Nice. My first sled, in '85, was a cherry 1980 300 Enticer. My buddy bought a new Phazer, the dealer offered him $400 trade-in on the 300, so he sold it to me for that $400. My next three were recovery projects like this: Arctic Cat ElTigre 500 free-air, 340 Panther, and a SkiDoo Olympique 340. Good times!
I love those old Yamaha's I got one for free it was a 340 Deluxe it had the tach and speedo on it the engine was seize up I took the plugs out and filled it with oil and let it sit over night went out the next day and it would not turn so put a socket on the bolt on the crank and a big bar and started to slowly break it loose it creaked and squeaked and finally came loose cleaned the single Mikuni carb up on it got it running and drove the thing all winter long and it ran awesome those things are hard to kill and fast now I own a 1981 Exciter and 2 340 Enticers the 79 I got for free and a 83 Enticer they are reliable fun and fast
We had an early 80s 340 Enticer that was upgraded with the 440 and an early 80s SS 440. Leaf spring suspension, very little rear travel, worn out track, but a total blast. Good times!
Just got the 1983 Lynx 535 i bought started,it had stood outside between 7-10 years since an old guy used it. Anyway a little new fuel and it started pretty easy👍
I am 14 and i found a really old lawnmower I taked it to my dads garage and start tryng to start it i started it fix all rust and now its working well and i can lawn some grass.
Very awesome buddy I wish that we lived near one another I'd pay ya well to mow our lawn thumbs up to you as well and at your age you should video your mowing jobs plus more and have a RUclips channel then bye the time your eighteen you should have a lot of subscribers and they will start sending checks to ya
+Collin Mac if you were smart enough you would notice that his name is not American. With that being said English probably isn't his native language. Idiot
Great job, better then most kids playing video games all day. Find more of them. 90% of time they need carburetor cleaned out or rebuilt. Something you can do with basic hand tools and gun cleaner brushes. Rebuild kits less then 10. Fix em and resale them
Enjoyed the vid! Just a tip i know works and that’s to pull the spark plugs and use a blow torch to heat the ends (electrodes) a little and pop back in quickly. It really helps start cold engines. Cheers from England
Having no airbox on old 2 strokes make them struggle to run run unless you jet it accordingly, doesn't suck enough fuel in, especially when cold. I bought a moped that had no air filter on it and "wouldn't run", put a foam filter and an aerosol can lid over the top of that to choke it a little bit and it runs great now!
Yamadogs never quit! Great video brother. Id like to see that sled running. Join old school leafers on facebook. Lots of people with all the parts and more you may want. Happy trails!
I used a brake cleaner spray to start a Yamaha BR250 10years ago. The damn thing started, revved like an stuka dive bomber and ran away. Legend has it, it is still running wild in the vast wilderness of northern Finland.
@@79tazman oh yeah that's the first thing you do when you're starting an old sled look in the air box for a mouse nest that or just remove the airbox first 🤣
Remember the old early 70s Arctic Cats with the 303 Wankel engines? A buddy had one that we couldn't figure out why it would run for 10 or 15 minutes, then stall, due to vapor lock. We finally took the fan shroud(s) off, because not much air was going in/coming out of them. Turns out a large mouse nest had blocked the cooling air intake, and was causing the engine to run really hot!! Damn engine was pretty rugged, and it ran for years afterwards!!!
We had an old 340 Enticer that was about in the same shape. Ran great for a couple of years until the crank seals failed. I replaced th e outboard seals and away it went again. It was a good little trail sled but NWF in anything deep.
@@ZackOfAllTrades when I was younger myself and my two brothers would spent Saturday afternoon's riding and then we spent all day Sunday doing repairs. We were just kids all we could afford were early 70's machines...😁
lol yeah, seems pretty basic. In my defense though, this thing was completely cobbled together (baling wire, speaker wire, baling twine, duct tape) to the extent I really thought the key switch wasn't even connected. What a revelation to learn that it was!! :)
I mess around for a couple of days in the late 1970s and nearly go an old Dodge V8 started. I gave up and got a mechanic to look he pulled out oil can and gave a squirt of oil down each cylinder that sealed the rings fixed the compression started first-time after that took 5 min I was happy it started miffed that I didn't think of it. That lesson has stayed with me.
