Let's hear your worked all night to get sled finished story
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ive tried but i usually end up too trashed to do anything after like ... midnight
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Summertime Blues
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Many times. most of the time it is because I don't get started until 9 or 10pm. A couple times I have drove to the hills only to turn around and drive home because i screwed something up in the wee hours
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The people that live in the condo above my garage complain when I'm wrenching in there much past 2200. There's zero sound insulation between my garage ceiling and their floor, so every dropped wrench just reverberates through the whole place.
I'm trying not to be the assshole neighbor I was before.... Everyone here speaks English and nobody does crack. Quite an improvement from my old apartment.
I'm trying not to be the assshole neighbor I was before.... Everyone here speaks English and nobody does crack. Quite an improvement from my old apartment.
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800HMRK
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Haven't really pulled an all nighter but last year I worked pretty late to get my engine put together. I had to push it on the trailer due to a cracked carb boot. Drove almost 300 miles the next day to where we were going riding without even test firing it. Put a new carb boot on it and it ran good (thank god). Man was I worried driving down there. Had to got over everything in my head twice just to make sure I had gotten everything tight and put back together right.
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fraufarm
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oh yes...
two years ago was up until 4 am getting my skid/track/tunnel finished and sleds loaded only to wake up 1.5 hrs later to drive 13 hours while everyone else slept.
last year before our big trip out west, was up till 3 getting my brothers sled up to par, waking up at 5:30 again to get on the road.
two years ago was up until 4 am getting my skid/track/tunnel finished and sleds loaded only to wake up 1.5 hrs later to drive 13 hours while everyone else slept.
last year before our big trip out west, was up till 3 getting my brothers sled up to par, waking up at 5:30 again to get on the road.
For the last few years some buddies and I have headed out to Cooke over Thanksgiving. Since we never make the decision until a day or two before based on snow depths, we are always pulling an all-nighter to get 2 or 3 sleds ready to make the trip from MN to MT. Since it’s difficult to focus at 3am after many hours of adding new stuff, tweaking, tuning and drinking beer, we have developed a very interesting game. It’s called, sh*t on your buddy that didn’t come out to work on his sled so his buddies have to and decide to put stickers all over his sled that they have collected over the summer(we are still working on that title). He can’t catch them all and it is always entertaining to see his reaction when he is stuck on the hill or opens his hood to see a perfectly place Princess sticker or 1 of 100 Dennis Kirk stickers that he missed.
I can’t think of a better way to get ready for the season!
I can’t think of a better way to get ready for the season!
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snengineer
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All nighters?
Back in the days when we all rode Phazers there was at least 2 or 3 times a season when we would fry a motor on Saturday, get the motor taken apart by Late Saturday night, send the motor in for boring on Monday, get the motor back and new pistons in on Wednesday, Start putting things back together Thursday night. Friday night load things up to be ready to roll for Saturday. This process usually takes to Midnight or more each night. A couple of these re-builds resulted in some exciting (minor) garage fires, those phazers sure were fun!
Back in the days when we all rode Phazers there was at least 2 or 3 times a season when we would fry a motor on Saturday, get the motor taken apart by Late Saturday night, send the motor in for boring on Monday, get the motor back and new pistons in on Wednesday, Start putting things back together Thursday night. Friday night load things up to be ready to roll for Saturday. This process usually takes to Midnight or more each night. A couple of these re-builds resulted in some exciting (minor) garage fires, those phazers sure were fun!
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jlebrun_05
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Took a lot of these
To get to
Which finally led to the finished project
tunnel extension, extro drivers, new track, rail extensions, etc.
To get to
Which finally led to the finished project
tunnel extension, extro drivers, new track, rail extensions, etc.
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Worked on putting my sled back together last night as I was replacing the nun and the front plate. I got the motor back in everything was going great and was just putting the reads back in.
I decided to call it a night so I went to put the read bolts just thread them in so I wouldn't lose them. Well I left the reeds out because I needed a new gasket for one of them and I fat fingered threading the bolt in and BLOOP! FARKIN BOLT FELL IN THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE! I ended up putting my fist through the cabinet door, which led to me pulling the head and case apart to get the damn bolt out. YES I TRIED A MAGNET but for some reason couldn't get the damn thing.
So today I have to stop and get a piston ring compressor so i can get my pistons back in and get back on track. Good thing is I know I can pull a motor down (never done it before) in under 5 minutes!
I decided to call it a night so I went to put the read bolts just thread them in so I wouldn't lose them. Well I left the reeds out because I needed a new gasket for one of them and I fat fingered threading the bolt in and BLOOP! FARKIN BOLT FELL IN THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE! I ended up putting my fist through the cabinet door, which led to me pulling the head and case apart to get the damn bolt out. YES I TRIED A MAGNET but for some reason couldn't get the damn thing.
So today I have to stop and get a piston ring compressor so i can get my pistons back in and get back on track. Good thing is I know I can pull a motor down (never done it before) in under 5 minutes!
had many late nights in various places, one particular trip jumps out at me, priest lake winter 06, I stabbed a rail in my track, both my father and brother burned their sleds down, we found a track, and had pistons and cyliders enough to put the engines back together, ended up doing all the work in the buddies pole barn we were staying with, got one sled done, in came the next, then the next, lol. We were at it till atleast 2:00, then got up and rode the next day. Lets see I remember doing a complete engine swap two years previous also at priest lake, took the engine out and set it on the counter at the laundromat, this was before the enclosed trailer, and did the top end swap in there, lol. The things we do just to ride, lol. Now every trip we go on we bring almost enough parts to build a sled from the ground up, lol. Maybe we play to hard who knows.
