Ernest Jones
Member
Hi guys!
First time poster. I'm helping out my neighbor with his newly acquired 1995 Seadoo XP (717)
Engine ran, he ran it briefly on the lake, had to feather throttle etc but did manage to get it going. Said it went fast when it got up there. That was the extent of it.
He wanted me to do the carbs, fine, but I said let's compression test it first. 130 front & rear
Pulled the carbs but it looks like some monkey in the past removed the staked screws for the throttle plates. He bent one plate, broke one of the screws, from the witness marks it looks like he used vice grips on it and...as a result, the throttle bores are all marked up and the plates aren't right. And they never will be.
So I mentioned to my poor neighbor that he either needs good cores to rebuild or new carbs. I'm finding the dealer could not get me needles and seats to start with nor Mikuni brand kits to do them. This means a US purchase and I figured by the time we were done it would be +/- $400 CAD just on parts cost to rebuild properly assuming we had good cores...
Now I'm thinking it might better to spend a little more and just replace both with new. What do you guys think and where would I get new units from for the best price? Any gotchas that you can think of ?
Your help is appreciated!
First time poster. I'm helping out my neighbor with his newly acquired 1995 Seadoo XP (717)
Engine ran, he ran it briefly on the lake, had to feather throttle etc but did manage to get it going. Said it went fast when it got up there. That was the extent of it.
He wanted me to do the carbs, fine, but I said let's compression test it first. 130 front & rear
Pulled the carbs but it looks like some monkey in the past removed the staked screws for the throttle plates. He bent one plate, broke one of the screws, from the witness marks it looks like he used vice grips on it and...as a result, the throttle bores are all marked up and the plates aren't right. And they never will be.
So I mentioned to my poor neighbor that he either needs good cores to rebuild or new carbs. I'm finding the dealer could not get me needles and seats to start with nor Mikuni brand kits to do them. This means a US purchase and I figured by the time we were done it would be +/- $400 CAD just on parts cost to rebuild properly assuming we had good cores...
Now I'm thinking it might better to spend a little more and just replace both with new. What do you guys think and where would I get new units from for the best price? Any gotchas that you can think of ?
Your help is appreciated!
