x2 info needed Input please

I have stock 650 x2 been modding( thanks to this wonderful x2 related forum Oh and you guys:friday:. Did the steering mod, cut 1.5" of the back, trim mod to stock selector,finger throttle,waiting to get bilge pump. I was wonder if you guys remove the on/off gas lever and some of the hoses to gas tank? Do you guys remove the choke butterfly from the carb? Can i remove the water drain cable and plate from engine or is that not advised? Can i take the oil pump apart to remove the drive gear and put the pump back it with no gear instead of buying a block off kit? Also what is the best way to mod the airvent to prevent water comming in? Is there any sealing tricks TO KEEP WATER OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT? Where can i buy this stuff 5200 you guys talk about? Sorry for the long list but im trying to get this thing done b4 its nice out.
THX GUYS:thinking:
 
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Motorheads5

Livin the generation gap
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ketchikan alaska
some like to remove the fuel selector to avoid air leak's and when they mod for the low profile look and steering tower, yeah remove the choke butterfly and install a primer kit when you remove the shaft then you can use one of the choke shaft holes for the primer installation.
crankcase drain some leave them some don't.
oil pump removal you can make a plate real easy to cover the hole or you can also take the pump off and grind the drive tang off on the backside and bolt it back on, before removing the oil pump drain the fuel tank and fill it up with 40:01 premix and run it be sure you have mixed gas to the engine. don't forget to plug the manifold where the oil line used to be.
 

Vumad

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St. Pete, FL
Don't half ass the oil pump. it's cheap... do it right.

Remove the stock crank drain and replace it with the block off. It's cheap... do it right.

I am personally not fond of removing the choke butterflies, but if you're going to do a primer valve... you need to remove them to put on the nipple. My ski has a boat primer and no carb primer. The common boat primers prime the lines, but don't put and fuel into the carb. The other primer actually squirts fuel into the carb. I've had no problems with my boat primer so I haven't bothered with the other kind of primer. The primer that was linked does work better, and I would suggest going that route over the boat primer.

There's not very many good ways to keep the engine compartment dry w/o doing a lot of glass work. Simply put... the hood design of the X2 is very bad. Simply face the fact the the ski is going to have water and a lot of it in the engine compartment all the time. Do anything and everything to keep the water away from the carb. Your focus is going to be more on getting the water out rather than keeping it out, because face it... every X2 owner has the same problem...

The best way to mod the airvent is to glass over it and move it to the back of the hood (infront of the sterring in that big useless area). If you look at the build threads, you can find several people who have already done this.

i removed my fuel selecter and ran my throttle cable, bilge switch wires and the start stop switch wires through the old fuel line holes. It can be sealed with silicone. If this works for you, you can glass over the old rubber part that they used to go through, which is just another way for water to get in. I also used the fuel selector mounting plate to mount my bilge switch, so the bilge switch is where the fuel selector used to be. Personally... I'd rather have the switch so I could have a reserve fuel tank, but It's not worth the money to me. If you like... you can remove the oil cap by the fuel cap and mount the fuel switch next to the gas cap.
 
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ksmith83

( o Y o )
you have done most of these mods already on your ski? i looked over most of your threads for the x2 and was wondering if you have any picks of you moving the air vent to the back of the hood, where the "wasted space" is and a finished picture of the mounted bildge pump switch. thanks

p.s.-good job with your whole build man, you gave me some ideas.
 
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