RESTO Picked up my winter project 1996 XP

[Matt Braley]

The square part of a zip tie or the rust sharpened part of the original spring clamp are often guilty of wearing through the bellows. For this reason I've used a tight fitting O-ring in it's place on the bottom of the bellows here and on the bottom of tired 787 exhaust RAVE bellows.

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

Thanks

 

[mikidymac]

I have been using a couple wraps of stainless safety wire for years so nothing to rust and nothing to poke holes.

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

Got my rubber bellow in today. Happened to look down inside the lower cup portion to see if there was a slot that the stainless bolt needed to fit into. Noticed there looks like there is an oring or sealant in there?

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

The rubber in the bottom looks deformed

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

Got the leaking plug welded, pipe cleaned up, painted and re-installed tonight. Next is to water test it again for leaks.

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

If you look up
In my earlier you can see the condition of mr seat. Vinyl didn’t have tears but was really sun discolored. I bought the SEM Marine vinyl coat Stingray Yellow paint. It’s not perfect match but the seat turned out great. Now does anyone know if I can get a Seadoo stencil so add the black lettering to the seat?

 

[etemplet]

I can't wait to see how it comes out !!

 

[Pwnage1337]

The Seat looks great! Do you think it would work on the handlebar cover too?

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

I wondered about that too. I guess it couldn’t hurt. I just painted mine. It doesn’t look near as good as the seat and most likely won’t be as durable.

 

[etemplet]

I skimmed to fast last night. I didn't realize it was paint. We'll see how it goes. Good Luck !!

 

[mikidymac]

Someone used to make the seat lettering templates. Do either of you remember who that was @racerxxx @Matt Braley

 

[racerxxx]

@Jetskigoodies was the member who made them

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

Thanks. I just sent him a PM.

 

[Jetskigoodies]

@Jetskigoodies was the member who made them

Been a long time. Hows thing going Dan

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

Any chance you’re still selling those stencils?[emoji51]

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

Well, I finally got to water test the ski today. Ran great. No hesitation or bog anywhere throughout the throttle. Didn’t plug chop, but I ran it for about 30 mins and the plugs look like they’re starting to turn that chocolate brown. Like someone said earlier in this post, when you gun it you better hold on. They were right.

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

One more question. Is there a way to test either the speedometer or the speed paddle wheel sensor? Mine is not working.

 

[emspjay]

Looks great! Got the just in case paddle in the last picture? lol

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

Yes, never know what may happen first trip out! Water was cold but bearable. Did my best not to fall off though.

 

[GGuillot]

One more question. Is there a way to test either the speedometer or the speed paddle wheel sensor? Mine is not working.

Disconnect the paddle sensor from the gauge, tap into the wires coming off the sensor, the purple/yellow and black/orange. The purple/yellow is the + wire. With the meter set on DC voltage, spin the paddle wheel, you should see a fluctuation of voltage. I'm not sure of the exact voltage value you should see, but I've seen 5.5 - 6.5 volts is being the range for most of these speed sensors.

Check me on the wire color coding, I think the 96' year models and earlier may be different.

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

Thanks. I’ll give it a try

 

[GGuillot]

Thanks. I’ll give it a try

Hey, check the thread 'speedometer sensor' out, I went and tried it, apparently it needs to be connected to the gauge to test it once you tap into the wires.

 

[SIMPLEARKANSAN]

Thanks. I’ll check that out first.

 

[Jaunz71]

Any chance you’re still selling those stencils?[emoji51]

Hey there

I’m trying to get a hold of the stencil maker as well

did you have any luck?