Super Jet Sunk ski, now having problems................

[Mr Bojangles]

to make a story short and sweet, before ski sunk, it was running fine, but every now and then when I would hit the start button, I would get just a click, push it again, and it would start fine. Now yesterday I blew the hose of the exhaust in the middle of the river, ski filled up with water faster then the bilge could get it out, got it back to the trailer, got all the water out( hull half full), but it would not start because of the same starting issue, just a faint click. Used new battery, jumped it, no difference. I went home and pulled the ebox, and jumped the starter relay, and turns over great. So I think its the start button, pulled out the multimeter and tested at every connection, and the button works great. So now it comes down to it, is it a dead starter relay? and is there a way to test it?

 

[Byeai]

did same thing in the surf on my 650 but i just let it sit in sun and dry and went out and worked

 

[chad]

swap your start stop wires plug the brown /red into the black / white and use the stop button to start and see if it works that way

 

[Mr Bojangles]

box and everything was totally dry when I opened it up, and sat it in the sun yesterday, and today, and it still will only work when I jump the starter relay

 

[Mr Bojangles]

swap your start stop wires plug the brown /red into the black / white and use the stop button to start and see if it works that way

Im going to go and try that now! Thanks

 

[Mr Bojangles]

nope, did nothing. The stop button will work when I jump it, and it kills the motor when it is running

 

[Factory928]

my ski did the same thing and ended up being my starter bendix...at first i thought my stop switch was bad cause i would hit the start and nothing..id hit it again and then a buzzzz...then it would randomly start...swapped out my started bendix because it was rusted and i didnt even realize i was getting water in the flywheel area...i guess my bendix was slowly giving out but my dad knew more then i did and he got me a new one..

 

[dmpus]

Loose ground wire? If it clicks its not the switch i heard..

 

[special fx]

bad ground or bad solenoid

 

[Mr Bojangles]

I will try a new ground when I get home.

I pulled the flywheel cover when it first started when I thought the bendix may be locking up. It was clean and water free, so that's not it.

If no one stops me, I'm going to order a new starter relay and see I that is it

 

[big c]

starter relay sounds right to me, had the same problem with my sj and that fixed it.

 

[Mr Bojangles]

just to let everyone know, the new relay came in today, and now I am back in business! Now its back to putting it all back together

 

[Speleopower]

Awesome glad it's all working. Dont want to get stranded miles from no where LOL