Thanks everyone!!!
Bummer Marty. We just got back to our cabin. The ride back was COLD. My face felt like it was going to fall OFF! So sorry about your sled. Hopefully your wrenching as I type so you can make it up before you have to go back to work. You got our #.
Didn't do too much more after I found the carnage. Pretty much got it ready to start pulling hoses and wires and all that. I'm hoping to have it out tomorrow depending on how things go. For now I think I'll just drown my sorrows in Budweiser.
That SUCKS Man!!!
I bet Wild Bill can get you fixed up. . . . .LOL
I'll be he could. Why don't we just take that little sumpin sumpin that he's building and drop it in my sled!!
marty - dude thats sucks sooooooo bad, and the worst is you're totally a good guy, let me know what i can do to help...that pic is so huge it looks like the piston pin is sticking through?????
Thanks Ray!! I'm sure I'll be picking a few brains throughout this process. I'm gonna be getting into some un-familiar territory here, so I'm sure I'll need some help.
Do you remember Andrew (alaskaguy)? had the same sled and same issues. Could never get it to run and had the same end result with his motor.
Maxwell had coolant issues all day today as well. Luckily we were able to get him out and back though. We have spare sleds Marty.
Keep in touch.
Yes, I remember Andrew. Rode with him that first year of the DooTalk ride. I'll probably be spending the few days workin on my sled depending on how things go. I may take you up on the spare sled offer if I need to just get away for a day. It's funny, as I was leaving, I almost pulled in to Bear River to see what they would charge me to rent a sled for the day.
That blow!
let me know what you need, I have all kinds of spare RT parts. jug, pistons, rings, clips, pins, even a crank.
I'm sure we can get you up and going.
WoW! Spare sleds and spare parts!! You guys are too much!! Hard to tell exactly what I'll need at this point, but you'll definitely be hearing from me once I get into it and figure out what I need. I'll be takin lots of pictures, so I'll be posting some of them on here as I go along.
That really sucks marty. I was lucky as hell to get out without a tow. Was losing coolant. Had to stop and refill about every 2-3 miles on the way out. Marty I don't work all week. With Jacobs parts, I bet we can get that up and running by weeks end.
Yeah, I'm hoping the damage isn't too severe. That would be great if I was up and running next week! I'll know more once I get it apart. That sucks about your coolant leak. Wouldn't think you would need coolant as cold as it was up there today! Did you get your gauges fixed?
Glad to see everyone had a good ride today!
All in all my day really wasn't all that bad. There are so many ways it could have gone way worse. I'm just glad it blew up on the trail at low speeds/rpms. I'm glad I wasn't way back in the trees, half way up a long pull or something when it let go. I'm probably more pissed about the money I wasted on gas and parking than the sled. I did make sure the trip wasn't a total bust though. I stopped in Evanston and loaded up on beer on the way home.
