After doing a lot of searching and a lot of asking questions I was able to determine that It was the my CDI box that was causing the problem. I was pretty discouraged when I couldn't find any online, but thanks to a few members on here I was able to get the part. Through all my reading and searching I found that I should replace the seals so I went ahead and installed a whole new gasket set and seals thanks to NewBreedParts. This winter my grandpa and I were able to get all the new parts put in and get it running. I was very excited when she started right up on the third pull after the rebuild and sounded a lot better than before. Thinking the problems could be fixed it was time to test it out. Shortly into testing there was a loud noise and a rattling coming from the PTO side... When I pulled the plug it looked like there was metal stuck to it, never a good sign. After pulling the head this is what I found.
After what seemed like forever, the motor was ready to go back in. I got everything tightened up and re-installed by about 2 am this morning. I thought "Here goes nothing" as I pulled it over was delighted as it started right up. I shut it down and went to bed for some much needed sleep. First thing this morning I loaded the sleds up on the trailer and headed down to the lake.
It has been a long journey full of ups and downs and I just want to say thank you to everyone here who has helped me out along the way. A big thanks to Rob (Jdrob) and sledder670 for the parts and Todd (JDT) for answering so many of my questions, and the list is endless. This site is full of great people who have helped me with this directly and indirectly and I'm sure happy that I found it. Thanks to Matt for all the work you do to keep this site and NewBreed up and running so we can keep these old sleds going. In the word's of my Grandpa "We're making memories!"
