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I've had my XFT footholds sitting around for a while and I needed to get off my butt and install them. I needed to defoam my port side and I needed to cut the tray for the footholds so I got to work with a Roto-Zip as suggested by others on PWCT who have cut the tray open. It went pretty...

Defoaming the ski on the exhaust side couldn't have been easier. I attached a wire wheel to an extension and went to work. To keep the foam out of my way, I attached the Shop-Vac extension tube to the exhaust opening in the engine bay and I never saw the foam debris on that side...

I removed the exhaust pipe and the foam was very very waterlogged and so was the exterior of the pipe for that matter..

I Marine-Texed the two superfluous pisser holes and started in on sanding the bejesus out of the hull for next few weeks. The factory gel-coat was in really bad shape so I helped it on its way into the next world.

I beat the exhaust pipe with a rubber mallet to get it out of the ski and got it most of the way out but I wanted to clean the interior before I pulled it all the way out so as not to soak the foam. I was unaware that at this point, the foam was completely waterlogged. The interior...

**Getting the steering cable out is not an easy business. I removed the end at the pump along with the little nut, the plastic cap as it enters the hull, the washer, the plastic retainer holding that washer, and the rubber boot. The steering cable then pulls out into the hull and out with the...

I left the engine alone on the bench for a while to focus back on the hull. The hull looked pretty busy for an empty hull so I pressed on. I pulled the intermediate shaft housing, motor mounts, bilge pump, strainer, water separator, all cooling lines, and rubber gas tank strips...

It was at this point when I was evaluating my carbs that I noticed they didn’t look like the 46mm Novis that were listed. I also noticed that they only had one primer fitting. I emailed Novi and they imformed me that they were in fact Full Spectrums.

I took the corroded, nasty factory pipe bolts off and gave them a beautiful refinish.(I would later simply buy new chrome ones) The headpipe was set aside. I disconnected the electrical box, unbolted the bed plate from the motor mounts, and slid the engine forward a little...

I have never taken an exhaust system apart. I don’t know what kind of sludge builds in a “normal” ski. My new ski could be normal, but if it is, I know why people hate 2-strokes. My entire exhaust from the mod chamber through the waterbox and out the back was covered and partly filled with a...

I cleaned the gas tank with Simple Green on the outside and just water on the inside.

Before I did any more paint prep, I needed to remove the engine, see what needed to be replaced, cleaned, polished, etc so that’s what was next. I disconnected the battery cables noting what connections were made and removed the battery. The tray was next. The battery tray was some kind of...

I disassembled the pump, cleaned everything nicely, refinished all the hardware, and noticed a few chips and dents in both the impeller and the pump veins. I sent both off to Impros for a Stage I repair and race finish. The rest of the pump was set aside. I should also note here that...

This is actually when I found out the ski had a pumpstuffer as I was trying to remove the intake and noticed two extra nuts and the stuffer in the hull. I cut the cooling and strainer lines, removed the bolts holding the pump on, reconditioned them, and pulled the pump out. After pulling the...

I let the tray sit bare and sanded and moved to the pump which kept making me dirty every time I moved the ski. I removed the four bolts on the rideplate and immediately reconditioned them with a wire wheel. Man, they really clean up nicely.

The tray was next on the list and the plastic tray insert was removed first. The ski did not come with a primer or fuel selector knob so the little holes were siliconed closed with little plastic caps. The caps were removed and the insert was next. The Hydrotuf was old and nasty and was...

The zip-tied, broke-ass handlepole pad was the first thing to go. Next was the PURPLE front and rear corner bumpers and the side rails. The graphics were next.

I drove back to Memphis with the ski and quickly made a stand for it. Every time you touch the ski, or rub against it, or look at it too long, you get dirty. I mean, the thing was absolutely filthy. I rinsed the exterior with some simple green and wiped the grime down to a workable level.

Is this better or would you prefer smaller than 640x480? The other pics are the ones from the For Sale section.

I live in Memphis, TN but I’m from Muskegon, MI and I’ve made the 10 hour trip countless times so I know it very well. Since I have Thursdays off, I figured I could drive up after work on Wednesday, stay somewhere en route, then finish the drive to GR and return on Thursday such that I could go...