Recent content by DDK

All good info, thanks! Post some pics of your XP when you clean her up and get her ready for (or better yet in) the water! Any chance the aftermarket starter is the reason she's turning over so slowly, not the battery? I plan to connect her to the truck battery today, so I guess I'll know...

Tried to turn her over today off the tractor. Turned way too slow to fire, I think the battery from the tractor is too small. Will try again with cables to the truck battery tomorrow.

Thanks. Turns out something was up with my cables, gave it another go before physically moving the battery and it turned over for half a second. I let go of the button immediately since the ignition housing cover is still off, and I didn't want to risk anything. Looking at my pile and bag of...

Bummer on having a bad crank seal! How much of a nightmare is that to do? On the bright side, she cleaned up pretty good! Still have some water lines that need to go, but I'm not going to worry too much about pure esthetics like that until I have a runner. She's clean enough to lean on and...

A lot of great info here, thank you all so much! I have my work cut out for me doing what was suggested here after work tomorrow! I'll put the starter in tomorrow. I am not sure why the previous owner thought the bearing was bad, that's just what he told me. I don't see anything too scary...

Also, I get the no jump start. No reason I can't use cables to connect to my (not running) lawn mower batter though, correct? I can't see how that would be any more amps than swapping the battery machine to machine.

Thanks! Flywheel cover is off. It turns over smooth as silk, and the top of the pistons look good through the spark plug holes. I have hope! I attached pics as I got her. I will take and post more once I have her cleaned up.

Hi There! My name is Dan, and I'm a boataholic, and not always the brightest or least impulsive bulb on the tree. I've always wanted a jetski of some sort, but never got around to buying one. When I had the chance to grab a 1994 Sea-Doo XP with unknown motor woes, I thought "why not". I...

Hi All, My name is Dan, and I'm a boataholic. I've always wanted a jetski of some sort, but never got around to buying one. When I had the chance to grab a 1994 Sea-Doo XP with unknown motor woes, I thought "why not". I figure the wheeled trailer thing with bunks for the hull is worth what I...