I got two 1976 moto-sk 440i machines and a twin trailer for free. I was absolutely crazy excited! Was gonna relive my youth!! Got them home....tried to pull .....both engines seized. Everyone told me throw in the towel, they are toast. I decided to give it a go. Wah wah wah waaah. Finally beat the living #&$^# out of those engines to get the pistons out. Put seals and rings and new fuel lines. Cleaned EVERYTHING. got spark but no boom boom. I didn't hone the cylinder walls, so was only getting 60 psi per cylinder. Of course after I reassembled the engines my neighbor finally found his cylinder hone. By that point the thrill was gone and I had too many other projects. I gave up and sold them. So much you reliving my youth.
You know what dude? You’re just fun to watch. You’re a real person and you’re talking to us like real people. I felt like I was there. Thanks for not being like a lot of other channels. Good on ya, bro.
I brought an 81' F 100 back from the dead that'd been parked for a number of years. Didn't want to turn over, pulled the plugs, poured Marvel Mystery Oil down the holes, let it sit 24hrs. Got it to crank, poured gas down the carb, got it to fire. Bigger issue now? Have a GL1000 that's been parked for 10yrs, in the open, only under MC covers. Wouldn't even bother if it didn't only have 8k mi on it and I'm the 2nd owner.
Someone down the line set it right. I work on chainsaws for a living. The seals get hard it lets unmetered air through to the combustion chamber. The snowmobile will scream and you'll be having a blast because they always run better lean. Then whammo. Lego super lean and you're not getting this much oil to the cylinder because you're not getting this much fuel to the cylinder. End of sled. Don't run it again until you've done the test or just pull the motor and go through it. In my humble opinion
Zack of All Trades thanks for sharing your experience and thanks for your service! Looks like we work on things about the same but word of advice when you get something that has been sitting for a bit put some oil down the cylinder to lube it up especially before using any starting fluid it really helps the piston/rings!
Great and fast snowmobile , some of the top jocks at the time. A great restore project indeed. Now if i can only get a light set up for night riding my Mercury 440 L/C Sno-Twister , all is good. Thanks for sharing .
im like 290 lbs, and i use my sons bravo. it will cash almost any cheque you write it. wont go fast or mountain climb, but ive been out deep powder cuttin with it... slowly .
Get that thing inside however you can. Start with all new plugs, plug wires, rebuild the carb, oil, whatever you can do for the basics. You will have a mean machine in no time. Monkeying around with it still covered in snow outside is not going to get you anything but RUclips videos. Liked and subbed.
Never try to roll over an old engine before it's properly prepped. Get it in a heated garage, squirt a tablespoon or two of two stroke oil into the cylinders and mix around. let sit overnight. Not Bitchin, just xplainin to those who like to rehab old sleds. Don't start yanking on the recoil. Gently start by carefully rotating the primary clutch. Being very careful can make the difference between getting it easily running or wrecking the cylinders and losing the top end.
That is a sweet sled... I had the 540 SRV myself, but that exciter 440 is a fast one too :) Remember to change the cooling fan belt BEFORE it breaks !!!
Good job getting the engine going. That said you have alot of work ahead of you! Get that track up in the air and try and spin the secondary clutch by hand. I bought an old sled years ago for next to nothing. Told the guy if I could make it run I'd take It. was stuck out in the Bush and I went out with some tools and fresh fuel and got it running. Was super excited brought it home. I always had dirtbikes and quads boats and everything else. Little did I know unlike almost everything else the engine was just a small part in the whole scheme of things. Suspension was twisted, drive cogs were rotted, chain case seals were dried up and leaky, all the boogie wheels were seized. Sliders were worn through. Track had actually shrunk in length somehow and was too tight. Long story short dropped about 500 bucks in parts on a 100 dollar machine and countless hours replacing all the bearings and seals. Making my own parts. Straiteming out the suspension, new sliders, new clutch and tons of other things. And as well as the engine ran could never get it to ride right. Sold it for 200 and that was that. So cudos for the effort just give the whole driveline a good look over before you start pouring resources into it
Hey Lucas, thanks for the advice! Not shown in this video was the fact that I did eventually get the back end blocked up and ran the track. That was, of course, after doing just as you suggested moving it by hand to make sure it'd move. It all functioned a lot better than I expected it would after that long.
