hello all, new and hopefully here to stay

[SheDoo]

Hey I just wanted to tell you all a little bit about myself, get to know a few members and hopefully have some good info given/and likewise recieved as well as try to learn many new things along the way. First off I come from a world of motorcycles and recently just sold my 08 GSXR 600 with a little over 23,000 miles on it. I began going to the lake with some friends and became more and more involved with the stand up skis vs sit down. I am looking to buy one here in the next few weeks but I may also be waiting until winter as I'm sure some better deals will turn up in the winter months. I am going to be buying a used ski for my first one to get in tune with the machine mechanically and personally to learn a little bit more about them. Which brings me to some picture's and questions for you guys if anyone has any good input on this please feel free to give advice/ personal experience. I am using dreaded (worst/best friend) CL to search for used skis. I have come across an ad for this and I had searched the forum only to come up empty handed.

2004 gti le that starts with touching seleniod,,,maybe short somewhere,,perfect condition only 50 hrs with title and trailer

he is asking $2000 for this but I am more interested in why it starts with touching the solenoid. does anyone have any idea what could be the culprit for this?

2003 seadoo le with the same problem in excellent condition and comes with trailer only 50hrs too


two of them with the same problem? doesn't seem right so I am asking the people on here if they know of such a problem on the 03/04 models that could be causing a short? maybe CPU trouble?

 

[Coastiejoe]

Test to see if there is 12 volts on the small yellow wire going to the solenoid when pressing the start button (key installed).

If so, defective solenoid. They are a very common failure.

If no volts, then there could be a slew of things. Start/Stop switch, start relay (not the solenoid), MPEM, short, broken wire,,,

But I bet you find it is the solenoid.

 

[SheDoo]

Which is a relatively cheap fix and for $2000 a piece with only 50 hours on them? of course I will do a look over on the machines inside and out, but I have read everyone talk about doing a compression test on them as well. should I try to bring someone with me that knows how to do this exactly? It wouldn't be hard for me to learn, I just have personally never done it before.

I also see you're from ohio GO BUCKS.