Fuel baffle removal

[AdamXP800]

What is the best way to pull the baffle out of the gas tank on a 96 XP?
Thanks guys


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[AdamXP800]

I thought I could live with the gas light being on. I was wrong, it's driving me crazy!


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[Bills86e]

Unplug the electrical, remove the four fuel line tubes, The top rim of the baffel is marked res-on-vent-ret.
Loosen the steer column so to move it out of the way enough to get the baffel top up in there to clear the gas tank lip.

Use a majik marker, draw the circle w/four dots on gas tank to make their orientation nipple connectors a no-brainer.

 

[AdamXP800]

Is there a way to remove it with out messing with the steering column?


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[racerxxx]

Yep, pull the filler hose,, remove the fuel lines from the baffle, remove the three tank straps (2 on the tank and one over the oil tank), lift up the front of the tank and slide it forward just a bit and you can pull it. I just did my XP over the summer the way I described. The oil tank kinda locks into the gas tank but by lifting the front of the gas tank up sorta releases it, just be careful. I did it by myself.

 

[AdamXP800]

Racer when you did yours, was it just the float that was bad?


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[racerxxx]

Yep, just the float and she worked like a champ. I to didn't do it when I built the ski, I didn't really care but then it began bug the crap out of me.

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[AdamXP800]

Racer I followed your rebuild and admire your work. If this was yours, would you leave it as is or strip the decals. I mean I hate to remove the decals from a mint 96 xp, but I also love a sleek solid yellow ski

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[CReynoldsMIZ]

Racer I followed your rebuild and admire your work. If this was yours, would you leave it as is or strip the decals. I mean I hate to remove the decals from a mint 96 xp, but I also love a sleek solid yellow ski

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Keep the decals for sure. You can buy any 96 and turn it into an all yellow one, but can't find the decals anymore

 

[racerxxx]

Racer I followed your rebuild and admire your work. If this was yours, would you leave it as is or strip the decals. I mean I hate to remove the decals from a mint 96 xp, but I also love a sleek solid yellow ski

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Thanks. If it were mine and as clean as it looks I would leave it. I don't mind knicks and scratches on those decals because to me when you see a ski that clean still all original it shows that someone cares about it. To be 100% honest, I'm not a huge huge fan of the all yellow 96 XP. Yes, I own one still not really in love with it missing the decals that's why I put the carbon XP back on and it's still missing something, it needs to be broken up a little. I know you've hinted about it before, in the end it's your ski and you can do as you please, it's not mine to say leave them on. And if that is the original seat on your's--it doesn't even look like it's been sat on!

I can do a regular search on my local CL and turn up decal stripped 96 XP's all season long. Here's 3, in the dead of winter! (I tossed in a 98 just cause it's all yellow and almost no decals).

http://southjersey.craigslist.org/boa/4286300563.html

http://southjersey.craigslist.org/boa/4305308185.html

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/boa/4241303968.html

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/boa/4241303968.html

 

[Minnetonka4me]

Yup I agree If the decals are decent its not right to tear them off.

 

[AdamXP800]

Thanks guys ! The decals are staying. It is the original seat and all still


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