Greg
Greg
I've had to call friends from on top of the mountain several times to go get part from the dealer before they close. I go get the parts when I get home and stay up all night getting ready to leave in the morning.
If I get laid off cause my boss is afraid of the Obama taxes I may be doing this a lot this year cause I'll be able to ride every day. It will be really cool if the woman in the video is right and I won't have to worry about putting gas in my truck or sled. lol.
If I get laid off cause my boss is afraid of the Obama taxes I may be doing this a lot this year cause I'll be able to ride every day. It will be really cool if the woman in the video is right and I won't have to worry about putting gas in my truck or sled. lol.
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SLEDIOT
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Ok Ok its thursday night and I've got a wicked, wicked cold! Too wicked for sippin beers even!! I know thats bad. I burnt down a piston the previous weekend and parts were still a week out. Sleds in the garage and the new tunnel is hangin from the ceiling. Kids are loud and and momma is yellin at them cuz they're driving her crazy (mid winter cabin fever). I go to the garage and start to strip the sled down I figured at least all the plastic and the gas tank. I overdose on nyqul and pass out in the corner all snuggled up to a jug of APV oil and smelly sleddin gear. I wake up in the mornin real early with the 2-stroke oil hangover and pull out the wrenches drills and hammers heres what I had by 9:00am.
I figure what the hell go in and have some cereal and some dayquill chased with a lil more APV oil. My buddy pops over to help me set the tunnel in place and trace out the diamond drive and the brake caliper holes. He leaves I pass out again. Heres what we had'
Take my time try to be maticulous cuz I dont want to ph!@#ck this up!!! By 10 that night (Friday) this is what I ended up with.
Tunnel and all spare parts were provided by Rory Stieb at Pure addiction motorsports in Edmonon Alberta. Rory passed away this summer but still a big special thanks to him and the boyz at PA. Lots of phone calls that day for helpful tips puttin er back together. R.I.P. Rory
I figure what the hell go in and have some cereal and some dayquill chased with a lil more APV oil. My buddy pops over to help me set the tunnel in place and trace out the diamond drive and the brake caliper holes. He leaves I pass out again. Heres what we had'
Take my time try to be maticulous cuz I dont want to ph!@#ck this up!!! By 10 that night (Friday) this is what I ended up with.
Tunnel and all spare parts were provided by Rory Stieb at Pure addiction motorsports in Edmonon Alberta. Rory passed away this summer but still a big special thanks to him and the boyz at PA. Lots of phone calls that day for helpful tips puttin er back together. R.I.P. Rory
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work on it all morning and day and night straight and nothing goes right do everything two or three times cant do certain things with just your two hands, sweatin, pissed off! finally 2:30 am its done what do you do? i know what i did, my buddy next door was too tied up with the fam all day so.... like you wouldnt!!! wheelies across his lawn!!!!
work on it all morning and day and night straight and nothing goes right do everything two or three times cant do certain things with just your two hands, sweatin, pissed off! finally 2:30 am its done what do you do? i know what i did, my buddy next door was too tied up with the fam all day so.... like you wouldnt!!! wheelies across his lawn!!!!
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sodfarmer
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2 years back my friend came down from Wyoming to ride. We are in ~ 5 miles on the trail and my sled gets hot instantly. So I know it's a water pump belt or water pump. We pull the sled back to the trailer, load it up and race out of the canyon so we can get parts before the dealer closes at noon on Sat. The dealer leaves all the parts outside and we start tearing down about 12:30 pm. By 3:00 pm we have rebuilt the water pump and put new o-rings in the head, but now I can't find a torque wrench to finish the head. Luckily I find a mechanic buddy who is heading out of town, but leaves his wrench in a semi at work so I can use it. We load the sled again by hand and run to town. Torque the head and make sure it runs and then run to the mountain again. By about 4:30 pm we are up the canyon again riding. A crazy day, but fun.
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AkHockey10
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This one time...I worked all night to get my sled finished..
Im usually working graveyards. So, get off work Friday morning 7AM, go over to buds shop, start working on sled. Fixing bent tunnel damage. Bud gets home @ 4pm, sleds all apart. Down to bare tunnel. Motor out, Belly pan, whole thing. More damage than I thought. I toss him a beer, tell him he needs to get next case, thsi one just about done. And were sleddin tomorrow. F@K off he says, no way that Doo will be back together. 3:45AM, 2.5 cases of Bud, I rip out into the street. Go home and pass out till 10AM. Woke up, Bud in my room, wafting a freshly opened beer under my nose. Like smelling salts. LETS GO, he says, Everythings Loaded.
The rest of the weekend was a blurr
The rest of the weekend was a blurr
Last year - worked every night for 3-4 days on the sled until 1-2am on my M6 turbo getting it ready for Big Sky, MT. Had a couple of issues with it in MT but after some help from OVS, we got it running. I wish I could've had the turbo installed a week before so I could test it out before the trip but there was no way around it. Good thing for the backup sled was in the trailer.
This year, I'm riding a stock sled. The only thing I have to change for out West trips is the clutch weights. I still have the Better Boards to install as well as the tether, outside temp indicator, altitude indicator, and center projector beam headlight. I'm starting to get excited for the snow to fly. If I have issues out West, I will just bring the sled to the dealer and not worry about pulling the mod parts off and putting it back to stock for warranty. I'm not expecting any issues but you know how that goes.
This year, I'm riding a stock sled. The only thing I have to change for out West trips is the clutch weights. I still have the Better Boards to install as well as the tether, outside temp indicator, altitude indicator, and center projector beam headlight. I'm starting to get excited for the snow to fly. If I have issues out West, I will just bring the sled to the dealer and not worry about pulling the mod parts off and putting it back to stock for warranty. I'm not expecting any issues but you know how that goes.
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