Andy Hunter
Member
Hey guys!
New to the forum and new to the jetboat world. Just got a 1996 Challenger for my wife for our 5th anniversary. (traditional is wood, but I thought that a boat floats so it's sorta like wood
) She loves it and has been having a great time!
Boat is really clean and was running great for most of the weekend until Sunday afternoon. I wasn't there, but my wife said that the boat was running fine until she noticed that the bilge pump was still on (she had turned it on earlier after some wave jumping) when she turned off the bilge, the boat died and wouldn't restart so she assumed it was related. A neighbor towed her to his dock and they pulled the plugs and checked with a spark tester and there is no spark on either plug. Engine cranks, but no joy. I checked the fuses and they were fine. The DESS is working as it should, I believe; 2 beeps when I put the cap on. 4 beeps in gear, single short beep for neutral and as I said; it will crank when in neutral. I think the bilge pump may be just a red herring, as she wasn't sure if it died at that exact moment or a split second later...I thought I would ask if there is some connection between the acc and the ignition? I do suspect that the DESS could be part of the problem as the cap popped off while cruising a couple of times over the course of the weekend..made for a pretty quick stop! But if the DESS wasn't working properly the engine wouldn't crank would it?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Also; Where is the best place in the Toronto, Ont Canada area to get parts?

New to the forum and new to the jetboat world. Just got a 1996 Challenger for my wife for our 5th anniversary. (traditional is wood, but I thought that a boat floats so it's sorta like wood

Boat is really clean and was running great for most of the weekend until Sunday afternoon. I wasn't there, but my wife said that the boat was running fine until she noticed that the bilge pump was still on (she had turned it on earlier after some wave jumping) when she turned off the bilge, the boat died and wouldn't restart so she assumed it was related. A neighbor towed her to his dock and they pulled the plugs and checked with a spark tester and there is no spark on either plug. Engine cranks, but no joy. I checked the fuses and they were fine. The DESS is working as it should, I believe; 2 beeps when I put the cap on. 4 beeps in gear, single short beep for neutral and as I said; it will crank when in neutral. I think the bilge pump may be just a red herring, as she wasn't sure if it died at that exact moment or a split second later...I thought I would ask if there is some connection between the acc and the ignition? I do suspect that the DESS could be part of the problem as the cap popped off while cruising a couple of times over the course of the weekend..made for a pretty quick stop! But if the DESS wasn't working properly the engine wouldn't crank would it?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Also; Where is the best place in the Toronto, Ont Canada area to get parts?
