Well for my first post this may be long but, here is the situation as I wanted some advise after using the search feature extensively and learning alot.
Here we go: I am somewhat familier with two stroke stuff as I mostly work on outboards but am not new to SeaDoos as I have previously owned a 1997 XP and a 1997 Speedster, but the wife and kids needed some slower and more gentle stuff.
I am working on a 1997 GTX 787 for a friend that is not too boat savy and only knows how to work on cars. He was out in the water on this ski in the summer, probably around august. His battery was dead and the ski barely started, he continued to ride, ignoring the low volt warning on the display. After riding for about 30-45 minutes he said he hit a small wake and the ski died. He brought it back to his shop and began to tinker with it and discovered the 5 amp fuse in the mpem was blown. When he replaced it, it blew again. After doing this again he disconnected the connector to the stator and trigger (8 pin connector) on the stator/flywheel cover and inserted the fuse and it did not blow, leading me to believe the stator was cooked due to his ignorance.
Yesterday I took the cover apart following the service manual and visually inspected the stator and trigger. There were some metal shavings and the stator did not look burnt. I then ohm tested and continuity tested to ground as per the service manual. it showed no resistance(0.00) through all of the stator windings and there was no continuity to the ground. It seemed as if the stator was tesing good. I then tried to replecate his test with the 5 amp fuse and the problem was still there. I then disconnected the rectifier and it still blew the fuse. I would assume I need a stator but want some advice before spending the $$$ if possible.
Oh yea, to add insult to injury when the ski was in his shop laid up between after this happened and now, his shop got about 6 feet of flood water from when the Susquehanna River flooded in September. The ski was on the trailer, but the rear petcocks were open and it took on some flood water which left behind a good coating of flood mud which I have cleaned out, but the mpem box and the rear coil pack box were left open and took on some water.
Everything seems to be intact from the flood as the same problem persists. Hope I could get it running with some help before summertime. Thanks, Mike.
Here we go: I am somewhat familier with two stroke stuff as I mostly work on outboards but am not new to SeaDoos as I have previously owned a 1997 XP and a 1997 Speedster, but the wife and kids needed some slower and more gentle stuff.
I am working on a 1997 GTX 787 for a friend that is not too boat savy and only knows how to work on cars. He was out in the water on this ski in the summer, probably around august. His battery was dead and the ski barely started, he continued to ride, ignoring the low volt warning on the display. After riding for about 30-45 minutes he said he hit a small wake and the ski died. He brought it back to his shop and began to tinker with it and discovered the 5 amp fuse in the mpem was blown. When he replaced it, it blew again. After doing this again he disconnected the connector to the stator and trigger (8 pin connector) on the stator/flywheel cover and inserted the fuse and it did not blow, leading me to believe the stator was cooked due to his ignorance.
Yesterday I took the cover apart following the service manual and visually inspected the stator and trigger. There were some metal shavings and the stator did not look burnt. I then ohm tested and continuity tested to ground as per the service manual. it showed no resistance(0.00) through all of the stator windings and there was no continuity to the ground. It seemed as if the stator was tesing good. I then tried to replecate his test with the 5 amp fuse and the problem was still there. I then disconnected the rectifier and it still blew the fuse. I would assume I need a stator but want some advice before spending the $$$ if possible.
Oh yea, to add insult to injury when the ski was in his shop laid up between after this happened and now, his shop got about 6 feet of flood water from when the Susquehanna River flooded in September. The ski was on the trailer, but the rear petcocks were open and it took on some flood water which left behind a good coating of flood mud which I have cleaned out, but the mpem box and the rear coil pack box were left open and took on some water.
Everything seems to be intact from the flood as the same problem persists. Hope I could get it running with some help before summertime. Thanks, Mike.
