Blizzard Preparedness: Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!

[ls7gto]

Re: Blizzard Preparedness: Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!

Brian...i was going by the stickers....didnt even even look at the engine pics. my bad!

Liquidator= single carb
liquifire =dual carbs

if my memory is right. once again, Im probably still full of shit! ;D ;D

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Blizzard Preparedness: Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!

Doug, this biotch has the twin Mikuni carbs.

[ls7gto]

Re: Blizzard Preparedness: Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!

Doug, this biotch has the twin Mikuni carbs.

I seen that when I went back and looked at the Pics.....that is to sweet!, I rode with a friend back in high school, he on a liquifire , me on my merc sno twister. good times.

[Bamfster]

Re: Blizzard Preparedness: Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

[andy30thz]

Re: Blizzard Preparedness: Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!

Damn it Lohnes, where's the deep snow pics?!?!?!?!?

[Barry Donovan]

Re: Blizzard Preparedness: Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!

Nice sled,liquifires are pretty collectible and worth a nice chunk of change now days. Be careful taking anything out of the exhaust because you will need to rejet or you will probably seize it up,we have a couple guys that race them on our circuit.

that is a unique engine.
I would Plop a modern engine (also from the 70s) and hide the weird one..
they did that local to these. The number stayed 340, I am sure it was kawasaki that fell right in (there used to be alot of those)

My choice was 440 kawasaki. haul ass, on unleaded gas...never got to my own hacked up old sled as planned, as a 440 also fit in a 1968 sno jet. ;D

[1988montecarloss]

Re: Blizzard Preparedness: Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!

nice deere, my friend dan used to have a 72 (iirc) john deere spitfire 340. it was one of the aircooled ones with the motor sticking out of the hood

ill hopefully be acquiring a 1998 arctic cat zr500 soon to have something to do while i wait for this snow to melt :D



oh, and we need video of the john deere hoonage ;D

[ls7gto]

Re: Blizzard Preparedness: Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!

the later model JDs went to a Kawasaki engine. The JDs always seemed to handle better than most other sleds. Advertisements of the day said it was because of the engine mounted lower in the chassis for lower center of gravity.

Hmm maybe we need a " power sports " child board !

[1988montecarloss]

Re: Blizzard Preparedness: Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!

Hmm maybe we need a " power sports " child board !

^this

[TheSilverBuick]

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Yeah I'm late to the game ;D

Haha, started right off with greatness:

While weiner, clean-handed automotive bloggers were preparing breathless items about the new Kia Rio, sipping a Mochachino and working up a semi to Ken Block videos,

Then continued!

Nice write-up, there's no better way to spend the holidays than wrenching.

And yes, "and a screw driver (flathead, we're not hacks)" is the quote of the page.

Great blog, and didn't even see you mention the fact that the thing is older than you are!

[higgybrew]

Re: Blizzard Preparedness: Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!

Brian, I guess I am too late to warn you about inhaling exhaust fumes? I can now tell you that I owned a 60's MERCURY snow machine! Still have the owners manual if you need one. Have a Happy New Year! Higgy

[dmikulec]

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Real men drive antique Arctic Cat snowmobiles. Across frozen lakes. In February. ;)