Kevin's Liquifire

[Cdnturboz]

Thanks sorry somehow missed that post below! My switch is fine just the key looks all rusty, would be nice to try out one of these as they're fairly inexpensive.

[nick80lf]

No problem. Also, if your original switch is missing the weather resistant parts (most of the one's I've seen are) Deere sells a kit with those parts (AM107076). I have not installed it myself but I know others that have.

[nick80lf]

Finally had about 2" or so of snow yesterday evening. Took a little time tonight to get the 82 out for a little yard test and tune session. The new belt seemed to have quite the memory, as a result I had a ton of shims in the secondary. After a few laps the memory was gone and we had to remove lots of shims. It seems like a very different sled than my 80s and we are still getting to know each other. Here's a photo.

[JDGuy]

Looking Great!!!

[nick80lf]

Thanks Guy. It has been an interesting project.

[jep_800]

Looks fantastic Nick! Nice job!

Jason

[snowmoer]

Looks Great!!

[nick80lf]

Thanks Dan

[nick80lf]

About two weeks ago Larry and I made the trip to the Ogemaw Hills Vintage Snowmobile Show. Last time I went to this show was literally a few days before the world shut down for the RONA. It was good to return, I've always enjoyed this show / ride. This year was by far the largest number of sleds I have seen at this event. Somewhere I think I heard close to 300 sleds at the show, not all of these did the ride. The ride portion is in on the shorter side (roughly 20 miles) but it's a refreshing mix of a short show and short ride, makes for a relaxing day.

The sleds did well, no real issues other than loose throttle block on the 82 (which I didn't notice till loading it on the trailer). For whatever reason I only took a few videos at the show. Here a screen shot of the two Liquifires at the show.

Last night I noticed the club uploaded a nice video of the show and ride. Here a link. https://youtu.be/Yf5R8wMg660?feature=shared

[High Top]

Those sleds look great Nick. If I can get mine to look half that good I’ll be surprised. Looked like a good sized crowd

[nick80lf]

This summer I haven't done much with sleds but I've started to think about gearing up for winter. Not sure why, maybe it's because this is my first sled with e-start, but I seem to be obsessed with ignition switches and keys. Over the summer I've ocasionally tried to find an alternative (lower cost) source for the Indak ignition switch. While exploring, I discovered Deere makes a different version of the "A" cut key, which I like a lot more. There are two main reasons. First, I didn't like the rectangular shape of the key and the fact that the Keychain loop was at the bottom. The second reason, this new key has a rubbery extension that I think will help make it a little more weather proof.

Here's a photo of the two keys.

Here's a photo of the new key (Deere # AUC12681). Installed in the switch.

[bradski12]

It's all about the little things. Nice touch!

[SS440-80]

Smart with the rubber covering the switch