shattered00
Active Member
Hello Ladies and Gents,
I have moved on from the VTS problem for now (couldn't post a video in the last thread I made, but will take still shots to display what I am trying to describe similar to a picture flip book).
I figured I needed to make sure the ski would even start before I mess with anything else and put it all back together. My friend has been instrumental in my making it this far along with the members of this forum, so thank you once again.
Here is the problem currently. I replaced the fuses in the E-box as well as the solenoid. There were signs of water intrusion at some point and someone else had definitely done work on the ski (both the MPEM and E-box were opened when I purchased the ski a year ago and the ski had sat for around 3 years before that. I cleaned off the surface rust from the contacts and used dielectric grease where it was needed. The start button contacts had previously been cleaned and there is a new start button. It makes a distinct click noise when the start button is depressed. I did not change the fuses or anything else in the MPEM box but plan to.
I then hooked up the battery and the cables and experienced the following when trying to start the ski (note that I did not have the fuel selector set to on which ended up being a good thing since it actually starting would have probably been bad):
1) Two beeps when putting the key onto the DESS Post
2) Pressed start button and heard very faint noise from starter (very, very faint click one time)
3) Rolled my thumb around the start button pressing harder and the ski began to turn over
4) I removed my finger from the button and the ski continued to try and crank
5) I removed the key from the DESS Post and it did not kill the ski
6) I had to remove the negative terminal to kill the ski which took forever since I was not prepared for it which took about 20 seconds hence why I was glad I didn't have fuel selector on
Reading through previous threads on here, it seems that I have two likely problems and my friend agrees. I wanted to verify if there is likely anything else I should check or if anyone else has experienced this outcome?
1) Replace the DESS Post
2) Find where the start button wires go and determine if the wires are frayed or connected properly into the MPEM box
Could there be anything else I should look for? Thank you very much for any input.
I have moved on from the VTS problem for now (couldn't post a video in the last thread I made, but will take still shots to display what I am trying to describe similar to a picture flip book).
I figured I needed to make sure the ski would even start before I mess with anything else and put it all back together. My friend has been instrumental in my making it this far along with the members of this forum, so thank you once again.
Here is the problem currently. I replaced the fuses in the E-box as well as the solenoid. There were signs of water intrusion at some point and someone else had definitely done work on the ski (both the MPEM and E-box were opened when I purchased the ski a year ago and the ski had sat for around 3 years before that. I cleaned off the surface rust from the contacts and used dielectric grease where it was needed. The start button contacts had previously been cleaned and there is a new start button. It makes a distinct click noise when the start button is depressed. I did not change the fuses or anything else in the MPEM box but plan to.
I then hooked up the battery and the cables and experienced the following when trying to start the ski (note that I did not have the fuel selector set to on which ended up being a good thing since it actually starting would have probably been bad):
1) Two beeps when putting the key onto the DESS Post
2) Pressed start button and heard very faint noise from starter (very, very faint click one time)
3) Rolled my thumb around the start button pressing harder and the ski began to turn over
4) I removed my finger from the button and the ski continued to try and crank
5) I removed the key from the DESS Post and it did not kill the ski
6) I had to remove the negative terminal to kill the ski which took forever since I was not prepared for it which took about 20 seconds hence why I was glad I didn't have fuel selector on
Reading through previous threads on here, it seems that I have two likely problems and my friend agrees. I wanted to verify if there is likely anything else I should check or if anyone else has experienced this outcome?
1) Replace the DESS Post
2) Find where the start button wires go and determine if the wires are frayed or connected properly into the MPEM box
Could there be anything else I should look for? Thank you very much for any input.
