DJMky
New Member
While at work the other day a guy told me about a older couple who lived next to his parents who had a couple of Sea Doo's that had been sitting in their driveway for a couple of years and thought I might be interested in them. I went to check them out and it was a very nice upscale neighborhood so I was hoping they were in decent shape or ?
When I got there a very nice older woman came to the door and said " why yes we might sale those they have been sitting here for 2 or 3 years and we havent moved them".
Turned out when I uncovered them they were 2 matching 2001 Sea Doo GTX DI models. She told me the story of how they purchased them from the original owners back in 2005 for close to $9,000 for the pair and the aluminum Trton trailer they were sitting on. After they rode them a couple of years they decided they werent running as they should "actually the local dealer convinced them that this was the case". so they had the dealer install 2 new SBT complete engines in 2007 to the tune of another $4500.
They used them until 2007 when one of them died while they were out riding and had to tow it in. The call to the dealer gave them no help because he stated that he simply would not honor the warranty.
So frustrated and dejected they purchased a new pontoon boat and parked them in their driveway in 2009 and they sit there until I came along. While talking to the lady she stated that obviously the one didn't run and said that the other one needed work and wouldn't run according to another dealer they had taken them to. the last time it had ran is when they towed the broken ski in and loaded them up.
I asked her what she wanted for the whole package and she said "give me $1600 and the whole thing is yours"!!!!!
I paid her and brought them home with a smile the whole way home thinking I got a pretty decent deal.
When I got them home I did a compression check on the ski that was known bad and I got a reading of 60 in the front cycliner and 80 in the rear. I charged the batteries and it actually srated and ran but was a little noisy so I quickly shut it off.
When i tried the ski that she said didn't run either I was suprised that while hitting the start button with the plugs out I was COVERED in brown goo water. ughhhh.
So I threw a towel over the holes and ran the started on and off until no more water.
Installed 2 new plugs and she fired right up. The "main" thing was on where the gauges are so who knows???
I did a compression check and got 130 on both cylinders.
I have no idea as to where to go from here but for $1600 I think I did allright....... maybe for once
Where do you guys think I should start on the broken ski?????
LOVE THIS SITE!!!!!!!
When I got there a very nice older woman came to the door and said " why yes we might sale those they have been sitting here for 2 or 3 years and we havent moved them".
Turned out when I uncovered them they were 2 matching 2001 Sea Doo GTX DI models. She told me the story of how they purchased them from the original owners back in 2005 for close to $9,000 for the pair and the aluminum Trton trailer they were sitting on. After they rode them a couple of years they decided they werent running as they should "actually the local dealer convinced them that this was the case". so they had the dealer install 2 new SBT complete engines in 2007 to the tune of another $4500.
They used them until 2007 when one of them died while they were out riding and had to tow it in. The call to the dealer gave them no help because he stated that he simply would not honor the warranty.
So frustrated and dejected they purchased a new pontoon boat and parked them in their driveway in 2009 and they sit there until I came along. While talking to the lady she stated that obviously the one didn't run and said that the other one needed work and wouldn't run according to another dealer they had taken them to. the last time it had ran is when they towed the broken ski in and loaded them up.
I asked her what she wanted for the whole package and she said "give me $1600 and the whole thing is yours"!!!!!
I paid her and brought them home with a smile the whole way home thinking I got a pretty decent deal.
When I got them home I did a compression check on the ski that was known bad and I got a reading of 60 in the front cycliner and 80 in the rear. I charged the batteries and it actually srated and ran but was a little noisy so I quickly shut it off.
When i tried the ski that she said didn't run either I was suprised that while hitting the start button with the plugs out I was COVERED in brown goo water. ughhhh.
So I threw a towel over the holes and ran the started on and off until no more water.
Installed 2 new plugs and she fired right up. The "main" thing was on where the gauges are so who knows???
I did a compression check and got 130 on both cylinders.
I have no idea as to where to go from here but for $1600 I think I did allright....... maybe for once
Where do you guys think I should start on the broken ski?????
LOVE THIS SITE!!!!!!!
