1994 Bayliner jazz jet drive restoration

So for my graduation form high school my parents surprised me by parking this old boat in our driveway, then told me to have fun with it over the summer, coolest present ever.
But it needs a lot of work, they said that the guy they got it from had left it sitting out for the past two years, but before that it ran fine. Before I put a whole lot of work into this, want to make sure i can get it running, but unlike our stern drive chris craft, i have no idea where to connect up a water intake to the engine, to do a on land start up. Also i think it needs a new battery. If anyone has any pointers on getting this thing working, it would be greatly appreciated. The boat is a 1994 jazz bayliner, it has a 90 hp mercruiser 3 cylinder two stroke engine.

Thanks
Joe

Re: 1994 Bayliner jazz jet drive restoration

There is no safe way to run that on dry land... You can get a flush adapter for it, but that is for flushing only, not while running. What can happen is that raw fuel gets dumped into the exhaust and can ignite, blowing the ride plate off in the process.

I'd drain out as much gas as possible, get some new stuff in, charge up the battery, and its probably good to go!

Re: 1994 Bayliner jazz jet drive restoration

Huh, well alright then, thanks for tip. I guess we'll see what happens at the ramp.