Good from Bad

[FlyinFred]

The Bad. Bought a 1997 and 1998 XP a while back and we had tons of fun on them. One time my son sucked up a rope into the drive shaft and attempted to remove the rope by tipping the PWC on its side. Another time we attempted to get my unbelievably uncoordinated nephews on during rough seas. Needless to say in both instances the PWC’s got swamped and caused a myriad of problems.

The good. Found this site and was able to research, download, and ask questions which proved invaluable. Thank you soooo much. I like to work on things myself, just something I like to doo.

Learned some valuable lessons. Lots of small parts and tons of elbow grease later I was able to get the 2 PWC’s cleaned, up and running and back on the water in no time.

I have included some pictures of the more horrific findings and because of this fabulous site and its wonderful contributors all came out well in the end.

 

[mikidymac]

Glad we could help.
Those issues you have had are very common here and are all due to simple lack of maintenance. It is funny how people take a 20 year old ski and just expect them to keep running with no issues or maintenance at all.

 

[FlyinFred]

Glad we could help.
Those issues you have had are very common here and are all due to simple lack of maintenance. It is funny how people take a 20 year old ski and just expect them to keep running with no issues or maintenance at all.

That is what I have come to find, lots of lack of maintenence. BTW your carb rebuild link was very helpful.

 

[AKnarrowback]

Your stator looks the same way my 94 xp did when I did a full rebuild on it. The laminations had enough rust to cause some warping near the tips. I actually had to use some fine wet/dry paper to touch things up so there wasn't any contact with the flywheel. I'd pull it back apart and seal the windings again if it weren't for the fact the thing runs strong and perfect.

There are some people on this site (mikidymac) that know these machines and will get you going in the right direction if you have a question.