slick97spirit Posted January 8, 2011 #1 Posted January 8, 2011 I started this project for my son. I drug the ski back from knoxville to work on over the winter. Let me tell you, working on this piece of crap is much harder than working on the venture. I'll think about that next time before I volunteer to fix this money pit again!!
dray Posted January 9, 2011 #2 Posted January 9, 2011 cool if ya click on the little pic you get another little Pic:clap2:
mbrood Posted January 9, 2011 #3 Posted January 9, 2011 Some of these are meant to be repaired, some are meant to just buy new parts for... it CAN be an effort of love....
oldgoat Posted January 9, 2011 #4 Posted January 9, 2011 there just like boats and you all know what BOAT stands for? bust out another thousand. and there are 2 great feelings ya get with them one is when you buy two is when ya sell it.
CaptainJoe Posted January 9, 2011 #5 Posted January 9, 2011 be it a two cycle or four. Make sure every year you put her up for winter out of fuel and take plugs out and engine mist her, or shell be CRANKEY!
cecdoo Posted January 9, 2011 #6 Posted January 9, 2011 You get that thing runnin rite its gonna be alot more fun then the venture. Biggest thing is flush it and fog it esp. in salt water. Craig:080402gudl_prv:
99silver Posted January 10, 2011 #7 Posted January 10, 2011 A boat is a hole in the water you throw money into. Enough said.
MiCarl Posted January 10, 2011 #8 Posted January 10, 2011 Those things are a real pain to work on. I think the dealers must hire double jointed mechanics to do them. Always seems my elbow and wrist won't quite bend so I can reach in there.
ragtop69gs Posted January 10, 2011 #9 Posted January 10, 2011 I replaced the trim motor in my Kawasaki jet ski, it was a big pain in the butt. Ran it that summer, had lot's of fun, then sold it before something else broke .
slick97spirit Posted January 10, 2011 Author #10 Posted January 10, 2011 I realize the photo is not very good. I emailed it from my iphone then used it on here. Guess I emailed the wrong size. Anyway, he had had it checked out at home and the guy told him the stator was out. I tried to get the cover off of the stator without removing the engine, but there were 2 bolts directly behind a motor mount. I finally got the motor jacked up enough with a come-a-long that I could replace the stator. I wanted to pull the motor out entirely to just clean it up and clean out the ski body, but the friggin intake manifold has to come off to get the motor out. My advice to him after this is to sell the dang thing at the end of the summer and if something breaks before the end of the summer, "DON'T CALL ME.":bang head:
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