- Location
- Livonia, Mi
Ok so I need some help!! The ski runs alright and seems to have alright power at the top end speed but has nothing out of the hole. It also doesn’t seem to matter how I adjust the carb I still cant get that snap that it should have as soon as you punch it. Here is where I am so far. I bought the motor and rebuilt it myself had it to have it board out to 1mm over and she seemed to go together just fine. First time in the water she over heated real bad and water was boiling off the head. I got her home and ripped the head off cylinders and pistons seemed just fine so I replaced the head gasket and fired her up. This is where it started to get wild. Almost as soon as I fired her up she took off like a bat out of hell I pulled the tether immediately still kept running at what sounded full rmp. I then pulled the plugs and even with the plugs off it was STILL running at full rpm’s I then stabed the throttle and it chocked itself out. So after this happen I completely took the motor apart and replaced every gasket and even the crank seals! Put her back together and she fired up and seemed to run smoothly. Took her out to the lake and that’s when I was finally able to ride with out any over heating but still has nothing out of the hole almost even hard to get on plane but once on plane and at some speed she will start to take off but I know there is still more top end in her. I ran two tanks of gas through her tuning the carbs a quarter turn at a time and never got any improvement. Never took off on me tho in the water and never had a miss or anything like that. Once I took her out of the water I fired her up to clear out all the water and it once again took off and the kill switch did nothing had to cover the exhaust to choke it out. Anyone ever have anything like this happen or know what it may be???
I pulled the water box out to make sure it was clear and there was a little water in it but not enough that I would think to cause such bad lower end performance. All I can think is that maybe the reeds are bad or the case somewhere has a hairline crack in it??? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I know that there are some ski guru’s on this site and I would be more then willing to talk on the phone to explain everything in more detail if that would help if anyone can help or has some time reply or send me a pm.
THANKS!!
Andrew Abbott
I pulled the water box out to make sure it was clear and there was a little water in it but not enough that I would think to cause such bad lower end performance. All I can think is that maybe the reeds are bad or the case somewhere has a hairline crack in it??? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I know that there are some ski guru’s on this site and I would be more then willing to talk on the phone to explain everything in more detail if that would help if anyone can help or has some time reply or send me a pm.
THANKS!!
Andrew Abbott