So it has happened again…… I haven’t been building my collection of Deere sleds very long at all. In fact I knew very little about them until a few years ago. But ever since I got the first two trailfires my friends and coworkers have alerted me to any local JD snowmobile sightings. Whether that be ...

So only one lone snow event this winter in February but was able to put this thing on about 4-6 inches of snow. Cold for Kansas standards…… somewhere around 10 degrees if I remember correctly. So I bundled up and brought out the sport, both trails and the liquifire. Sport and trails rumbled to life ...

Looks like you guys had a good time, glad there was some fresh snow. I was hoping to possibly join this year but we had booked a ski trip for the same time. I was also hesitant to make the long drive without knowing if my freshly overhauled liquified was trail worthy…… good news to report on that…. ...

3M general purpose adhesive remover is about the only thing I use anymore to remove sticky anything. Works great and doesn’t seem to do anything bad to any surface I’ve used it on.

BRING THE THUNDER!!!!!

IMG_4733.jpeg So this has been brought up several different times on other posts……. The rear arm shock mount that hits the center track lugs. The lugs don’t really look like they are hitting the mount but it does seem to be rubbing the little tab welded to the arm. Compressing the suspension with w...

I think I am close but really need to put it on snow and see how it acts. It takes some effort to pull the carbs on it but working on them it’s much of a pain. Did a fair amount of research on the site and using the tech manuals to try and get the right jetting. All of my machines were none runners ...

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I can’t speak to the earlier liquifires but the 80 I’ve been messing with for the last year has been a project. I knew this would be the case though because, as stated earlier, these things are 45 years old, and from researching on this site they are just more involved. The liquifire has a lot more ...

My trailfires, sport and liqui have all had that plastic washer on them. I’ve always used them in mine but yes like Nick said it would change the fueling slightly if it was removed. Mine have run very well on the factory jetting recommendations but I’ve had issues, of course, with the choke. Have al...

That was my reasoning for trying to still use the old long flanges was because I’d searched old posts and found that info about the resonating and vaporizing the fuel. I may get new short ones at some point but feel like these are ok for the moment. You are right on it being a tight fit……. Not just ...

Thanks Nick, I haven’t noticed that on parts page. Since all my other machines run premix I decided to convert this thing to run the same but still leave oil injection on and functional lubing the center crank bearings. To do this I found some 1/4 by 1/8 plastic T fittings at an aircraft parts store...

Lookin good Brian, looks heavy too! But sure does look nice when things get polished up after being covered in dirt for so long.

I’m not doing a full restoration on this thing yet but I decided I need to pull the suspension out and go thru it, replace bearings in all idler wheels and make sure everything is free. It seemed very stiff before putting the machine up on the repair stand so I knew it needed attention. One thing I ...

I dug around the forum for a while researching options on what to do about the carbs. I considered getting new VM 38s and seeing if they would work. I wasn’t totally sure how they would fit with the air box though and also if I would have other fit or function issues by going that route. I do feel l...