djpritchard
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Just became the owner of a 2012 Seadoo Challenger 180 with 40 hours on it. Everything's been fine except my Son sucking a tow rope in to the intake on his first time pulling some friends. Good news is he shut down quickly before the rope locked up the drive. Got it cut free and everything seems fine with that.
Then just this past weekend, the lake happened to be a bit choppy. Twice I noticed the instrument cluster going through the sequence that I see it go through when first turning the key on. It happened a third time and after wiggling some cables behind cluster it seemed to be fine. Well I figured as long as it was out of the water and I had the instrument cluster out, I really try to hone in on if it was wires shorting or a loose connection. Got it refined to either the 6-wire connector that plugs in to the throttle control module or the throttle control module itself. Anyone else experienced this, and if so, what did it turn out to be. I just don't want to be on the lake when this occurs. One time I did experience where it seemed like the throttle wasn't controlling the speed. I was thinking of maybe just trying some type of "electrical grease" to make sure it wasn't a connector interface issue. Back when I was a teen and worked in an auto parts store they used to have this copper colored paste and the farmers would use it to coat their battery terminals on their farm equipment. The store was in a real rural area. I can't find anything like it here in NH.
Appreciate any feedback or thoughts.
Thanks
Dave
Then just this past weekend, the lake happened to be a bit choppy. Twice I noticed the instrument cluster going through the sequence that I see it go through when first turning the key on. It happened a third time and after wiggling some cables behind cluster it seemed to be fine. Well I figured as long as it was out of the water and I had the instrument cluster out, I really try to hone in on if it was wires shorting or a loose connection. Got it refined to either the 6-wire connector that plugs in to the throttle control module or the throttle control module itself. Anyone else experienced this, and if so, what did it turn out to be. I just don't want to be on the lake when this occurs. One time I did experience where it seemed like the throttle wasn't controlling the speed. I was thinking of maybe just trying some type of "electrical grease" to make sure it wasn't a connector interface issue. Back when I was a teen and worked in an auto parts store they used to have this copper colored paste and the farmers would use it to coat their battery terminals on their farm equipment. The store was in a real rural area. I can't find anything like it here in NH.
Appreciate any feedback or thoughts.
Thanks
Dave