First and foremost and most importantly sir I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your service and our military I greatly appreciate you and what you have done in the sacrifices you may have had to make and losses that you've had to go through, sorry for all that you had to do,see,feel,and live through,thank you so much and GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND ALL SERVICE MEN AND WOMAN
GOOD video man,,im a mechanic / cnc toolmaker,machinist myself ,i can appreciate your how to go thru things to check,another piece of advice would be you should disconnect that speaker wire,,thats the wrong OHM wire,,your asking for trouble,,just remove it an snip it square and reconnect it by screwing in clockwise direction .
Thanks Joe, I agree that wire's no good. Whole reason it's there though is because for some reason, the actual plug wires are too short. I'll be replacing the coil and wires as soon as I can.
lift the rear end up (on a jack stand or tree stump/log)and get the track moving and cleared out and check the suspension out BEFORE blowing your belt.ive had 10-15 junk sleds so yeah,its recommended by me anyway!!
Playing with old snowmobiles must bring parts along. Glad to see it run, next trip maybe some riding, bring new belt, fuel line and fuel filter must have things. Maybe even a new track chock cable. Enjoy the rebuild to get it running. Waiting to see the outcome.
Thanks a lot Scruffy, you are absolutely right about bringing parts along. After I finished filming this, I replaced all the fuel lines and cleaned the filter. I'm hoping by some luck I can get up there again this winter and do a little more but I'm not super optimistic about that.
A CV carb will almost never run right without the air box/air filter also. Has something to do with being able to create a little bit of vacuum on that side of the carb. I’m not an expert on them or anything but that’s how it’s worked for me in the past.
Those Mikuni slide carbs REQUIRE an air filter to provide the correct amount of vacuum to draw the fuel into the system. I own a early 70's Suzuki that has 3 of these on it and it WILL NOT run without the air filter in place.
I was thinking the opposite lol. You gotta get some new wires or make some out of old wires for something else. Its alright for just trying to get it going, but deffinatly get a weak spark and the insulation isnt thick enough for that kind of current. You'll end up with the spark jumping before it gets to the plug.
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I love videos of old cold starts I can watch these all day
The best part was the key... Hanging there 20 years for you to return. That got me thinking.
A nice video, Zach, thanks man.
Zs
I LOVE your channel and believe it or not, I’m a 49 year old WOMAN! I’m learning all kind of things - thanks Tiffiny
The old "Hand Choke" trick!! Love it!! Grats!!
Hey thanks! That's an extremely nice FireChicken you've got there. Sounds great too.
Nice. My first sled, in '85, was a cherry 1980 300 Enticer. My buddy bought a new Phazer, the dealer offered him $400 trade-in on the 300, so he sold it to me for that $400. My next three were recovery projects like this: Arctic Cat ElTigre 500 free-air, 340 Panther, and a SkiDoo Olympique 340. Good times!
You're gonna be sending it like Larry Enticer in no time.
Good grief I've been living under a rock!!! I'd never heard of this dude before SMH. I am now fully caught up! It's gonna be a good dayyyyy!
Just gonna send it!!!!!!!
It's gonna be a good Day xD
You guys silly? I’m still gonna send it!
@@ZackOfAllTrades I can't outdo Larry, but if you have two minutes to watch my stop motion KX250 video I bet you'll once again be impressed.
This video made me both miss and not miss the old sleds of my childhood at the same time.
I love those old Yamaha's I got one for free it was a 340 Deluxe it had the tach and speedo on it the engine was seize up I took the plugs out and filled it with oil and let it sit over night went out the next day and it would not turn so put a socket on the bolt on the crank and a big bar and started to slowly break it loose it creaked and squeaked and finally came loose cleaned the single Mikuni carb up on it got it running and drove the thing all winter long and it ran awesome those things are hard to kill and fast now I own a 1981 Exciter and 2 340 Enticers the 79 I got for free and a 83 Enticer they are reliable fun and fast
Awesome machines for sure.
We had an early 80s 340 Enticer that was upgraded with the 440 and an early 80s SS 440. Leaf spring suspension, very little rear travel, worn out track, but a total blast. Good times!
i have an enticer 250 single
Just got the 1983 Lynx 535 i bought started,it had stood outside between 7-10 years since an old guy used it. Anyway a little new fuel and it started pretty easy👍
I am 14 and i found a really old lawnmower I taked it to my dads garage and start tryng to start it i started it fix all rust and now its working well and i can lawn some grass.
Very awesome buddy I wish that we lived near one another I'd pay ya well to mow our lawn thumbs up to you as well and at your age you should video your mowing jobs plus more and have a RUclips channel then bye the time your eighteen you should have a lot of subscribers and they will start sending checks to ya
Nice story kid
Good job!
