Dragged my 1973 Sno Jet SST out of the garage yesterday. With Pics.

[Snowizard]

Literally the first light of day that has shown on it since 1987. I bought this sled new for about $895.00 in 1973. Still have the owners manual and paperwork.

I was intent on putting it up for sale, but now I don't know?

This is the 3rd new sled that I have owned. Previously 1972 Yamaha 340, and 1972 Sno Jet 340 bogey wheel suspension.

This 340 model is unique that it has stock slide suspension, with a metal clipped track.
The SST has an offset headlight, patterned after the Thunder Jet high perrformance sled of that era.
The engine is a high output 340 (338cc) Yamaha fan cooled motor, that was original to that sled.

I bought a Polaris Indy Trail in 1987, and this sled has been in the garage ever since, until yesterday. Engine is not stuck, and seems to have good compression when pulling the rope. I fogged it for storage.

I decided to share pics in the general section rather than vintage, more people visit here. Enjoy.

[/IMG]

[/IMG]

Hard to rem'br I rode it this many miles.

[/IMG]

[/IMG]

Deep powder ready light weight suspension. LOL.

[/IMG]

 

[BigTruck]

Pictures dont work! Damn!

 

[Snowizard]

Pictures dont work! Damn!

Try it now. I had "http://" issues.

 

[Gimpster]

I have an old service manual that covers that sled. Generic manual.
Your sled is in better shape than the manual

----- Gimpster -----

 

[the fix-it guy]

Quite the little gem their, I have trouble parting with my old iron also.

 

[yardfarmer]

like the gas tank filler/cap in front of the headlight for after dark fueling

 

[DaveB]

Sweet. Vision of the future: the way Doo has been lowering and "mass centralizing"....the enjine jack-shaft arrangement of the 2012 ZP-R 601 Turbo Summit should look like that! LOL.

 

[Disco Dan Richter]

How'd yer arse feel after 2500 miles on that susp?

 

[Wyoming T/A]

sure would look sweeeeet restored--nice sled

 

[Snowizard]

How'd yer arse feel after 2500 miles on that susp?

J-j-j-j-j-juuust f-f-f-f-ine. N-n-n-o-o P-p-p-p-roblem.
And in "them days" there weren't dedicated trails, just paths where everybody could find a route from A-to-B.

Thru yards, across swamps,fields, ditch bangin', whatever. Amazing.

 

[big E]

Wow that brings back memories. My first sled was a 1966 Sno Jet 150. Dude you got a race sled compared to that. That would be a great start for a resto.

 

[sks]

is that a lemon on the key chain?

 

[800 RMK]

Cool...............

 

[Gimpster]

Looks like an old key Bouy that dealers put on boat keys in case they were dropped in the water

----- Gimpster -----

 

[viperxc]

Looks like an old key Bouy that dealers put on boat keys in case they were dropped in the water

----- Gimpster -----

That is what I was thinking it was as well, floating Keychain.

 

[Snowizard]

is that a lemon on the key chain?

Haha, you're the first to notice. Yes its a plastic lemon. Seems like day one from the showroom floor there was always something wrong.

In those days all sleds always had problems, but I had more than my share. That lemon has hung on there a long time.

I don't rm'ber all the issues anymore.
Some come to mind, it was a terrible gas hog, and the tank only holds a bit over 5 gal.
And the fuel was so fat-rich you couldn't get it to run decent. I replaced the original junky Keihin carb with a Tillotson HD96, and dropped the top chain sprocket 1-tooth.

Made the sled tolerable finally.
The dealer was no help (sound familiar??) so I had to come up with a fix on my own.
Then there some problems with the suspension. The track would run off the rear toothed wheels often.
The factory (in Canada, eh?) did come up with a fix for that, with some side shields along side the rear wheels.
Partially visible on the far left.

Also added a primer bulb to help starting. Those sleds used carbs that also doubles as the fuel pump. So w/o a primer, it took several pulls to get it started.

EDIT: ANother thing I rm'ber about it, like most sleds back then with the motor right in your lap, as being unbearably loud. I always wore ear plugs .

And the carb intake made almost as much noise as the exhaust.
My, how sleds have changed.... and they aren't $895 either.

 

[foothills m8]

I have the same sled but mine is the 295 model. I sure wish i would`nt have left it out side all them years it needs a lot of work but hope to get working on it this summer hopefully i can down load a pic.

 

[M.M. 700]

I have never seen a clutch set up like that.

 

[foothills m8]

1973 Snow Jet SST 295


If a guy would have looked after it better but still can be done up a bit.

 

[Gimpster]

Haha, you're the first to notice. Yes its a plastic lemon. Seems like day one from the showroom floor there was always something wrong.

In those days all sleds always had problems, but I had more than my share. That lemon has hung on there a long time.

I don't rm'ber all the issues anymore.
Some come to mind, it was a terrible gas hog, and the tank only holds a bit over 5 gal.
And the fuel was so fat-rich you couldn't get it to run decent. I replaced the original junky Keihin carb with a Tillotson HD96, and dropped the top chain sprocket 1-tooth.

Made the sled tolerable finally.
The dealer was no help (sound familiar??) so I had to come up with a fix on my own.
Then there some problems with the suspension. The track would run off the rear toothed wheels often.
The factory (in Canada, eh?) did come up with a fix for that, with some side shields along side the rear wheels.
Partially visible on the far left.

Also added a primer bulb to help starting. Those sleds used carbs that also doubles as the fuel pump. So w/o a primer, it took several pulls to get it started.

EDIT: ANother thing I rm'ber about it, like most sleds back then with the motor right in your lap, as being unbearably loud. I always wore ear plugs .

And the carb intake made almost as much noise as the exhaust.
My, how sleds have changed.... and they aren't $895 either.

You going to restore it ?

----- Gimpster -----