So I’ve been following along with @etemplet 96 Speedster restoration and his thread has spiked my excitement to start my own Seadoo boat project. I purchased this boat last fall so it’s time I start putting some work into it. I haven’t been this excited about a project since my HX project. We have a black Lab Daisy that will be 2 this September, for her first birthday I got steps for our pool so she could go swimming with us. For her second birthday September 5th it sure would be nice to have this Challenger on the water so Daisy and i can spend some together on it. If they are good I might even take the wife and kids out for a drive
. So anyways, when I put the key on the Dess post I get 2 beeps, port side engine is seized solid, starboard 717 turns by hand. I’m sure I will end up takin hx both these engines out for one reason or another but I want to start by seeing if I can put a battery in and see if the starboard engine will turn over with the starter. The engine bay exhaust fan works, well at least I hear it come on when I flip the switch. Reverse gate cable is broke. It’s going to be a long drawn out project for me as just like everyone else I have plenty of other obligations with a family, and I want to keep it enjoyable so progress will be ultra slow. I will look and see if I can find a manual tonight. I will be using this thread to document my progress. Thank goodness I did with the HX project because I lost everything from my laptop while doing the HX project so the pictures I posted to my thread where the only pictures I have of that project. Again progress will be slow and very painful for anyone helping me out on here as I’m a novice and don’t always catch on quickly but definitely will be needing help so any is greatly appreciated
. Just for the hell of it I tried rolling that port engine over with the starter and by god it broke free and rolled over, it spit out a pinkish water like substance, I had poured some XPS oil in the cylinders last year when I purchased it, so it was likely a mixture of oil and water. Sprayed more storage oil and rolled it over. Kept spraying oil and rolling till I thought I got most of it out. Did a compression test and 120 on the pto side and 180 on the mag side, I figured those numbers weren’t accurate due to the oil I had put in there. Put some gas oil mix in the cylinders 3 times, at first a little sputtering and by The 3rd time it ran for about 3 seconds. I noticed it had shot more sludge out the exhaust. Did another compression test and as I suspected the mag side was now 150 pounds and the pto side was 40 pounds 
. Another observation I made, the oil
. Hooke it up and starboard engine cranks over. Imagine that
. 140 pto and 150 Mag in that engine. I’m actually contemplating leaving the engines in the engine bay for now and doing a leak down test right there. If both engines hold pressure I could then do the top end on the port engine also without taking them out. Only downfall to leaving them in, is I wouldn’t be able to do as good of a job cleaning everything up and painting. Also wouldn’t be checking some things like driveshaft bumpers etc,
