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How’d the skis run this year? How cold was the lake?
I’m really diggin’ the box on that blue first gen.
Yesterday I got the rest of the HVAC outta my way so I could free the interior wiring harness.
I also confirmed that the 15” rims the donor came on have the proper backspacing for Redee. They are 15” x 7” with 4” BS, so I’ll be able to rock that awesome pizza cutter stance I’ve beeb seeking out, and won’t need the 2” flares to keep me legal. Once my Duratracs sell (posted on kijiji yesterday), I’ll buy a set of 33”x10.5×15 General Grabber X3. The tallest tire I can buy for 15’s which are not KO2s.
Had a chat with Finn on his trip to Ardbeg, and the Knarr may offer up some parts to Redee.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-tires-rims/mississauga-peel-region/33-duratracs-like-new-on-rims/1618435575
Sold sold sold to the man with the handy trailer said Matt. Got a good split on the chipper, put almost $200 in my pocket!
The chipper lives! Re-cleaned the carb last night and she fired up first pull today. Even chipped some random branches in the yard. Matt has made an ad and got it posted on kijiji already. Here’s to beer money!
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-lawnmower-leaf-blower/oakville-halton-region/mtd-wood-chipper-8-hp-great-condition/1615106582Got Sam’s summer tires swapped over on the caravan, even had a helper run the impact gun for me.
I also pulled the cap off the Taco, much to the delight of the kids. Climbing up in the bed is one of their favourite spring/summer activities haha.
LT80 parts have finished processing and should be on their way as per fortnine’s email this morning. Matt has offered to shine up the plastics while I’m tuning up the motor next week.
Busy day already, nearly beer-o-clock.
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Grabbed a spark plug for the chipper yesterday, and ordered an air filter to be picked up today.
The chipper starts quick and will idle for a minute or two, but the idle speed is all over the place and it won’t come off choke at all. Figure my half-assed carb clean wasn’t good enough and there’s still an obstruction somewhere. I’ll have to pull the carb off and clean it properly.
Picked up a new toy for the kids on the weekend, 1997 Suzuki LT80 atv. Pretty decent shape, a little dirty, and of course “ran when parked” 5 years ago. I got it cheap, pretty confident I could make money on it as-is tomorrow if I wanted.
I ordered a carb kit, battery, air filter and spark plug to get the ball rolling.
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In about an hour last night I got the stuck branch cleared, the tires re-set on the rims (which was by far THE HARDEST PART), the carb cleaned and reinstalled, and fresh oil. The motor fired over on Karb Kleaner, so that was promising. Hoping to pick up a new spark plug and air filter locally tonight after work so I can finish up this little project and Matt can get it sold. So far $0 spent and running.
Damn, you really put that truck to work eh? What’d you have for rear suspension? Barely looks squatted
I tried to pull it over this morning, it rolled about 1/16 of a revolution and hard hit and stopped. Guessing something stuck in the shredding teeth. Plan to pull the spark plug and free it up before I even look to clean the carb.
Sounds like a solid plan. The stiff rear lift springs and light rear end prolly ruining your traction. What kinda locker options you have?
I found 5100s to ride well in Redee, and Matt is liking his 5100s in the 4th gen. He says they ride WAY BETTER than the X-REAS system that came stock (and appeared to be original 17 years later). He got lift springs and UCA to make it all fit, something like 3-4” lift with no additional weight.
Hard to justify $3000+ for front setup just on components. I agree, SAS better use of that cash, would take more abuse.
Went riding around the back roads Friday afternoon and passed by a country estate with a freebie at the curb. An older 3-in-1 wood chipper, mulcher, leaf shredder.
Luckily for us it was still there an hour later when Matt doubled back with the 4Runner after dropping off his bike at home.
Plan to get this running and sell it for beer money. OR if it’s pooched, turn its scrap metal value into beer money.
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Yesterday, OUT of the shop came my DR600 for a very windy ride to work. I could bave car pooled with James, but I missed out on Tuesdays golden opportunity to ride and didnt want to wait another week to start riding.
The wind guards I installed over winter were pretty effective, and the ammo box even moreso because it allowed me to ditch the backpack and store my coleman 6-pack lunchbox inside.Last week on a walk around the block, while passing by Prestons house I found the cam wheel for tensioning the track of his snowblower on the edge of the sidewalk. So I’ll replace my homemade cam sometime before next winter.
Doesn’t look like much, but I got another hour of work completed on the donor dashboard. I’d say 75% of the connectors have been identified and freed up. Gotta pull the HVAC system and drop the steering column to free up the rest of the connectors.
