1982? John deere snow fire HELP

[farmboy186]

Hey, I need help on this sled as i bought it cause iv never seen one before and i heard there rare, i would like to know more about it like is it worth fixing up to get it running? are parts expensive and hard to find? and all that other stuff.

Thanks

[WinnipegStPaul9]

Pretty hard to answer your questions without seeing the sled. Can you post pictures? Snowfires are pretty cool little sleds and "some" parts are available. Tracks can be an issue. Post some pics and you'll get a lot of help on this board.

DA

[robtan88]

farmboy186. In my opinion ANY Snowfire is really cool and worth fixing unless it has been rapped around a tree or such!! They share alot in common with the 1980-1982 Spitfire driveline and engine was the same. When stuck for parts, Spitfire mechanical parts will suffice for the for-most, including the track, but NOT the skid frame. Tracks are hard to find, and a track conversion isn,t easy on the direct drives. If you have any more questions, don,t hesitate to ask. Where abouts in Canada are you from? Always nice to see another fellow Canadian on here...Rob.

[farmboy186]

Everytime i go to upload the pictures i have it says the file is to big i don't know how to change this. and Rob i live in Ontario around the Peterborough area, ill try to upload a whole bunch of pictures tonight of the sled, and so far the only thing that i can tell thats wrong with it is it has no sparkplug wires or even a coil.

[Matt]

On the year - check your serial tag - it will have a build date on it. If it was built in '81, it's an '82, which they made very few of. If it's built in '82 then it's an '83, which they made 1000 of and is the most common year, so not worth as much but still a cool sled.

Some parts are common because they were shared on multiple sleds, others are harder to find.

[jdrob]

On the year - check your serial tag - it will have a build date on it. If it was built in '81, it's an '82, which they made very few of. If it's built in '82 then it's an '83, which they made 1000 of and is the most common year, so not worth as much but still a cool sled.

I see Matt has been drinking 295/s juice when he posted this. The 83' models there were about 600 units built, not 1,000. These Snowfire's are a blast to ride, plus they have a decent suspension travel. Keep us posted on how you make out on it.

Sorry Matt gotta keep you on your toes.

[Matt]

600, 1000, same thing.

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[JDT]

Even if there were 1000 made that is still low production in the big picture.

Any Snowfire would be a FIND in my book.

[WinnipegStPaul9]

Even if there were 1000 made that is still low production in the big picture.

Any Snowfire would be a FIND in my book.

JDT!! Where the heck were you a couple of years ago when I couldn't even give one away???

DA

[JDT]

I have never said no to a free sled.

[jdrob]

Well I guess I should feel fortunate then b/c I have owned 1 82',6 83's and 4 84's I am down to 1 82' and 1 83'. I know I can't keep them all.

[farmboy186]

so i took alot of pictures of the sled, still trying to find out how to upload them onto here without having the file being to big. dose anyone know how i can change this?

[gnfreak]

hey farmboy, open the picture in Microsoft Paint on your computer and resize to a smaller size. works for me.

[farmboy186]

i tired that and still had the same problem, the Serial# on my sled is 190,116M and the Date of manufacture is 10/81, so dose that mean its a 1982 and the 115th made?

[Matt]

i tired that and still had the same problem, the Serial# on my sled is 190,116M and the Date of manufacture is 10/81, so dose that mean its a 1982 and the 115th made?

Yep, out of 175 made. Very nice find. The images have to be under 1000kb.