+Collin Mac if you were smart enough you would notice that his name is not American. With that being said English probably isn't his native language. Idiot
Great job, better then most kids playing video games all day. Find more of them. 90% of time they need carburetor cleaned out or rebuilt. Something you can do with basic hand tools and gun cleaner brushes. Rebuild kits less then 10. Fix em and resale them
Enjoyed the vid! Just a tip i know works and that’s to pull the spark plugs and use a blow torch to heat the ends (electrodes) a little and pop back in quickly. It really helps start cold engines. Cheers from England
She’s old enough to smoke legally. Fun vid!
Old enough to smoke old enough to.....
Lol yeah, old enough to be retired from the military too
Im pretty sure its a 2stroke lol
Nice!! Two Stroke: Establish spark, clean entire fuel system, fresh gas.. it's going to start. Awesome video.
When you walked up the hill to show the wall of snow 3:26 I was thinking, "That's where I'd put the rifle range!"
That was fun Zack, it brought back memories of a buddy’s even older Yamahas. Thanks for bringing us along!
Thanks Matt, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
5:42 5 hours later oh yeah I need a key
Having no airbox on old 2 strokes make them struggle to run run unless you jet it accordingly, doesn't suck enough fuel in, especially when cold.
I bought a moped that had no air filter on it and "wouldn't run", put a foam filter and an aerosol can lid over the top of that to choke it a little bit and it runs great now!
That feeling u got when u start-up an old piece of machinery
Finally an honest vid, kudo's Zack! I have one that been sitting for only 12 yrs, brings back memories. You gave me confidence in getting her going.
It's a YAMAHA... Of course it'll start.
I like to think so!
Yamadogs never quit! Great video brother. Id like to see that sled running. Join old school leafers on facebook. Lots of people with all the parts and more you may want. Happy trails!
Mike M exactly 👍
Never buy anything but a Yamaha snowmobile definitely the most reliable sled built.
Marc Harris 👍
I used a brake cleaner spray to start a Yamaha BR250 10years ago.
The damn thing started, revved like an stuka dive bomber and ran away.
Legend has it, it is still running wild in the vast wilderness of northern Finland.
THAT is the funniest thing I've read all day!! Thanks for the laugh!
It might have been a good idea to look in the air box for mice nests before the FIRST PULL, just a suggestion 🤣
Hell yeah I know the one I got had a nest in the air box
@@79tazman oh yeah that's the first thing you do when you're starting an old sled look in the air box for a mouse nest that or just remove the airbox first 🤣
Yeah good point!
mice lived in my 300 airbox and pissed in its carb, rotting it -
Remember the old early 70s Arctic Cats with the 303 Wankel engines? A buddy had one that we couldn't figure out why it would run for 10 or 15 minutes, then stall, due to vapor lock. We finally took the fan shroud(s) off, because not much air was going in/coming out of them. Turns out a large mouse nest had blocked the cooling air intake, and was causing the engine to run really hot!! Damn engine was pretty rugged, and it ran for years afterwards!!!
We had an old 340 Enticer that was about in the same shape. Ran great for a couple of years until the crank seals failed. I replaced th e outboard seals and away it went again. It was a good little trail sled but NWF in anything deep.
The Ether Bunny is always helpful.
Indeed he is, as long as you don't have a backfire. That was a sled story from long ago, nearly burned down the ol' Polaris.
ether it starts or it dont
Either us not for gas, use brake cleaned
WD40 does the trick, too... I ran a weed whacker on it once for a short bit...
Wise ....only use a little
My dad had a 78 340 enticer. Loved that machine. Just the sound!
Wow I think all of us in the north have gone through the exact same thing.... Good Times!
Yessir! and what's funny to me is that I can remember times that I went through similar gyrations to get a sled running after just 1 season!
@@ZackOfAllTrades when I was younger myself and my two brothers would spent Saturday afternoon's riding and then we spent all day Sunday doing repairs. We were just kids all we could afford were early 70's machines...😁
I grew up in North Idaho and was thinkin that sure looks familiar wherever this is at 🤘
Almost! Good luck finding belts for that puppy. Nice to get it running, well done Zack
I, like you, get a charge out of fixing things. Nice video!
Hey Thanks!!
This is a wonderful video for anyone who has something to fix. I have had similar projects and found out that the best tool you own is determination!
