Re: Working on two 1200s
Ongoing saga of the two 1200s.
99 Is running good but gauges are screwy.
The oil level gauge does not work right and the speedometer reads anywhere
up to 68MPH,when I know thats not even close.
Fuel gage seems to work but they are never really accurate.
I have gone thru 4 tanks of gas since I bought the 99.
1st tank Blown motor.
2nd tank lost a pivot bolt and broke off steering nozzle.
3rd tank Screw that holds grip to handle bars came loose and almost fell out.
4th tank Lost trim,the wheel that operates the mechanism broke.
I replaced with the steering nozzle with the one from my 97 and I found that
one of the pivot bolts that operate the trim had the wrong bushing in it.
I am going to put my Bullett auto drop nozzle on the 97 and I can take wheel from 97 and use it on the 99.
The 97 is still not up and running.
It will run good on the trailer but not in the water I made a homemade timing tape and set the timing at 30 deg BTDC.
I am going to try different jets.
It dies when I give it any gas at all.
Still have a cooling problem and center chamber is not geting water flow.
I have not been able to find any blockage and thinking about adding another
1/2" cooling line from the pump.
I'm not sure how to run this thru the hull or exactly where to tap into the pump.
Both have aftermarket heads on them and I have only run the 99 at speed but engine temprature is a lot hotter than it was with the stock head.
Have read at severall diferent websites that the stock head has the best
cooling characteristics.
Surely by now someone should have designed a head that is better than stock with equal or better cooling.
99 has Pro design Cool head 44cc domes ?psi.
97 has Pro tec C3 girdled head 42cc domer 150psi.
SCOTT...
Ongoing saga of the two 1200s.
99 Is running good but gauges are screwy.
The oil level gauge does not work right and the speedometer reads anywhere
up to 68MPH,when I know thats not even close.
Fuel gage seems to work but they are never really accurate.
I have gone thru 4 tanks of gas since I bought the 99.
1st tank Blown motor.
2nd tank lost a pivot bolt and broke off steering nozzle.
3rd tank Screw that holds grip to handle bars came loose and almost fell out.
4th tank Lost trim,the wheel that operates the mechanism broke.
I replaced with the steering nozzle with the one from my 97 and I found that
one of the pivot bolts that operate the trim had the wrong bushing in it.
I am going to put my Bullett auto drop nozzle on the 97 and I can take wheel from 97 and use it on the 99.
The 97 is still not up and running.
It will run good on the trailer but not in the water I made a homemade timing tape and set the timing at 30 deg BTDC.
I am going to try different jets.
It dies when I give it any gas at all.
Still have a cooling problem and center chamber is not geting water flow.
I have not been able to find any blockage and thinking about adding another
1/2" cooling line from the pump.
I'm not sure how to run this thru the hull or exactly where to tap into the pump.
Both have aftermarket heads on them and I have only run the 99 at speed but engine temprature is a lot hotter than it was with the stock head.
Have read at severall diferent websites that the stock head has the best
cooling characteristics.
Surely by now someone should have designed a head that is better than stock with equal or better cooling.
99 has Pro design Cool head 44cc domes ?psi.
97 has Pro tec C3 girdled head 42cc domer 150psi.
SCOTT...
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