Kenny: Thank you! And I see there are a handful of gasekets on evil-bay. This sled was my fathers, and it did make the entire trip on the vintage ride last year. He is building a Merc for the ride and had set the Liquifire and its problems aside. I just finished the rebuild of my Sportfire, so...Liq...

Built a nest inside my F8 Cat last year that held the trottle at wide open... I thought the dealer was off his rocker when he called to tell me what the problem was.

Fellow Deere Hardcores... I have recently aquired, by adoption, a Liquifire (1983) that has a fetish for plugs. From what I understand, over heating was a common issue with these machines and the head gasket was usually the first to go when cylinder temps reached the danger zone. I think I have an a...

We (my father Allen) and I would be in for the Poker Run.

Will there be a post/thread on here if there is a FOR SURE decision on this pre-event, event?

DE: As do I - Im on my work computer or i'd try to throw up some pictures. Google "Famly Tradition" pulling team... look for the 5020 Pro Farm. Good to see another Big Block'er on the site! I assume you are at 680 and that 466 (or 531) rule has not hit you yet! Darn 466 Binders with that R...

Joe, Ahhh the Sportfire,...we traced that problem back to a bad (not plugged) fuel filter. What a simple fix! Sled ran perfect the rest of the year. But, leave it to my Sprintfire to be the ol' reliable. On the other hand, I think thats why THAT sled, THAT day would run down basically 98% of the gro...

Fellow John Deere Junkies: As you can see I am new to the JDsleds.com community and have settled for just observing the past number of years. I have had the chance to meet a few of you at Ride with the Champs '06-'09 (Nightfire F6, Black F8, Black Sportfire... that changed into a Sprintfire after Fi...