RESTO 1998 Seadoo SPX Resto Project

[blairwill4]

Did a little work tonight. Popped the air box off completely. She definitely is not healthy. Amazing what can hide behind the flame arrestor.



Putting these out in the yard for the deer to lick the salt off of.

Dropped the pump out. Wear ring is beat and the pump doesn't feel 100% kosher. Nice little nest in there too.

Torn boot and completely loose VTS nut

I think the needle and seat are bad in the carbs, there was a ton of gas running out of the bottom end when I took the PTO off. Oh wait, that wasn't gas............the ice finally defrosted It drained for about 3 minutes like that. Can't wait to inspect that one.

Pulled the MAG guillotine, again it's not bad for never being apart for a cleaning.

That poor poor ski

 

[racerxxx]

That poor poor ski

The crazy thing is the guy just got it in October. The last registration sticker is from '07. So, I'm not 100% sure what happened but in that time frame but she took on water for sure.

 

[1of500]

Damn you definitely have me beat I'm surprised you got the pto off without oxygen acetylene

 

[blairwill4]

Gosh wouldn't it be crazy if you could see exactly what happened to the ski its whole life. Not just stories from POs. Then again maybe i don't always want to see lol.

 

[racerxxx]

Damn you definitely have me beat I'm surprised you got the pto off without oxygen acetylene

Popped easier that some I've had. I looked in the back with a light and a mirror and the bearing looks clean which blew me away

 

[racerxxx]

Gosh wouldn't it be crazy if you could see exactly what happened to the ski its whole life. Not just stories from POs. Then again maybe i don't always want to see lol.

I say the same thing all the time. It would be cool to see where it went.

 

[1of500]

Lol I wouldn't have stopped until the bottom end was apart. I would just have to know what was in there.

 

[AdamXP800]

Does the 98 have the exhaust outlet facing the pump?



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[CReynoldsMIZ]

Does the 98 has the exhaust outlet facing the pump?



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Yup it does. Sure makes for a somewhat messy pump

 

[AdamXP800]

Does anyone know why they set it up like that?



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[CReynoldsMIZ]

Lol I wouldn't have stopped until the bottom end was apart. I would just have to know what was in there.

Should we start making wagers how many broken bolts he will have on this project?

 

[jammin777]

that is sooo mean! but yes.:cheers: subscribed.

 

[CReynoldsMIZ]

Does anyone know why they set it up like that?



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Maybe im totally wrong, but I thought i heard once that the straight exit out the rear can make the ski turn a little bit more when running in a straight like. Basically the pressure and air coming out of the exhaust pushes the ski and you have to compensate with turning the bars just a little to go straight. Maybe im totally off, but for some reason that rings a bell

 

[AdamXP800]

That does make sense



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[jammin777]

the 97 gsx i once had has the rear exhaust exit and the 99 gsx rfi has the exit facing the pump and really didn't notice any difference. the down side is the 99 gets all sooty in the pump cavity and is a pain to clean
i also wonder why they didn't keep the rear exit?

 

[mikidymac]

Another theory here......
I know about that time all the manufacturers were getting heat for the PWC "noise" issues and Seadoo even came up with the D-SEA-BEL system for noise reduction. Just riding behind them you can hear the exhaust much further away on the ones out the back than the ones exiting inside the pump area.

 

[racerxxx]

They put dual bilge drains in.

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[racerxxx]

Called out today



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[racerxxx]

Maybe im totally wrong, but I thought i heard once that the straight exit out the rear can make the ski turn a little bit more when running in a straight like. Basically the pressure and air coming out of the exhaust pushes the ski and you have to compensate with turning the bars just a little to go straight. Maybe im totally off, but for some reason that rings a bell

Lol, no. When you're on plane it's out of the water.

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[1of500]

It probably has more to do with noise pollution. Turning it towards the pump would muffle it just a tiny bit more.

 

[AdamXP800]

Dual bilge drains would deff be nice on my xp



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[Matt Braley]

Yes it was done to lower the noise levels as a response to the "jetski" complaints.

 

[AdamXP800]

I bet the pump area does get pretty nasty



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[mikidymac]

I bet the pump area does get pretty nasty



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Especially on a white hull, my 2003 GTI is a PITA to keep the pump area clean.

 

[racerxxx]

On my Speedster is dumps sideways but a bit less confined and it's not bad at all. This pump is clean and so is the area in there.