My brother's business partner is going to transfer ownership of two
SeaDoo's to us.
They have been stored outside their whole lives (San Diego) and are
covered in a brownish spotty grime. The upholstry is pretty shot and
both batteries are dead.

I had a totally stock 1987 JS650SX I just sold off in August and know
a bit about pwc's.

So I went to survey the "damage". There are two pwc's, we think both
are 1995.
That would make one a 10' 3-person GTX (I actually have a vessle
registration for this craft, but not 100% positive on the model ID).
The other I think is a 1995 8' XP.

The GTX is totally thrashed: some cracks in fiberglas (above water
line), left mirror snapped off and currently attached via a cubmic
litre of dried silicon and the upholstry is ripped an the foam
brittle.

I started with the XP.
Vented the tanks, pulled the plugs, dropped a bit of oil in the
cyclinders, turned them over by hand.
Cranked it with a battery booster, put the plugs in turned on the fuel
and got it to fire up. Sounded fairly smooth with a slight metallic
vibration --- that might be normal for Bombardiers. Certainly no
noisier than my kawa ws without any water running through it. Yes I
only ran it for about 20-30 seconds and yeah I know I should have had
water hooked up to it anyway.
So anyway, I think with a fresh battery and fresh fuel the XP is good
to go - except scrubbing the residue/deposits off the exterior. As
for upholstry, I figure use it til it tears.

The GTX doesn't have as good an outlook.
Being the 3-person unit it appears to have been worked harder and
taken more abuse.
Both engine compartments were clean and dry, btw.
Same routine as above, but my booster had trouble cranking the
starter; might have been low on juice at this point though. I hooked
up a charger/starter to the system and did get some turnover. But
when I switched the fuel "on", no amount of cranking pulled the fuel
through the line (could see a big air bubble in the line). The
starter also would crank a bit, stop, then crank a bit more (while the
start button was held constant) --- hopefully not indicative of an
electrical [wiring/component] problem and just the battery.

So as I said, my experience is with Kawasakis.
The owner's manual for these two are long gone. Any good information
for care/feeding of these?
I had a shop manual for the Kawa in PDF, anyone have one for the 1995
SeaDoos?
Also, if i identified the hulls correctly, is it true the GTX actually
puts out less hp than the XP?

My game plan is to work on the hull of the XP, order a battery and
play with it. I have a compression guage and will check those
readings (125-150 right?) once I get a good battery to crank it with.
Once that is done, I will basically repeat on the GTX -- but in case
of huge machanical issues I figure just order 1 battery for now and
share it until I get the GTX running or end up ditching it.

Should I go with another SLA battery, or just pick up a discount off
brand from Wal-Mart?
I have a good feeling about the XP and am thinking $80 for a battery
with a 2yr warranty is a good idea.

Looking for fedback and guidance here, as well as any references for
getting any work done.

Thanks!

(sorry to have left the stand-up world, but at least now I can play
with my kids and SO)

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