Just realised what i had in my yard - Page 2 - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

catfan · 07-25-2009, 11:04 PM

nice find. cant beleive u didnt want to show it to us. heck id love to find a old cat like that. would love to see more pics when u get the time to get her out and tell us about it. I would love to help u as much as possible but i dont know much abot the old cats.

**RJ Gleason** · 07-26-2009, 08:00 AM

When you try the engine to see if it is free, turn it by hand using the clutch.
This way if the rings are stuck to the cylinders, you will not do any damage to the lining.
Putting some penetrating oil onto the cylinders will usually free them up and you can then get the engine running again.

deozpester91 · 07-26-2009, 06:21 PM

thats were the belt is rite?

Empire087 · 07-26-2009, 09:03 PM

deozpester91 · 07-27-2009, 09:40 PM

Yea thank you lol my go kart experience comes on handy lol

Empire087 · 07-27-2009, 10:51 PM

Not a problem, hope you get it working.

deozpester91 · 07-27-2009, 11:08 PM

When i go see it this weekend hopefully and clean everytin and get it to crank freely should i give the carb a little juice to see if it will get goin?

TwinsofMLB · 07-28-2009, 01:31 PM

Take it out and give it a good clean... if it sat that long it will NOT run without one. There's a guide to cleaning carbs in the "sled how-tos" thread.

deozpester91 · 07-28-2009, 05:30 PM

Yea i downloaded the guide in the web format i have no internet up there so hopefully ill be set

**RJ Gleason** · 07-28-2009, 05:50 PM

Get some pics of that bad boy too.

deozpester91 · 07-28-2009, 07:32 PM

RJ ill take pics galore haha if i get it running ill take a video its a cell phone but it got 5 mega pixels. If you got time you can check out my thread of my garage

DVXDUDE · 07-28-2009, 07:36 PM

get er going!!!

I have a 74' panther 340 that my grandfather bought brand new. Gave it to me (I was 13)when he died in 89' and it was in mint condition. Since then a broken hood and lil rip in the seat but it still runs awesome every winter. Love the friggin thing

TwinsofMLB · 07-28-2009, 10:06 PM

Cowls and seats or any other kind of cosmetic won't matter unless you sell it or want SOTM or really want to show it off. To me, all that matters is if it runs. My mach 1 sat for a year and my cousin (the old owner) had been pretty rough with it. He really did a number on the cowl and there is a rip in the seat as well as a few little fixes here and there. The kill switch broke off and a bolt fell out of the track. Other than that, she'll run like a clock. That will probably be the case with this sled. DON'T BE AFRAID TO POST TOO MANY PICS OF IT WE ALL WANT TO SEE THEM.

deozpester91 · 07-28-2009, 10:09 PM

No problem guys im probally going up on Saturday even if i can just pull it out and not have enough time to try to fix her ill take the carbs home and do a hell of a cleaning lol

TwinsofMLB · 07-28-2009, 10:18 PM

What a coincidence. I'm going to be working on my mach 1 saturday too. I'm going to declare August 1st national carb cleaning day lol.

My 96 XCR · 07-28-2009, 10:43 PM

oh dam i guess i jumped the gun then.. just finished mine 2 hours ago

deozpester91 · 07-28-2009, 11:05 PM

LOL hahah MY 96 XCR throw your carb in the dirt and clean it agian lol

lol

My 96 XCR · 07-29-2009, 01:02 AM

no no i got enough mosquito bites for one night maby ill do the skidoo on the first

TwinsofMLB · 07-29-2009, 01:23 PM

I can clean the carbs on my ski doo this weekend and then the carbs on the cat (she's stripped under the hood except for carbs lol)

deozpester91 · 07-29-2009, 02:12 PM

i really just hope i dont screw up the carb LOL i have a tendency for doing that to 2 strokes and not 4 strokes ill take my time with this one and not rush