96' Seadoo Spx Motor Overhaul.

[mitchvhoff]

I recently purchased a 1996 Seadoo Spx off a friend of a friend who said it has a bad crankshaft. This is my first personal watercraft and I'm vaguely familiar with two stroke motors. I would like to know what I would getting into for price ranges for rebuild kits and what my best options are for top rated company's who sell them.

If you all where wondering what I paid, 100$. The hull is in very nice shape, hardly no fading, just needs some TLC cleaning.

 

[purple_people_eater]

thats a nice clean ski! you're gonna be in the 500-600 dollar range (high estimate) for a top end with cylinder honing and boring and 1200-1300 for a full rebuild. if you plan on keeping it, i highly recommend going all oem SEADOO parts, not wsm. wsm is fine if you're not planning on keeping it long term. you'll get another 400+ hours out of a full oem rebuild, about 200 with wsm. also stay away from anything SBT makes if you want it to last longer than 20 hours.

 

[mitchvhoff]

Thanks! I want to keep it as original as possible, not looking to get anything done performance wise. Are there company's where I could send the whole motor out for a overhaul. I'm going to tear it down beginning this week and figure out what's exactly wrong.

 

[purple_people_eater]

fullbore (fullboreonline.com) or ses (seadoo engine shop) are good. i've never used ses, but the engine that a customer of mine sent to fullbore was top quality, very long turn around time, but an excellent job.