Break downs

[Jd sled rider]

I decided to get the sled out for a ride today, to my surprise, I ended up working on all of them insted of riding! The sportfire, threw a track clip, so no riding that, so I did some small maintenance, And parked it. Next was the liquifire. I went for a short ride, and noticed a vibration. When I investigated further, one of the new bearings in jack shaft was out. I spent the next six hours repairing that. When I got done I took it for a hell ride, and even with my big ass on it, it will still do over ninety! When I returnedi decided to get out the old mans trailfire. All was well, until I lost spark!!!! Changed the coil, and all was well until the throttle block broke. I love these old deeres, but today was a very trying day! I decided to quit after I replaced it, and decided to start drinking the Rockies Mountains finest. Already eight beers in. Hopefully others had better luck then me!, later Lincoln

[JDT]

Lincoln it is always better to find these little nuisence problems close to home rather than when you trailered them 400 miles for a big ride and then they show up.

With that in mind I would say your day was very productive.

[044984]

after sitting for 25 years I restored my 80 liquifire. I expected breakdowns to fix. had two first thing- brake block and coolant leak. 100 miles later I believe I am the weak link.

[jep_800]

I attended the ULTRA Event in Detroit Lakes MN this weekend. Featured sled was Deere, so a lot showed up. I had gremlins however, as after riding my 800 over 30 miles last weekend, I lost all spark when I tried to trailer it. Thanks to DLDeere for looking at it for me, and we came up with a few ideas. Will check ignition switch first, then move to the CDI next. Hope it's not a stator, but as Matt & Wade mentioned in another thread, the ignition is always a wild card and can give up at any moment. Gotta love vintage sledding.

jep_800