Thursday, December 30, 2010

Weird Weather

Woke up to a big change in the weather...rainy and 36 degrees F.   Making for a fine mess with the snow that was on the ground.   To quote a cliche', That's Michigan weather!

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Putting it all together...........

Going to put the stator and flywheel back on first, and anything else that I can do before putting the motor back in the chassis.  Once that motor is in there are many hard to reach places!

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Rusty clutch bolt

Unfortunately when the snowmobile chassis was stored, I left the long clutch bolt sitting in the belly pan of the sled.   Now it's covered with rust.   I have it soaking in PB blaster, and have been periodically taking a scotch brite pad to it.   Some of the rust has come off, but the threads are proving difficult.   I don't want to take a wire brush to it since as I do not want to destroy any of the threads.   I will try a soft bristle brush, maybe an old toothbrush, and see how that works.

Monday, December 27, 2010

Find the parts....

Well, since it is a year later I am playing the ever fun game of find the parts....somehow over the year a few parts came up missing.  I thought I was being meticulous in bagging and taggings the parts, screws, bolts, but alas, I guess not.    I went to our local snowmobile and cycle salvage yard - Slick's in Mason Michigan, and picked up a grommet for the stator wiring harness as well as some motor mount bolts.   Hopefully that's everything!   I plan on starting the re-assemble this week so I soon shall know.....

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Let's try again!

Here it is almost a year later with no progress, but I will finish it this time! Stay tuned...