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moose eater
My youngest son is turning into quite the prodigy where it concerns mechanic work on a variety of vehicles.
As we've discovered, one major problem with dealing with vehicles that were built to last for decades, but for which parts were made obsolete by the manufacturer after only a handful of years, is that you're left with a vehicle that otherwise performs extremely well in many cases, but which is more or less sitting dead, for lack of a $100 part.
He's completely rebuilt nearly every aspect of the above referenced snowmobile, and the thing, when running, is scary fast. (*I've told him that if I get word of him driving it to its capacity, I'll take his keys; he's the only 1 of 3 kids for whom we don't have a life insurance policy, and he was a straggler, notably younger than the other 2, but a -really- good guy.. and no, I'm not one of THOSE biased parents; I call 'em like I see 'em).
The CDI seems to have taken a nose-dive this morning. No extreme cold, no extreme frost, no adverse conditions that would explain a temporary failure.
The only other explanation for its current (lack of) performance, might be ignition coils, but to have 3 coils fail simultaneously, well... if I were in Vegas I'd take the opposing odds, saying, "No way in Hell."
Yes, we've checked on-line.... thoroughly, running not only the Ski Doo OEM part #s, but also the sub-manufacturer/contractor (Nippon denso) part #s. Only used stuff comes up.
Buying used electrical parts from unknown sources, from thousands of miles away, with little or no guarantee, is not a good start toward a happy ending in my opinion.
Monday or Tuesday we'll contact someone who has access to the Ski Doo (obsolete) vintage 'new old-stock' site, and see what they have, and what ever their Smithsonian-rated pricing for such rare beasts are, if available at all.
Be a shame to bring the thing all this way toward completion, as we have, only to let it go the way of the dinosaurs.
If anyone has any additional ideas, chime in. The thing, when it was running, up until yesterday, sounds so pretty and intense, I was tempted to propose to it.
As we've discovered, one major problem with dealing with vehicles that were built to last for decades, but for which parts were made obsolete by the manufacturer after only a handful of years, is that you're left with a vehicle that otherwise performs extremely well in many cases, but which is more or less sitting dead, for lack of a $100 part.
He's completely rebuilt nearly every aspect of the above referenced snowmobile, and the thing, when running, is scary fast. (*I've told him that if I get word of him driving it to its capacity, I'll take his keys; he's the only 1 of 3 kids for whom we don't have a life insurance policy, and he was a straggler, notably younger than the other 2, but a -really- good guy.. and no, I'm not one of THOSE biased parents; I call 'em like I see 'em).
The CDI seems to have taken a nose-dive this morning. No extreme cold, no extreme frost, no adverse conditions that would explain a temporary failure.
The only other explanation for its current (lack of) performance, might be ignition coils, but to have 3 coils fail simultaneously, well... if I were in Vegas I'd take the opposing odds, saying, "No way in Hell."
Yes, we've checked on-line.... thoroughly, running not only the Ski Doo OEM part #s, but also the sub-manufacturer/contractor (Nippon denso) part #s. Only used stuff comes up.
Buying used electrical parts from unknown sources, from thousands of miles away, with little or no guarantee, is not a good start toward a happy ending in my opinion.
Monday or Tuesday we'll contact someone who has access to the Ski Doo (obsolete) vintage 'new old-stock' site, and see what they have, and what ever their Smithsonian-rated pricing for such rare beasts are, if available at all.
Be a shame to bring the thing all this way toward completion, as we have, only to let it go the way of the dinosaurs.
If anyone has any additional ideas, chime in. The thing, when it was running, up until yesterday, sounds so pretty and intense, I was tempted to propose to it.