Hey guys
its been a while since I've been on the the form, but its good to be getting back to my hobby. My wife and I have a special needs son who is wheel chair bound but loves to be outside and around water, so I thought a sportster with some seat mods would be a great way to get him out on the water with us and who knows, maybe he will catch dad's love for seadoos :) since this is a grand experiment, I decided to go used. I recently picked up a 2005 Seadoo Sportster LE for cheep because the motor was locked up. the story I was given was "It was running when we put it way last year but we did not winterize it and now the motor is locked up, and I just don't want to fool with it." I figured, 951 two stroke... sure.... I can swap that in a weekend.... right?
The ultimate plan is to put an sbt motor in it to get it running and then do some custom seat mods for my son. (He has CP and is in a wheel chair so we have to mod the center seat so he can ride).
I pulled out the old seadoo tool kit today and popped the hood for the first time...
The first thing I noticed is that the DI is different from the GTIs I used to work on. The second is, How do you reach anything in there.... I mean there is plenty of room but by the time I reach over the back seats, I need to be stretch Armstrong to get to the driveshaft or any of the lower parts of the motor.
After replacing the battery, I pulled the spark plugs and hit the key,
got the good double beep
fuel system sounded like it pressurized
when I pressed the start button, it sounded like the starter motor was spinning for a few seconds but the engine did not turn over or move at all, then nothing. I figured punch out and pull the motor.
That's the story
My plan of attack is to pull the pump, then pull the pipe, and then the motor.
The pump is off as of today and it was frozen up too, but after a little tlc it is spinning again
Tips for getting to the drive shaft clamps and engine bolts? (Seriously, how do us short armed, large wasted, computer guys get in there) LOL
Any tips on removing or tearing down the DI in prep for an sbt swap?
What's the story on the compressor? I've never seen that on the other motors.
Thanks guys
any help would be greatly appreciated.
its been a while since I've been on the the form, but its good to be getting back to my hobby. My wife and I have a special needs son who is wheel chair bound but loves to be outside and around water, so I thought a sportster with some seat mods would be a great way to get him out on the water with us and who knows, maybe he will catch dad's love for seadoos :) since this is a grand experiment, I decided to go used. I recently picked up a 2005 Seadoo Sportster LE for cheep because the motor was locked up. the story I was given was "It was running when we put it way last year but we did not winterize it and now the motor is locked up, and I just don't want to fool with it." I figured, 951 two stroke... sure.... I can swap that in a weekend.... right?
The ultimate plan is to put an sbt motor in it to get it running and then do some custom seat mods for my son. (He has CP and is in a wheel chair so we have to mod the center seat so he can ride).
I pulled out the old seadoo tool kit today and popped the hood for the first time...
The first thing I noticed is that the DI is different from the GTIs I used to work on. The second is, How do you reach anything in there.... I mean there is plenty of room but by the time I reach over the back seats, I need to be stretch Armstrong to get to the driveshaft or any of the lower parts of the motor.
After replacing the battery, I pulled the spark plugs and hit the key,
got the good double beep
fuel system sounded like it pressurized
when I pressed the start button, it sounded like the starter motor was spinning for a few seconds but the engine did not turn over or move at all, then nothing. I figured punch out and pull the motor.
That's the story
My plan of attack is to pull the pump, then pull the pipe, and then the motor.
The pump is off as of today and it was frozen up too, but after a little tlc it is spinning again
Tips for getting to the drive shaft clamps and engine bolts? (Seriously, how do us short armed, large wasted, computer guys get in there) LOL
Any tips on removing or tearing down the DI in prep for an sbt swap?
What's the story on the compressor? I've never seen that on the other motors.
Thanks guys
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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