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3. As far as the seat goes, we didn’t have much of a budget for that so we tested some different spray foams and found one that seemed similar in density to the foam originally used and applied it after cleaning out the damaged seat pieces. The spray held well and we simply sculpted it with a long straight razor blade. A local re-upholstery shop did the finish work for $30, plus the fabric.
Brent also roughed up, then re-painted the frame a high-gloss Rustoleum black. We also replaced the track shroud, but the original track was left on in hopes of getting at least a winter, or two, of use from it.
Unfortunately there were still things that weren’t perfect. The fuel pump had to be cleaned to get the rest of the bad gas (syrup) out of there. Then it was reinstalled. Be careful when taking the fuel pump assembly off as it’s easy to lose the backer nut and everything here fits in tight quarters. We also suggest checking for rips in the fuel pump bladder. Drain all the fuel from the fuel line too, all the way up to the shutoff.
To finally fire the SnoScoot we needed to spray starter fluid in the sparkplug hole and added a new plug. Then kicked it over (SnoScoot had a kickstart unless you ponied up for electric start) numerous times, using the starter fluid intermittently and hoping not to flood the engine. Thankfully, the sled finally started, ran, and idled correctly. Whew! Daddy earned that beer!