RESTO 95 SPX resto

[DAGRE147]

Picked up a 94* SPX with 'trailer' today for $200. Needed a "battery and rubber boot on drive shaft" supposedly. Engine wasnt locked up and hull was clean so I rolled the dice. It's my 4th Doo in 6 months....I think I'm hooked. For those who know me on the forum, I'm still not completely done with my cosmetic resto of my 96 Challenger but I'm close enough that I have to pounce on these winter deals starting to flood out.

A few pics :

needs a good wash

the bag of bolts be gave me had me worried until I realized it was for those

dusty carbs? Thinking he had the air box off for extended period of time?

yuck

change change change

Welch plugs are all welded and even though it's Def a salt turd, I think it's got a chance

Now for the trailer... guy didn't even have it ratcheted down. I had to hot wire lights to drive the 40 min. Back in the dark praying the whole time I didn't slam on brakes and give my jeep a new rear end. It's a Jon boat trailer he 'converted'. Fantastic.

Good tires though!

 

[1of500]

Hard not to tear into it soon as you get it home huh

 

[DAGRE147]

I could barely contain myself. I should be able to finish the challenger this weekend if all my parts arrive, but i'm sure i'll still spend a few hours turning this thing inside out. Gonna go visit Matt to grab a few parts he has for me and might try and snag some knowledge from him first hand on where to go with it.

 

[DAGRE147]

Could I get the title changed to 94? The color schemes are the same except for a slight change in decal, and I was looking at the title when I saw 94 lol I'm an idiot

 

[Matt Braley]

It should make a good little runner even with the salt use. Yours suffers from the reason they switched to a carbon seal from the needle bearings though. The needle bearings rust to the shaft and it rips that part the fiberglass when you try and start it. It tells me you have a good starter, lol. You need this part and it gets epoxied in:http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sea-Doo-Thr..._Watercraft_Parts&hash=item3a8dfd3086&vxp=mtr

 

[DAGRE147]

Part ordered. You're the man!

 

[96spxpos]

wait, so is it a 94 or 95? and that looks like the 717 motor, but is it a 657 bc of the year?

 

[DAGRE147]

94 was the 657. 95 was the 657x. It's a 94

 

[DAGRE147]

They all look similar besides the exhaust pipe

 

[96spxpos]

whats the 657x? dual carbs?

 

[DAGRE147]

http://www.pwctoday.com/showthread.php?t=262412 a good quick read on it. As far as I've read, is just small changes to design which gives it another 10hp

 

[Matt Braley]

I've got a good steering cable in this 96XP. Comes free(and delivered) with a yellow hull atriot:

 

[DAGRE147]

Trying to get rid of one of your hulls? How much meat is still on it?

 

[Matt Braley]

Fuel and oil tank, ride plate, sponsons, exhaust, rails minus nose cone, black vents, hood with dead gauges, ugly/heavy/torn seat, etc.

 

[DAGRE147]

I mean if you're giving it away I won't turn it down lol

 

[Matt Braley]

Sure Once your done picking at it the guy at the end of the street will take it. I just don't want to put it out by the road, just got that pile cleaned up. I'm gonna go pull those boat parts also before i throw it on CL.

 

[96spxpos]

[MENTION=51824]Matt Braley[/MENTION] , where is Niceville? sounds like a nice place.. would that hood fit on the 96spx? looking to get a new hood so I can paint it. I used the NAPTHA on the handlebar pad and came out great, I just cant get the fade outta my hood. I bought WIPE NEW a few nights ago, but haven't tried it yet...and I didn't want to experiment painting the only hood I have in case it bombs.

 

[Matt Braley]

I have another yellow three gauge hood off a 96XP I will send you for $20 plus actual shipping. I just promised Dagre I'd give this one to him and I need to leave some meat on the bone for him taking the titleless hull off my hands.

 

[DAGRE147]

Ill be here just hit my cell up. I moved a few houses down but still in Same neighborhood

 

[CReynoldsMIZ]

[MENTION=51824]Matt Braley[/MENTION] , where is Niceville? sounds like a nice place.. would that hood fit on the 96spx? looking to get a new hood so I can paint it. I used the NAPTHA on the handlebar pad and came out great, I just cant get the fade outta my hood. I bought WIPE NEW a few nights ago, but haven't tried it yet...and I didn't want to experiment painting the only hood I have in case it bombs.

Scotchbright pad and Softscrub with bleach. Then hit it with the wipenew. Promise that will work. Look at racerxxx's 95 xp thread and see how that hood came out...

 

[DAGRE147]

here's the real question....what trick is there to fix the steering cover and back mounting bar when they are gooey to the touch and comes off like a thick hair gel lol

 

[DAGRE147]

Whelp scrubbed it down and got to fiddling with it finally. Tried to take off carbs but the bolts on the bottom are damn near impossible to remove. Tips?

Poured some premix into the top end and carbs after I removed fuel lines and hooked up a good battery to make sure she at least turns over and she did. The fuel lines were gunky as hell. Carbs are decent as much as I can tell without removing them besides the dust and slime in pic below.

Kind of stuck until I can remove them and those parts I ordered come in. Booo

 

[Matt Braley]

Those carb nuts are a royal pain. I love the later I body style.

So you will need a small 13mm wrench(I like the one that comes in a Seadoo tool kit) and a flat head screw driver and hammer. I'm talking about the four nuts along the base of the two carbs here. Coming in from the left side of the ski start with the rear most right one. It will only come up 7/8 of the way up the stud just leave it there for now. The other outside one in front has the spring loaded throttle cable pully in the way. You have to rotate it out of the way a little so you don't bend it with the rotating wrench, again the nut will not have room to come completely off.

Now the middle ones. Things are sooo tight the wrench will not have a good place to start sometimes. I will put the flat blade of the screwdriver on a nut and tap it to get a little movement so the wrench can now give you 1/16th of a turn, haha. Spray it with lubricant and eventually you can give it a reach around with your left while you come in from the top with your right. All there is room to do is poke at it with a finger from each hand.

When you go back to put them on you must start all four before you run them down. This way you won't have to pull them back up to get the outsides started. Be sure to borrow my pressure tester and go over all the steps in the carb sticky so you only have to go through this once. I will help you wherever you get stuck of coarse.

 

[Davidgsx]

Im a little late on this one but nice find, looks like a fun project! The deals are really starting to show up now, my garage is too full to add a forth right now, maybe when I design my stackable pwc holder!


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[96spxpos]

[MENTION=51824]Matt Braley[/MENTION] depending where niceville is, I may even be able to pick it up from you. But probably easier to ship it.. I'll pm you Monday.
Thanks!