I am not sure how you test a CDI, I had read a posting from a while back on how to rebuild a coil but it seemed a bit over my head, I have three sleds, so I took a CDI off of the one that was running and switched it. The machine ran quite well so I ordered a new CDI to replace the swaped one. I orde...

I had a chance to replace the CDI and it runs great again. thanks to all for the help.

I absolutly love this site. Thank you guys for all the info. I was at this site a few years ago, and it was great to find a couple other guys in love with JD sleds. I just came back here a month ago and wow, I have to thank you for running the forum, and a thank you to the guys who answer all the qu...

Hello guys, thank you for all of the replies. I still havn't figured out for surre what is wrong, I am waiting for a new coil and cdi to arrive. What should a person do when you flood the crankcase, gan you blow much of it out with compressed air or what should I do to remove the excess fuel? Thanks...

Hello Jeff: My service manual says to pull the choke assembley out of the carb, and with the choke lever in the off possition adjust the choke so that there is between 31 and 33mm from the end of the choke plunger(very bottom) to the flat part on the bottom side of the brass nut that treads into you...

One of my 1980 liquifires was running very strong, I parked it for a couple of days inside. When i went to start it, it started harder than normal and when I pulled it out of the shop it boged quite bad and quit. I got it running again, but while pulling and then while running it would backfire and ...

I found one at my local co-op farm supply centre, it is for a kohler small engine, it has a fuel guage on it similar to the original and it has a closeable breather plug on it. it doesn't have the John Deere emblem on it but it was only $14.00 cdn.

Hi Don,
I would honestly try a new belt first, if it is sitting down 1/4 inch on the secondary it will create a bit of a bog on take off. the belt should sit flush with the outer edge of the secondary pully.
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Hello 440z: I am new to this site, but I have 3 1980 440 liquifires, low end boging can be caused by a worn belt, it should sit damn near flush with the top of your secondary. I also had a problem with it boging on an incline, it drove me nuts, I finaly found out the the in tank fuel suction line ha...