The KEY.......man you crack me up!
lol yeah, seems pretty basic. In my defense though, this thing was completely cobbled together (baling wire, speaker wire, baling twine, duct tape) to the extent I really thought the key switch wasn't even connected. What a revelation to learn that it was!! :)
I mess around for a couple of days in the late 1970s and nearly go an old Dodge V8 started. I gave up and got a mechanic to look he pulled out oil can and gave a squirt of oil down each cylinder that sealed the rings fixed the compression started first-time after that took 5 min I was happy it started miffed that I didn't think of it. That lesson has stayed with me.
There aint anything else out there like a YAMAHA.
honda
Suzuki
chrysler
Yugo
@@adamdunn8049 Honda doesn't make snowmobiles.
I got two 1976 moto-sk 440i machines and a twin trailer for free. I was absolutely crazy excited! Was gonna relive my youth!! Got them home....tried to pull .....both engines seized. Everyone told me throw in the towel, they are toast. I decided to give it a go. Wah wah wah waaah. Finally beat the living #&$^# out of those engines to get the pistons out. Put seals and rings and new fuel lines. Cleaned EVERYTHING. got spark but no boom boom. I didn't hone the cylinder walls, so was only getting 60 psi per cylinder. Of course after I reassembled the engines my neighbor finally found his cylinder hone. By that point the thrill was gone and I had too many other projects. I gave up and sold them. So much you reliving my youth.
I love breathing life in old motors
Me too!
She purrs like a kitten. You are a genius. Fix it up as a vintage and restore it. See you at the vintage shows. I have a ‘Yamaha ‘74 SL338D.
"The ET still runs" -Larry Enticer
love it!
Thats awesome! I just bought an old snowmobile the other day that has been sitting for years. Gonna be trying start it tomorrow
Hey what happened with this? I'm keen to see if you got it driving?
Darn great job I do not know nothing about Yamaha but awesome see people work on some older stuff
You should LS swap it
lol hell ya thats what we do
One of the funniest comments I've read on any video in a long time! Kudos!
Its a yam
Your right, and Jay Leno is just the man to help, if he's not too busy melting front bumpers on his jet prop equipped motorsickle at red lights. 👍👍👍
Impulse nytro engine and that thing would lift off
You know what dude? You’re just fun to watch. You’re a real person and you’re talking to us like real people. I felt like I was there. Thanks for not being like a lot of other channels. Good on ya, bro.
that help can in Australia its called Start ya Barstard.thats the brand name !!.
I brought an 81' F 100 back from the dead that'd been parked for a number of years. Didn't want to turn over, pulled the plugs, poured Marvel Mystery Oil down the holes, let it sit 24hrs. Got it to crank, poured gas down the carb, got it to fire. Bigger issue now? Have a GL1000 that's been parked for 10yrs, in the open, only under MC covers. Wouldn't even bother if it didn't only have 8k mi on it and I'm the 2nd owner.
Someone down the line set it right. I work on chainsaws for a living. The seals get hard it lets unmetered air through to the combustion chamber. The snowmobile will scream and you'll be having a blast because they always run better lean. Then whammo. Lego super lean and you're not getting this much oil to the cylinder because you're not getting this much fuel to the cylinder. End of sled. Don't run it again until you've done the test or just pull the motor and go through it. In my humble opinion
Thanks for the input Roger, I really appreciate it.
Today is Sunday. I discovered Zach's channel on RUclips. I think that's what I'm gonna do all day today, watching his channel.
I hope you weren't disappointed :-)
Bill Cosby in a can always helps.........ask ziptieplies......
Zip Ties and Bias Plies lmao
Good ole Cosby in a can
Bill cosby date in a can lmfao
Lmao
lol
Zack of All Trades thanks for sharing your experience and thanks for your service! Looks like we work on things about the same but word of advice when you get something that has been sitting for a bit put some oil down the cylinder to lube it up especially before using any starting fluid it really helps the piston/rings!
Can you start the Gleaner now?
That old creature needs more than some ether and a carb cleaning!
id love to just see it start lol I'm sure its nothing you cant do lmao
We had an old Gleaner on our wheat farm for a long time until grandpa bought a new one around 1981 or so.
Great and fast snowmobile , some of the top jocks at the time. A great restore project indeed. Now if i can only get a light set up for night riding my Mercury 440 L/C Sno-Twister , all is good. Thanks for sharing .
