MPower
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This site is great for X4 junkies and has really passionate members that put a lot of time into restoring these skis. I wanted to add one more to that growing list. I found this ski just driving through an old neighborhood at the lake, it was sitting outside just rotting away. I tracked down the owner and he literally laughed when I paid him $400 for the ski. Got her home and started tearing it apart. I somehow forgot to get pictures of the inside of the hull, but lets just say it looked like a bomb went off in there. There was sand and water sitting on top of the pistons when I took the head off. Motor was frozen. Carbs were rusted and covered with green slime. I soaked the motor in WD40 and the damn thing broke lose and turned over really nicely. I took the motor apart to clean everything and broke damn near every bolt in the process. It was a nightmare. I did a high pressure kerosene blast on the crank and cases, cleaned the pistons, rings, etc with scotchbrite pads, new gaskets and put her back together. Compression was good and she runs like a raped ape. I can't believe how this motor runs after the shape it was in. Been running strong now for 1.5 years.
On to some pictures!
On to some pictures!
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I am working now to get the color a closer match and hopefully the fit. If anybody is interested in a set shoot me a PM. Now that I have the showroom mint 95 XP800 I just purchased I can match the color perfectly. Originally I was having to rely on the pink hull to match color. @ issues there are that 1. that color was different from the decals even from the factory 2. even though i was able to wet sand the color back, it still does not have the same hue as when it was new.
