Kevin's Liquifire

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Cdnturboz
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Re: Kevin's Liquifire

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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.

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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.
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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.
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Looking Great!!!
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Thanks Guy. It has been an interesting project.
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Looks fantastic Nick! Nice job!

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Looks Great!!
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Thanks Dan
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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.
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Last night I noticed the club uploaded a nice video of the show and ride. Here a link. https://youtu.be/Yf5R8wMg660?feature=shared
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80 Liquifire (purchased 2010 ~ Running....Now)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2011 ~ Not running - I officially have a problem now)
83 Snowfire (purchased 2014 father/son restoration project)
78 Spitfire ~ sold (should have been shot for this)
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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
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