Thanks for watching, Steve!
80% of issues always the fuel delivery
Agreed
Carb rebuilds always helps..just fired up a 1979 Airens snowblower..that was a hoot and runs fine. Good vid!!
Yep definitely necessary. Thanks a lot for watching
Its a 2 stroke i didnt even have to watch it to know it will start
I'm glad to have not disappointed you!
Dont feel bad man. Any one who works on something you had 20 years ago will be thinking, "what?...."
7:20 anyone else hear that scream?
It sounded like a crane it's a kind of bird.
Awesome vid! Honestly, the way it was going, I didn’t think you were gonna get it lol
Yea it starts it’s a Yamaha, if it was a Ktm you can forget it.
man, my back aches just from watching you pull that so many times! so awesome to see it run!
lol just think, I edited a lot of it out!
bad idea to use ether or starting fluid on a 2-stroke
Yeah that's true and although it's not very evident in this video, it's something I try to be very conscious of.
So you can use ether or starting fluid as long as you put 2-stroke oil down the actual cylinder itself
Also you can buy a cheap knock off carb for like 14 bucks .
Zack you are the coolest. So glad I got to meet ya. Your mind never stops going ;)
Thanks a lot David. Likewise!
I have a complete junk yard Bravo I never played with. Now I have incentive.
Well what are you waiting for? Get after it!
im like 290 lbs, and i use my sons bravo. it will cash almost any cheque you write it. wont go fast or mountain climb, but ive been out deep powder cuttin with it... slowly .
I thought I was the only 1 with a 1/2 ass running bravo
Fun vid. So much fun bringing old 2 strokes back to life.
1980 Yammy...A better machine than these new ones!
I wouldn't disagree, although I have precious little experience with the new stuff.
Sleds are pretty easy but nice to see it thanks for your service
You never cease to amaze me! Was this after coffee or before?
Thanks Blake, probably after.
Get that thing inside however you can. Start with all new plugs, plug wires, rebuild the carb, oil, whatever you can do for the basics. You will have a mean machine in no time. Monkeying around with it still covered in snow outside is not going to get you anything but RUclips videos. Liked and subbed.
You should have just put tape over most of the intake for a choke
How are spose too get air for the fuel mix
@@davidparsons510 that's why I said most of the intake. That's how a choke works it just makes the ratio rich
AAARRRGHHHH!!! I was THAAAT close! I wish I'd have thought of that
I stick my ball sack in it and it works fine for me as a choke
Never try to roll over an old engine before it's properly prepped. Get it in a heated garage, squirt a tablespoon or two of two stroke oil into the cylinders and mix around. let sit overnight. Not Bitchin, just xplainin to those who like to rehab old sleds. Don't start yanking on the recoil. Gently start by carefully rotating the primary clutch. Being very careful can make the difference between getting it easily running or wrecking the cylinders and losing the top end.
The pup has the right idea running away with all the “help” you are putting in that girl
Thank you for your service.
That is a sweet sled... I had the 540 SRV myself, but that exciter 440 is a fast one too :) Remember to change the cooling fan belt BEFORE it breaks !!!
Good job getting the engine going. That said you have alot of work ahead of you! Get that track up in the air and try and spin the secondary clutch by hand. I bought an old sled years ago for next to nothing. Told the guy if I could make it run I'd take It. was stuck out in the Bush and I went out with some tools and fresh fuel and got it running. Was super excited brought it home. I always had dirtbikes and quads boats and everything else. Little did I know unlike almost everything else the engine was just a small part in the whole scheme of things. Suspension was twisted, drive cogs were rotted, chain case seals were dried up and leaky, all the boogie wheels were seized. Sliders were worn through. Track had actually shrunk in length somehow and was too tight. Long story short dropped about 500 bucks in parts on a 100 dollar machine and countless hours replacing all the bearings and seals. Making my own parts. Straiteming out the suspension, new sliders, new clutch and tons of other things. And as well as the engine ran could never get it to ride right. Sold it for 200 and that was that. So cudos for the effort just give the whole driveline a good look over before you start pouring resources into it
Hey Lucas, thanks for the advice! Not shown in this video was the fact that I did eventually get the back end blocked up and ran the track. That was, of course, after doing just as you suggested moving it by hand to make sure it'd move. It all functioned a lot better than I expected it would after that long.
was it a yamaha
Gee Dad, I can't figure out why the sled won't start, I've been pulling on that cord for hours! Dad asks, "was the key on?". Classic.
