98 GTX LTD Starter motor

[crisso]

Well.I learnt a few new things today.I had to remove a replace the starter motor in the ski.Whilst at it I put on new main power leads just to be sure.I learnt that the dog looks at you funny when you are swearing out aloud to yourself.Humans need two more sets of hands.Two more sets of eyes with built in mirrors.Skin on your knuckles is only temporary.Jet skis have a black hole in the bilge that eats tools.People with really skinny arms designed these things.If it's there, it WILL take skin off the arms and Our man tonsils are in the wrong place when you are straddling the side of the ski and your knee slips off.
The kids learnt a few new words and the wife asks"do you need any help" from about 100 feet away.
The beeper on the ski was only clicking,not beeping.It now works.
Now it too late to go for a ride so a beer is the next best thing.
(wow.I'am glad I got that off my chest)

 

[seadooya]

LOL.....wait until you, go thru the carbs, and replace the fuel lines...:banghead:

 

[ondmove]

Man tonsils.... that's funny. What were the symptoms before you replaced the starter? I had a perfectly running ski and 2 weeks later, with a charged battery, I have no power to turn over the motor. Push the button, nothing except 12V Low error. HELP????? 1997 GTX

 

[crisso]

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Symtoms.The beeps were not coming through.Just clicks.I thought the beeper was playing up.Also,hit the start button and 12v low would come up and the starter would just click.Sometimes it would crank.It turned out the leads had corrosion travelling up the insulation and the copper in them had turned green and was very brittle.I made new ones.The starter had corrosion in the end cap where the brushes are.2 of the brushes were sticking.It was all cleaned up.I melted some protective grease and with the starter reassembled,painted every little bit of it.Put it all back in the ski and,the beeper now works.12 volts has gone away and it cranks and starts like a champion.Me happy now:hurray: