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What's my Nytro motor worth? Please help!

justinkredible56

justinkredible56

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Now I know what your thinking to yourself "Not another one of these threads!" but unfortunately your exactly right.

I totaled my snowmobile and was contacted by a company that makes custom boats. They are interested in buying my nytro motor. From the sounds of it they are going to try and low ball me big time. I'm wondering what a used nytro motor with around 1300 miles along with fuel injection/starter/wiring harness/oil tank/and radiator would be worth?

Doing research I haven't seen a lot of them up for sale but I did find one that was listed for 4k which I think might be a little steep.

Any input would be appreciated...I need to make as much as possible off this sled to help pay for a new one.

Thanks,
-Justin P.
 
I have purchased a few over the last 3 years and paid $2800 for the lowest and $3800 for the highest. These are all complete motors in like new condition. Hope this gives you some guidelines.
 
You should not take less than $3500 for all of that. The motor typically goes for $2000 to $2500 alone.

justinkredible56 said:
Now I know what your thinking to yourself "Not another one of these threads!" but unfortunately your exactly right.

I totaled my snowmobile and was contacted by a company that makes custom boats. They are interested in buying my nytro motor. From the sounds of it they are going to try and low ball me big time. I'm wondering what a used nytro motor with around 1300 miles along with fuel injection/starter/wiring harness/oil tank/and radiator would be worth?

Doing research I haven't seen a lot of them up for sale but I did find one that was listed for 4k which I think might be a little steep.

Any input would be appreciated...I need to make as much as possible off this sled to help pay for a new one.

Thanks,
-Justin P.
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There is a short track for sale here for 4500, buy it and rebuild it, sell the motor to offset the rebuild.
 
Linc said:
There is a short track for sale here for 4500, buy it and rebuild it, sell the motor to offset the rebuild.
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Well it seems the stars have aligned for me just in time! The parts that are needed to get my sled put back together and running I have found for real cheap. So when it's all said and done I might have a paid off sled that runs for about 6-700 bucks! That's where I'm headed as of right now. I'll try and keep you guys updated this might be one of the cheapest rebuilds you guys have ever seen!

-Justin
 
Things went better than expected.... After the existing loan on the sled was paid off, the salvage value of the sled, and my deductible were all subtracted from the market value, I ended up with a 300 dollar check and a totaled snowmobile.

The company that contacted me about purchasing my motor was thinking they would be able to get the whole sled from me for about 1200 bucks then re-coop the money by parting it out what they didn't need. The maximum they were willing to go, after they found out I did my homework, was 2500 for all of the listed parts above. I decided it was worth more to me to just rebuild the sled.

I needed a new tunnel. I found a used one for 100 bucks. The front end is damaged but it's still very ride able. The rear suspension, and rails surprisingly looked decent. I broke my handlebars and found a used ski-doo handle bar for 20 bucks locally. My front shocks were fine but I had a chance to buy a brand new pair of 2010 fox float 2's for 350 bucks. Around 80 dollars in tools/materials to do the job. For a estimated grand total of 550. Take away the 300 from the insurance company and basically I spent $250 dollars and have a paid off sled that will get me by the rest of the season.

This summer I will need to replace my sub-frame and lower a-arms/steering (or tie?) rods, probably replace my rear suspension with a k-mod or timbersled whichever is stronger, and buy some new hand warmers (preferably some that work).

I'm pretty happy about how everything worked out. From what I thought was one of the worst days in my life may have turned out for the better in the long run. My sled has a branded title now so has no resale value, but I never planned on selling it anyways!

Here are a few pictures of the process and finished product. I did the entire tunnel swap in my apartment complex's stair well! :) It took about 24 hours to complete but that is including drive time to pick up miscellaneous parts/tools etc.

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I have a couple of questions:

Now that I have the different tunnel on there, my sled shows a different VIN number than is on the registration and title. What do I do there?

Also in the process of transferring the hand warmers to the new handlebars I broke them. Now my sled won't stop showing error code 81-hand warmer malfunction. I've tried unplugging them but can't seem to get the code to go away. Anyone have any ideas on how to do this?
 
don't know if things in the u.s. work the same as here, but when i went through the same situation, i had to go to the police station to explain my case and they filled out a form which i brought to the license bureau which they used to print up a special set of ownerships. like you, can't sell the sled but at least it's legal if you get pulled over. as far as the warmers go, see if you can bypass them by unplugging both sides and plugging them together to make a loop. i've had to do this on sensors before which rely on a ground, basically connected both sides together and the sensor thinks its reading an A-ok situation. Not sure if it would work on the warmers though... just an idea. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than myself will be able to confirm or disprove it.
 
Careful doing that as it would cause a dead short and at least blow a fuse or smoke an ECM.
 
Well I thought the same thing as HDEMWET and I wound the two wires together on each hand grip. It didn't fix the code. I checked my fuses afterwards and everything is alright.

Now what I did to fix the problem is go to Radioshack and purchase some 10ohm 1/2 wat resistors. I wired one into the wires of each handwarmer connection and bingo, no more code.

Just sharing my information in case anyone else was trying to do the same thing.
 
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