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2001 Seadoo Sportster LE. Just got it!

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Thanks for the good tips. I still remember in my first time on a jet ski, the guide told me that the faster you goes the easier to control. I pulled the trigger all the way after 10 seconds of wiggling in the water. Yeahoo! Yes he was absolutely right!


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ep. Once the skier gets up, you can go as slow as 20MPH, this is enough to keep the boat on plane and it's fast enough for me on a single as long as the boat stays on plane and 20MPH is the kneepoint for out boat. I can ski faster depending on the water conditions, prefer faster speeds on smooth water during weekdays but as long as this boat remains on plane it's fast enough. I think other boats I've skied behind planed at lower speeds b/c I recall having to tell the driver to pick up the speed.

Thumb up is signal to speed up and thumb down is signal to slow down.
 
ladder is coming together. Haven't glued the pieces yet.
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OK, I like the way it looks, but what is going to keep the bottom part of the ladder under the water when you are swimming and it is sitting there. Air in the pipes is going to make it float and even if you drill holes, I think waves are going to push it around and not let it stay put. Unless you are planning to anchor the bottom somehow to the pump? I like it, but will it work?
 
A few options in my mind:
1) Sand in the bottom tube.
2) bungee to the two trailer hooks not the pump.


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I agree with the bungee solution. I would fasten them permanently to the ladder so you can quickly drop the ladder and easily fasten them to the tie down u-bolt. Will be interested in how this works out.
 
Probably one bungee cable all the way from the left hook to the right hook and stays with the boat.


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I have a VM in the same position as yours. Except my leds are blue. Question for you. Where did you hook the hot wire to? I ended up installing a rocker switch right above the start button to turn the VM on and off. I do know taking that particular cowling off was a pain. 4 very little bolts that had to be reached by feel. I am not sure I even put all 4 back or not. Might have just put 2 or 3 back. But it does look nice lit up. I also have a hour meter attached to the same rocker switch so I can keep up with the hours on my motor since I only turn the volt meter on when the engine is running.
 
I just drilled though Fiberglass from the 2" opening. Two wires go though the hole.
I have two wires directly connected to battery with a 7.5A fuse and a toggle switch for the CD player and fish finder. So my meter wire just wired after the toggle switch.


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Sportster-2001-951C-Stock said:
I think this won't be a problem but if you do still experience difficulty centering the boat then a bungie cord on both sides around the guide to the cleat should place the boat exactly center during A Katrina storm?
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Yes. Not a problem. I loaded up my boat by myself in 2 minutes. Right on the center of the trailer. Must to have item, at least for me :-)


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mkeough11 said:
I agree with the bungee solution. I would fasten them permanently to the ladder so you can quickly drop the ladder and easily fasten them to the tie down u-bolt. Will be interested in how this works out.
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Tested the ladder today. Didn't have enough time to play with it. Busy learning knee boarding. I only drilled some holes to let the water in. Didn't try the bungee. I only put a Velcro strap at the top bar to the hook. Climbing up is not a problem. without the bungee it drifts around. I will say it almost working.


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Today I noticed something new on the engine. When i started engine at dock, I thought I heard something straight from the water, not the engine noise, sound like big bubble sound from the pump.
The first thing I thought is something got sucked in. Stopped the engine. And look at the back. (Didn't jump into the water to check the grill). Everything looked ok. So I restart the engine and went out.
In the no wake area, I pushed the throttle to 3000rpm, again the water coming out of the pump didn't sound what I used to hear.
This time I jumped into the water and checked the grill, it was clean. Weird, I was expecting weeds down there.
So I restarted engine, and pushed the rpm to 5000, just to quickly test if I need to bring the boat back. The boat got on the plane right away. So everybody was happy except i got a question mark in mind.
We drove the boat at 6000 rpm around about 20 to 30 minutes. Everything was ok. Highest speed i noticed on the meter is 35MPH. I also check the voltage meter, 14.2V.

So far I believe it was weed got sucked in, when I stopped the engine it just dropped.

Here comes another new one to me: after I idled the boat for about 2, 3 minutes (idle at 1300 stable). I pushed the throttle up to get to 3000 rpm. The speed reached 3000 rpm for a second, and dropped back to 2000 rpm, when I saw that I pull the throttle back right away, and push it up again, it stayed at 3000rpm no problem.
And kids wanted another "faster faster". So we got on the plane @ 6000 rpm @ 30mph for another 10-15 minutes. Then we went home happy :-D

So what possibly cause the little things today. I can stick to the weed story for now. But how about the 3000 to 2000 drop?

PS. I did try from idle to 3000 slowly a couple of times after, couldn't reproduce the problem.


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When you pushed the throttle forward and had the fluctuation from 3 back to 2 thousand what you were likely seeing is the accelerator pump doing it's job sending an extra squirt of fuel into the venturi you just didn't quite leave the throttle open far enough to maintain 3 thousand rpm's at that point.

I agree you had something that was obstructing your intake to the pump and it dropped free when you stopped the engine. I have had the same thing happen a few times with clumps of weeds this year.
 
Today the water at dock area is green. I guess more weeds has been growing.


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Bonmotwang said:
Today the water at dock area is green. I guess more weeds has been growing.


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One of the channels I have to pass through to get out to another adjacent lake is 5-6' deep but has those weed beds that grow all the way to the surface, every now and then the cadence of my pump changes after passing through there and I just use the reverse gate and some throttle and it seems to clean them right off.
 
2001 seadoo sportster RAVE inspection

RAVE inspection
Finally I decided to take a look at the RAVE's just for curiosity.
The hex screw has never been touched, the paint is still connecting the screw and the engine body. Never never been cleaned??? Or the engine has been reprinted?
It is easiest thing in the boat for me to take off so far. :-)
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I saw some numbers on the blade:
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I pushed the blade, they are not stuck yet.
Is it possible it has never been cleaned since 2001? :facepalm:

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Take the plastic and rubber components off and then stick them in a ziplock bag and spray some oven cleaner on them. That will greatly speed up your cleaning process.
 
Piston skirt inspection through RAVE port

I took a video through the port and spread them to a JPG.
This is the piston skirt. What do you guys think?
The other one is better, no so much yellow stuff.
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