Super Jet Starting issues

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94SJrider

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I'm just about done putting everything back together and when I hit the start button I get a click from the starter relay but does not turn over. I checked the connections inside the box and that's all good. I know it's not the starter cause when I jump the two batt and starter cables with a screw driver it turns over fine.
 
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Sounds like you have found your problem then. Bad solenoid. Don't cheap out on the replacement either; OEM only for starter, bendix, solenoid and stator.
 
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94SJrider

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The problem was actually my ignition, I replaced the new msd with the stock and fired right up. When looking at the two I noticed the the black wire with the ground terminal on the msd box has a female connector, on the stock the black wire with the ground terminal has a male connector. Msd goof up on the butt connectors?
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Your problem is a ground then and nothing to do with your ignition other than a wrong connection. I'd find a way to get that enhancer back in as it will be much better than oem.
 
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And it works perfect every time with the OEM ignition installed? Strange, almost like it's getting it's ground thru the ignition which should not be the case. The black wire coming from the stator is the ground needed to complete the start circuit so it should be attached directly to one of the screws in the backplane with the black from the solenoid. The positive just goes thru the start/stop switch and back to the solenoid. You should be able to crank the engine with the CDI removed entirely.

If that was me, I would put a meter on the stator and test it out for broken wires.

Was there any issue previous to all this? Did you tear it down because of another issue? Have you recently made any changes or replaced any components?
 
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94SJrider

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Roseville, CA
I went into the ebox to replace the coil with one from jetski solution. Since I had it open I went a head and added the tidy bilge and the enhancer. Last time I had it on the water the ski would turn over but not start, found I wasn't getting any spark.
 
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So is the issue that the starter will not work or that you are not getting spark?


If you are not getting spark try adding another ground wire from your battery to the ebox. That will let you know if is is a bad ground wire from the stator. And check that everything is hooked up correctly. The main ground wire goes to the screw and than the rest of the grounds are hooked up to that screw.
 
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94SJrider

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Roseville, CA
The starter works great with the stock ignition and starts fine. With the mad ignition the starter will turn over sometimes but when it does turn over the ski starts just fine. It leads me to believe that it's the msd ignition which sucks cause it's brand new out of the box that I bought awhile back.
 
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94SJrider said:
The starter works great with the stock ignition and starts fine. With the mad ignition the starter will turn over sometimes but when it does turn over the ski starts just fine. It leads me to believe that it's the msd ignition which sucks cause it's brand new out of the box that I bought awhile back.
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It sounds like when you are hooking up the msd enhancer you are not hooking up the grounds correctly. Post a picture.
 
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94SJrider

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Roseville, CA
Gonna have to thank all your guys help. The grounds looked pretty darn clean to begin with but I to some sand paper to everything ground and so far works like a champ.
 
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