Rebuilding a 35 Year Old Jetski [1989 WR500] (Timestamps)

Buying a pair of vintage WaveRunners. We clean up and fix the red one which we found sitting with 4 inches of water in the engine compartment and take it for a spin.


0:00 Intro
0:08 Picking up the jet skis
4:48 Wet-vaccing the water from the engine compartment
6:56 Removing and testing the battery
9:21 Checking spark plugs
11:05 Inspecting the gas tank and siphoning old fuel
14:51 Starting the engine
16:20 Removing the gas tank
19:01 Powerwashing the gas tank
20:18 Cleanup and hull power washing
25:17 New battery install
27:14 Gas tank reinstall
29:27 Attempt to start with new gas
30:14 Testing fuel lines, pulling and swapping the carburetor
41:43 Test drive

If you have a wrench, trailer and a little cash you can too. The most expensive part of this project was a new PWC battery.

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