You win some, you lose some.
Great video man and thank you very much for your services
Had me an 1980's Arctic Cat El Tigre in high school. Great video Zack!
Thanks Pete! Gotta love the old cranky sleds
Can’t wait for part two these first start videos always do well.
all bikes should have that chrome ... looking that good after 20 years parked outside .. daim :D
Hi Respect from a Brit Veteran to you Sir
He Bernard, thank you very much. The feeling's mutual
Great video. I had the exact same sled when I was in junior high. Still miss the smell of that two stroke smoke.
It was funny the memories that flooded in from the smell and the sound once it fired up.
Great vid! Now we want the second one of you riding it!
yeah me too!
First and foremost and most importantly sir I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your service and our military I greatly appreciate you and what you have done in the sacrifices you may have had to make and losses that you've had to go through, sorry for all that you had to do,see,feel,and live through,thank you so much and GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND ALL SERVICE MEN AND WOMAN
Shawn, your gratitude is sincerely appreciated. It was a privilege to have served.
Great video. Love the enthusiasm and your dad's "you aren't using ether?!" comment.
Thanks Eric!
I feel like I'm watching from space cause your looking in the air at camera 😂
Awesome get it fully restored and have fun!
GOOD video man,,im a mechanic / cnc toolmaker,machinist myself ,i can appreciate your how to go thru things to check,another piece of advice would be you should disconnect that speaker wire,,thats the wrong OHM wire,,your asking for trouble,,just remove it an snip it square and reconnect it by screwing in clockwise direction .
Thanks Joe, I agree that wire's no good. Whole reason it's there though is because for some reason, the actual plug wires are too short. I'll be replacing the coil and wires as soon as I can.
lift the rear end up (on a jack stand or tree stump/log)and get the track moving and cleared out and
check the suspension out BEFORE blowing your belt.ive had 10-15 junk sleds so yeah,its recommended by me anyway!!
I always love watching videos like this.
The earlier comments are correct. Assuming twenty year old crank seals are good is foolish. That's a melt down waiting to happen.
Hell yeah man thumbs up. Its amazing what can be accomplished with sheer grit and determination
Thanks James. I like to think so.
Wow cool. Very cool indeed. Thanks for posting this video and cheers.
Playing with old snowmobiles must bring parts along.
Glad to see it run, next trip maybe some riding, bring new belt, fuel line and fuel filter must have things. Maybe even a new track chock cable.
Enjoy the rebuild to get it running.
Waiting to see the outcome.
Thanks a lot Scruffy, you are absolutely right about bringing parts along. After I finished filming this, I replaced all the fuel lines and cleaned the filter. I'm hoping by some luck I can get up there again this winter and do a little more but I'm not super optimistic about that.
I call it a victory. 2 cycles typically will come back pretty regularly and that old Yammer Hammer didn't disappoint. Cheers! Zip~
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Thanks Zip!
A CV carb will almost never run right without the air box/air filter also. Has something to do with being able to create a little bit of vacuum on that side of the carb. I’m not an expert on them or anything but that’s how it’s worked for me in the past.
zack of all trades , master of none , what would we have done before the easter bunny came along
worn our arm out pulling on the starter rope
Those Mikuni slide carbs REQUIRE an air filter to provide the correct amount of vacuum to draw the fuel into the system. I own a early 70's Suzuki that has 3 of these on it and it WILL NOT run without the air filter in place.
Love the speaker wire for the plug wire !! Exhaust wire, thats a classic fix for no springs.
lol yeah gotta do what you gotta do.
I was thinking the opposite lol. You gotta get some new wires or make some out of old wires for something else. Its alright for just trying to get it going, but deffinatly get a weak spark and the insulation isnt thick enough for that kind of current. You'll end up with the spark jumping before it gets to the plug.
Lmao I rode my old Yamaha Maxim with fluorescent ballast wire like that for a solid 6 months.
Ha ha ha!! “Is that speaker wire??” I know how you feel. I’ve had similar reactions to some of the “repairs” i did to my truck from high school.
Can’t wait!! Maybe look into some new spark plugs and wires as well! Would definitely help! Good luck next time and be sure to film it😊
yeah good point
I loved your commentary it was refreshing to watch.👍😊
Great video always like the enticers they ran very good. Thanks for your service also