Recent content by shendricks25

I don't think our beeper works properly,it was just extremely hot to the touch, but I'm afraid the boat is done, at least for this year. We did a compression test and it read 30 in the cylinder we just replaced and 110 in the other. We pulled the head and it is chewed up and the piston is shot...

I disconnected the intake water hose and blew into it and there was no resistance. It blew water out of the exhaust just from blowing into it. We backed it into the water on the trailer and disconnected the inlet hose and water came out of it. I did, however remove the grate on the bottom of the...

I have some good news today - we noticed the cable that controls the oil injection was not tight and somehow had come off from the little pulley (if that makes any sense) Once that was rerouted, it no longer bogs. The problem of the hot cylinder jugs still continues so I didn't keep it in the...

Water did come out of the tell tale when we ran it on the hose. We adjusted the throttle cable at the shifter and on the pilot but it did not change the point in which the butterflys opened in the carb I don't know if I have to bleed the oil injection, fuel hoses, water lines, etc. the clear...

Port Huron, Michigan - first time boat owner and I chose a 1996 Seadoo sportster 717.

So.... I have the motor put back together. We were able to remove the broken ring and I replaced the rings on both pistons. We put it in the water yesterday and it started and ran with no leaking water BUT it did the same thing it was doing prior to replacing the cylinder jug and repairing the...

It fell into the intake cylinder port hole :(

So I received my cylinder and new gaskets the other day. I was having a friend put the pistons in the cylinder and a ring broke and I think it may have fallen into the crank (down where the hole is around the piston). We flushed it with oil and even used a magnet to feel around for the broken...

I had already ordered one and mine should arrive today hopefully so if bledt still has them for sale, go ahead :)

I just ran out and took some pictures. So as for gaskets, is this all I would need to reassemble? http://www.shopsbt.com/jetski/sea-doo-top-end-gasket-kit-717-hx-xp-gti-gsi-gts.html

I must say that I expected things to be much worse once I took the cylinder head cover off. This is the boat in it's current state. I am at this very moment looking for the gaskets I need and also finding the right cylinder jug to replace the damaged one. I found a place online that sells...

So after taking things apart and getting a look inside, I believe everything looks good except where that cylinder jug was bowed out, but I could be mistaken. After looking at the cylinder off the boat, I can see where the previous owner used some type of epoxy on it to try and fix what was...

I will get started checking those that you listed and I will definitely post updates soon. Thanks again!!!

Thank you for the quick reply and I appreciate the help :) I have a couple more pictures (the best I could do leaning over the boat) and I am going to take the cylinder head cover off and then I can post those pictures soon. When it was at full throttle, there was a steady stream of water...