Recent content by Charles603

Yeah I got quoted 200/ea cylinder with replating... but I'm sure I'd end up needing a new piston too. All the refurbished engines seem to be sleeved...

Is it possible to get a low compression from a weak battery? Long story short I need to rebuild my gp800 and a guy is selling one super cheap that revs out of water but only 2k in water. Changed plugs but didnt make a difference. I'm thinking of buying his and taking the parts I need but will...

Oh wow just reread your last post haha did you geget it up and running or was that you on another post getting it up to 5600rpm now?

Could that be a tps issue? I'm really curious what the solution ends up being!

Mine had a similar issue which turned out to be an old coupler from exhaust to noise suppression units. The smoke exhaust was filling the chamber and bogging down the engine. Only happened if I slowed down, I wouldn't be able to gain speed again. Once I found the leak it was a $10 fix. Did it...

You said it ran fine for 20 minutes and slowed down. Random question: When you took the seat off was there smoke in the hull?

Did you check the plugs?

Oh man... wife let me wrench over the weekend so I opened her up today and took the engine out.... not a good day haha. On the plus side I found the power valve!... well one of them at least... it appears when they rebuilt the motor they just didnt put the 2nd power valve back in... I don't...

If you look at pic "bad piston clean 1" in the exhaust port whole there is a circular object, that's the support shaft of the power valve. All that metal was the power valve, and there is a good chance the base of the piston is toast. Thanks for the help I started calling around and an couple...

Hey guys! So our GP800 decided to be glutenous and devoured a power valve (typical of this ski I know). We bought it used from someone 2 months ago and they had assured us that the Wave Eater clips had been installed (that turned out to be a complete lie)... Anyways I dropped in an...

Wife really liked the gp800, honestly I did too but I was weary from everything i read, gave in and we bought it only to discover these wonderful shavings in a seized engine after 3 days of riding... Lesson learned, I'll be keeping an eye out for another doo to join the gtx in the trailer...

Haha yeah I bet! Even though the ac in the hotel may not be strong enough for you

Damn the leaves are falling by you already that's crazy! Where are you at? Yes that is Chicago. You guys must live in warmer climates which makes me a little jealous but I still have the motorcycle out and tempted at buying a sled this season or more skiing out west.... decisions decisions

I'm right there with ya, great photo, this was my last day this past Sunday ... no selfies haha

Going to winterize in 2 weeks and I'm wondering if it's ok to winterize a ski like you do a boat. I have a 10 gallon nalgene container that hooks up to a hose so I was planning on putting the anti freeze in that and using it to flush the system like a post ride flush. Do you guys think that is...