , the wear ring was toast , but hey I knew what I would find already so no surprises here , impeller is decent , I am going to sharpen up the leading edges a bit , install a new wear ring and she should be good to go. I have the wear rings in stock .
Somewhere along the line someone left off the plastic guide for the oil pump cable so I have to round up one of those and a circlip , they had it running with the cable going through the stainless steel bracket , not good for the long run , luckily I caught it before reassembling the flame arrestor so at this point it's an easy fix .
Somewhere along the line someone left off the plastic guide for the oil pump cable so I have to round up one of those and a circlip , they had it running with the cable going through the stainless steel bracket , not good for the long run , luckily I caught it before reassembling the flame arrestor so at this point it's an easy fix .
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I water tested the 98 GTS this morning , it didn't go well at all , it idled great and when I did get it on plane it ran out very well , when I turned around it wouldn't take off and go without pulling the choke , this is a brand new carb that someone installed , this is an accel pump carb and the pump wasn't working , I brought it back , pulled the carb , freed up the accell pump shaft , it had a bit of paint that had it stuck and that fixed the issue , reinstalled it and adjusted the accell pump throw , I will water test it again tomorrow morning adjust the low speed and the idle and it should be good to go .
I Hate these EPA BS acell pump carbs , but I have to wrap these up , either Sunday or Monday he is bringing me two more skis ..
I Hate these EPA BS acell pump carbs , but I have to wrap these up , either Sunday or Monday he is bringing me two more skis ..
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- Reno,NV
WFO Speedracer
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If you have a caliper take a measurement of the o-ring sizing and the diameter of the bearing groove or at least a size that is close then go to McMaster carr they should have what you need . Those only keep the bearings from spinning in the cases , in reality it will work fine without them if you put a pink layer of red locktite on the bearings it will do the same thing .
WFO Speedracer
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Second water test , second fail and then the light bulb came on , yesterday when I was messing with this carb I noticed some things that didn't add up but my mind doesn't work well at that time of day , I am a morning person .
I will make a new thread detailing what I found and put a link in this thread later , hopefully someone else won't fall into this trap like I just did , lets just say for the purposes of this thread I know exactly what the issue is now.
I will make a new thread detailing what I found and put a link in this thread later , hopefully someone else won't fall into this trap like I just did , lets just say for the purposes of this thread I know exactly what the issue is now.