It's running quite well now. Plugs are finally not covered in oil/soot and are burnong clean. Sled has great mid to high throttle response. I had it flying up and down my dad's pasture the other day and jumping drifts in my front yard. Haven't got it over 55 yet, but she could easily do that on a mo...

Thanks! I have the airbox on. I took it off and cleaned it out good too. Now I know wbat carb it is and jet sizes. I'll do your recommended rebuild. Also plan on replacing all those bearings this summer. I'll need to borrow the alignment tool too. Lol.

When I took the car part and cleaned it I checked the floats and made sure they were adjusted correctly according to the specs I saw online. I found the choke cable adjusting not had come loose. I also decided to move the needle back into the middle position which is number three I believe . Finally...

I readjusted the choke, still has the problem. Noticed jet needle was silverish on lower part. Suspected wear and moved clip up one from middle to #2 position to counteract. Friend helped me and said my throttle linkage was too tight. Loosened it a lot, and it helped, had a very low steady idle. Too...

I just of the choke and it started in the idled easily and revved up perfectly. I thought I had it licked and took it up and down the road a few times getting her up to 50 miles an hour. Let her sit for an hour and a half and then went outside and rolled it up and down the road again and noticed the...

Small world! Yep, that storm was a doozy! I was trying to start it in the driveway to run it down the icy road quick but after an hour I was soaked and left it there with the track off the ground. It's still there covered in ice and snow. Lol.

Thanks! I had a feeling that was the problem. I'll try doing that tomorrow. Right now it's in the driveway encrusted and ice and snow from that massive rain/ice blizzard that came through here this weekend. I just want to get it running so I can Road test it now I know what I need to do it this summ...

I bought a rough looking JD 1980Trailfire off craigslist for $75 4 weeks ago. The guy had bought it as a project sled, but The engine was seized and he said "he didn't know how to work on them". Good for me! Three days later I got the engine broke loose after a soak with a little bit of tr...