97 gtx blowing fuses

[Marshmallow]

So my wife and I bought house on the water and it had a jet ski lift. We didn’t own a jet ski.
My mother in law comes barreling down. The driveway on Thursday with a jet ski...

I put it in the water and ran it most of the day Thursday and most of this morning without issue. Until my wife(unluckiest person on earth) got on it. She got about a 1/4 mile from shore and it died. Towed it in with my boat and started digging in to it. Found a blown 5amp fuse in the box up front. And a broken wire to the 15amp fuse in the rear box. Fixed the broken wire and put a new fuse in.

Fired right up and then started flashing low 12 volt, and died. I figured it was a bad battery, pushed it back, went and picked up a new battery. No dice. 5amp blew again.

I’m new to these things. I’m a boat guy. It was a housewarming gift. She only paid 2k for it and the trailer, and has offered to pay to get it right. But I like to fix things. I don’t have my multimeter here. It’s in my work truck in another state. Is there anything I can do or check without having that? Or should I just say eff it and take it to the dealer and let them take care of it?

Thanks guys.

 

[mwat65]

. You’ve probably got stator issues. Metal shavings in the stator. You for sure have a short. Water in the stator will do it too. Was there much water in the bottom of the hull.

 

[Marshmallow]

Pretty dry. I hosed it off after flushing it Thursday night. But there wasn’t much. Where do I locate the stator?

 

[mwat65]

Front of the motor. You have to remove the front motor mount and lift the front of the motor and slide a short 2x4 under it to hold it up to access the bottom screws. Check and clean all your connections and plug ins before you pull the front cover.

 

[Marshmallow]

Sounds fun.

 

[jjsinaz]

I would be more inclined to think the rectifier went out. The diodes in the rectifier are probably shorted. Disconnect the red wire coming off the rectifier and see if it still blows the 5 amp fuse. You will still have the 12v low indicator. If it does not blow the fuse, disconnect the three yellow wires from the rectifier and check to make sure none of them has a short to ground and that all of them have continuity between them (be sure the wiring harness is still connected to the engine when you do this check. If that checks good then replace the rectifier and the 12v low should go away. If it does not check out good, then it's stator replacement time. I'm betting on the rectifier because they are know to fail

 

[Marshmallow]

Thanks. I’ll check that here in a few hours.