Hey guys! Just bought my first jet ski! 84 JS550. So I got lots of questions and was hoping you guys could help me out. I want to take it to the lake but want to run a little pretrip before I do. The jet ski has the following mods (that i can remember).
Westcoast exhaust, manifold, waterbox.
SS Impeler (dont know brand or pitch)
Oceanpro extended rideplate, and intake grate.
New high torque starter.
K&N Airfilter with adaptor plate.
I'm sure theres more.
First off I this is my first ski so bare with me.
1). I'm wanting to check the carb tune and I'm not very familar with carbs. I ran it for a little bit and pulled a plug to see if it was running rich or lean, the plug was pretty wet (Rich). I ran it off the hose but didnt wanna get on it too much until it was at the lake. So if i go to the lake should i just strap it to the dock and full throttle it and then kill the motor and pull a plug to see what its doing? Or are these things tuned by the smoke from the exhaust? I guess I'm just wondering what to look for.
2). Bilge pump. As this is my first ski im sure im going to bale quite a bit. Do these come with a built in bilge pump and if not is it a must have before I go out on the water?
3). The guy that had it before me didnt have a lanyard style start/stop switch so he had the idle linkage screw set so it would stall if you dont have your finger on the throttle. I know this is I guess an easy fix but is this even a good fix? It's making it stall out instead of killing ignition, i would think it would flood the engine and not start as easily. Would it be ok to run it like this until i go on ebay and get a lanyard style.
4). Let me know if theres anything I need to watch for with these 550's or any tips for getting out on the water.
Thanks guys, hope I'm not a nuisance!
Westcoast exhaust, manifold, waterbox.
SS Impeler (dont know brand or pitch)
Oceanpro extended rideplate, and intake grate.
New high torque starter.
K&N Airfilter with adaptor plate.
I'm sure theres more.
First off I this is my first ski so bare with me.
1). I'm wanting to check the carb tune and I'm not very familar with carbs. I ran it for a little bit and pulled a plug to see if it was running rich or lean, the plug was pretty wet (Rich). I ran it off the hose but didnt wanna get on it too much until it was at the lake. So if i go to the lake should i just strap it to the dock and full throttle it and then kill the motor and pull a plug to see what its doing? Or are these things tuned by the smoke from the exhaust? I guess I'm just wondering what to look for.
2). Bilge pump. As this is my first ski im sure im going to bale quite a bit. Do these come with a built in bilge pump and if not is it a must have before I go out on the water?
3). The guy that had it before me didnt have a lanyard style start/stop switch so he had the idle linkage screw set so it would stall if you dont have your finger on the throttle. I know this is I guess an easy fix but is this even a good fix? It's making it stall out instead of killing ignition, i would think it would flood the engine and not start as easily. Would it be ok to run it like this until i go on ebay and get a lanyard style.
4). Let me know if theres anything I need to watch for with these 550's or any tips for getting out on the water.
Thanks guys, hope I'm not a nuisance!
