1997 gsx ground plate problem HELP!!!!!

[brock1]

Hey guys thought i had this figured out but now i am seeing that i too have a ground plate on my rear e-box and nothing is hooked to it. Is there supposed to be something on it for the 97 model? I thought that only the 96s had a ground plate hookup i guess i never looked that hard. I just got this doo not running it has no spark but i thought that it was maybe from the coil being cracked... Any help please im gonna work on it here tonight

 

[Dr Honda]

All seadoo's have a grounding point for the sparkplug wires. You put the wires there when you are working on the engine.

 

[brock1]

ok so there is nothing supposed to be hooked to it all the time then. I got to thinking that maybe that maybe that might be my problem of no spark past the coil but i guess not. I got kinda nervouse there for a min. Thanks alot ps so the plate is just so you can still have power with the wires off without unhooking the battery?

 

[fractus]

Nothing all the time. The plug wires go there when you do something like a compression check so there is no chance of a stray spark igniting some fumes.

 

[brock1]

wheeeww i thought i was missing some parts i just got this thing for 300 bucks it has 56 hours on it and the marina where i got it could not figure out why it would not start. So i grabbed it and low and behold it needs an ignition coil i have spark to it but not after it. something so simple that a seadoo mechanic cant figure out. CHEAP BUY. part is 97 bucks and the ski is in mint condition as you can guess with only 56 hours on it.but thanks a bunch