Congrats - glad it went to a good home

Edit - didn’t realize you were in Saskatchewan- was literally out near Hafford/Saskatoon picking up a couple JD sleds on the weekend.

Made some progress, engine is all resealed and installed, painted up the exhaust manifold and cleaned/pressure washed the gas tank out.

I’m fairly certain that all ccw 340s (or at least the 5+ I’ve had apart) had the ring gear regardless of if it had electric start or not.

Sounds like a cool project !

Interesting - being in 2025 gives me some time to maybe plan to go

Sled had a good first trial run - drove it on what snow we had to the races / snow n shine out here. That mikuni made it run and idle great, definitely considering it on the 400 now.

As per usual had a wanted ad for some misc jd sled parts and came home with this 800. Says 672 miles on it - previous owner did a lot of the hard work, new crank seals and top end a few years ago. Has new drive bearings and converted to a Mikuni, and CDI. Needs a new clutch (current one has spider d...

Take a look at this link and select the year of your sled: https://vintagesnow.com/John_Deere.html - here is the one for your style: https://vintagesnow.com/John_Deere_files/sm2100.pdf Should be able to find the info on replacing it . On the flooding my recent experience in rebuilding a Walbro is th...

Getting the sled ready for the CPTC vintage show this weekend - found a NOS bumper only a few miles away from me for a great deal. Needs a quick polish from sitting in a shed all these years but should make the sled look better .

While looking for a parts sled I may have picked up a 1975 JD800 - catch is it needs a new clutch (damaged in the spider area). What are my options/what should I look for?

It's quite peppy for what it is and sounds great with the factory pipe/exhaust.

Looks great!

Looks awesome - I like those plastic skis

Got the engine resealed, just running new oil lines and replacing the fan bearings. Chassis is mostly cleaned up - used some por15 then some flat black engine paint to clean it up. IMG_3328.jpeg IMG_3367.jpeg IMG_3369.jpeg Most of the feathers and barn dust is gone finally, I regret not pressure was...

Think I got the carb all dialed in - idling about 2200rpm, high speed needle is about 1/2 to 3/4 out. No more major bog, plugs look brown which I think is a success.

I actually found it at HomeDepot up here in Canada, a quick search looks like it's available down in the states too: Tape.JPG https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Safety-Walk-Slip-Resistant-Step-and-Reflective-Tread-6-in-x-2-ft-7768NA/100391699 I was having trouble finding a grip tape that was wide enough...