trailfire

smitfire · Post by **smitfire** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:18 pm

ok but since its flooded and wants to back fire i should get the gas in the engine out right and how

Mr. Deere · Post by **Mr. Deere** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:50 pm

Wet Dry Vac. HAHAHAHAHA

BOB

Bassps70 · Post by **Bassps70** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:05 pm

Wet vac and gas does NOT mix. My neighbors burned their garage down doing just that. First, make sure the sled is outside and not right next to any buildings. To clear the engine of all gas, turn the ignition switch off, hit the kill switch, pull the plugs and carbs, disconnect the pulse line that runs from the fuel pump to the crankcase, put a little oil down each cylinder for good measure and pull the rope. Gas should shoot out of the plug holes and the pulse nipple. Keep pulling until nothing comes out at all, and then let it sit for 15 min. That should get all the gas out of the engine.

smitfire · Post by **smitfire** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:55 pm

much better idea

400brian · Post by **400brian** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:06 pm

Tell us more about the choke. How are you determining this?
What exactly are you looking at?

Mr. Deere · Post by **Mr. Deere** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:23 pm

Bassps70 It Was A JOKE!!!! Anyone stupid enough to try it is just that STUPID. Just a little Humor is all. Hope your Friends weren't hurt. BOB

smitfire · Post by **smitfire** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:40 pm

a stupid joke you could have hurt someone

Mr. Deere · Post by **Mr. Deere** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:55 pm

I was giving you the advice and i guess your smart enough to know not to do it so what do you care. A little humor doesn't hurt especially when its common SENSE. BOB

Bassps70 · Post by **Bassps70** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:21 am

Mr Deere- I knew it was a joke, but I wanted to clarify that its a bad idea, more so for somebody just browsing through and not involved in the thread. We all have our moments of stupidity, and I don't want anyone to burn something down during theirs. We practically bathe in gas working on these sleds, and I think we can loose some respect for how much energy is contained in just a small amount of it. Something to think about.

smit-trailfire - How is that sled coming? To adjust the chokes, make sure with the dash down and the choke off, there is slack in the cable, about 1\8 of an inch. Then, take off the air box and with the dash down, use a mirror to look down the throat of the carb. you should see the brass choke plunger on the side. adjust the cable so when the choke is half on (90 degrees from off) the plunger is half way up the hole. and when its full on, the choke should be all the way up the hole. With the choke off, make sure there is still slack in the cable and you should be good to move on to the next thing. Hope you get it running.

smitfire · Post by **smitfire** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:39 pm

well the sled i cleaned the gas out by pulling rope and letting it sit put the plugs back in and it started for a second but after that it still poped backfired
do i not have all the gas out?
just got some snow out here

Danzig · Post by **Danzig** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:43 pm

Sounds like to me you really need to start from scratch. Meaning, a thorough going over of this sled with a fine tooth comb, people before you may have this sled in a very bad way on the mechanical aspect, maybe its god sent that it isnt starting, you mave have some bad seals and if you were to get it running and then decide to open her up on bad seals and an improper jetted carb, the outcome is grim. What are your looking to do with this sled other than take it for a ride? Complete resto? Bush beater?

smitfire · Post by **smitfire** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:43 am

its to far gone the body is bad what i wanted to do was ride it this year make sure it good running conditon and i have a nice jd trailfire that has a blown engine and i want to put it in there over the summer/spring

the fuel is disconnected so know what that can be a factor but i took off muffler and gas slowly sprayed out not much and sometimes it would backfire so i think get all gas out and try to bottle feed it??

when i first got it the fuel pump was dirty and didnt work, bottle feed it ran like a top, cleaned pump then it would rev up or idel and pretty much not good

i had it running and driving well sat over nite flooded nothing has gone right since

Metallica19991 · Post by **Metallica19991** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:51 am

hmmm. did you try switching the spark plug wires? maybe you have them hooked up wrong and there not firing at the same time? mine was doing exactly what yours is doing.... so i switched and she ran fine.... Mine popped and fire shot out of it (no i didn't have the muffler on.. only the exhaust manifold..) But yeah try switching... just a thought... :~)

smitfire · Post by **smitfire** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:56 am

it wouldnt damage anything would it?? arent the wires different lenghs short to close plug longest to farthest plug

should the bottle feed be good to try

Danzig · Post by **Danzig** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:00 am

smit-trailfire wrote: its to far gone the body is bad what i wanted to do was ride it this year make sure it good running conditon and i have a nice jd trailfire that has a blown engine and i want to put it in there over the summer/spring

the fuel is disconnected so know what that can be a factor but i took off muffler and gas slowly sprayed out not much and sometimes it would backfire so i think get all gas out and try to bottle feed it??

when i first got it the fuel pump was dirty and didnt work, bottle feed it ran like a top, cleaned pump then it would rev up or idel and pretty much not good

i had it running and driving well sat over nite flooded nothing has gone right since

Get yourself some fuel line and try running it on a gas can of fuel, not the sleds gas tank, pre-mix at 50:1. I would also get yourself a fuel line shut off valve between the gas tank and fuel pump. The fuel pump may be allowing fuel to pass through it as it sits over night.