October 2007
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Setting up carbs
Posted October 29th 2007
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Well it has been a long time since I've had to work on carbs but I seem to remember well. I got the throttle cable and choke cable Saturday so I spent some time cleaning them up and then got the throttle set. I also set the carbs back to the factory settings. But I need to stop at the dealer and pick up some plungers for the chokes as well as some jets. I also got a fuel pump to go with my cables. So Now I need to start removing EFI parts in order to fit the carbs in place when they are finally ready.
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Day at work?
Posted October 15th 2007
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Well with very little going on at work today I sat down and looked up many of the parts I'd need to do the conversion from EFI to carbs. Let's put it this way, I racked up a $300 bill, mostly because of the extras I remembered I needed to take care of. Like the suspension, many of the bearings are shot and some of the idler wheels need to be replaced. Plus last year due to my absent mindedness, I lost a rear ilder because I didn't tighten down one of the bolts on the rear axle. Luckily a Artic Cat dealer up on Silver Lake healped us out. So I need to get some parts and stuff and take care of that. Plus I want to see if I can get the speedometer to work this year. Last season I continually broke the key over and over. I replaced both bearings and still broke it over and over. I may see if the driveshaft got bent, which I would find hard to believe, however that's all I have left. Other than that, I will be concentrating on making my sled reliable for the upcoming season, last year was dreadful as far as the amount of miles I put on...
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What to do...
Posted October 15th 2007
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Well today I'll be stopping by the Polaris dealer to pick up some mains and pilots for the carbs I'm going to throw in the RXL. Before I go out there though I want to make sure there's really nothing else I need from there. I'm not even sure if the plungers for the chokes are still with these carbs, cause it's been almost a year and a half since I bought these carbs. The carbs are off of a 1996 Polaris Ultra, so they are 38mm standard, however the previous owner bored them to 39mm. Also I need to search Dennis Kirk for some suspension parts. I noticed a few bogie wheels starting to go. But I just need to take the time to do this stuff, I've been working a lot of overtime lately and haven't been able to do much work on the sled.
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RXL Repair List...
Posted October 12th 2007
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#1. Convert to carbs
This will require a few things. Three new carb boots. Three 38mm carbs, a few jet sizes 300, and 290's. A nipple for the pulse line to the fuel pump(s). Throttle cable, choke cable. A lot of wiring to remove.
#2. Replace steering post
Last season I noticed that the steering post had an area sheered off, I'm not sure how important it is, but it may be very important.
#3. Confirm the driveshaft is straight and possibly replace.
I keep breaking off speedo pins, and both bearings have been swapped, I'm just not sure what I could be messing up if I truly am messing it up.
#4. Clean it up and ride it like it's stolen
Self Explanatory.
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RXL Decision
Posted October 12th 2007
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Well last year my sled quit on me when I was about 150 mi from our destination. Real good. But I've been thinking of the problem all summer trying to figure it out. The relays engage and everything, but the fuel pump doesn't fire. For a while I've been thinking and trying to relate certain performance behaviors as well. I always attributed it to poor clutching until last season when I tried every combination in the book. But no matter what combination the sled bogged in certain acceleration situations. So after the sled quit the fuel pump refused to run although it still had voltage to run. All the grounds are good on the sled, and all the wiring is intact. The conclusion I've come to is that the fuel pump is done. Possibly a bearing failed or something, I'm not sure. The sled does have 8000+ miles on it. So here's the decision, do I swap in a new fuel pump and continue with the EFI or should I drop in carbs and go for the sure thing? My thoughts are to go for the sure thing, this ensures that when I want to ride I'm ready to go... If the sled runs the entire year and runs good, it will get an overhaul next year and be my fun sled, and I'll get a new sled for trail riding...
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My Truck
Posted October 8th 2007
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Well this last week my truck began to leak fuel on hte ground. So I looked around for the easy fix hoping a hose was cracked or something. Nope, of course the fuel tank has a pin hole in it at the lowest spot on the tank! Now I drive a 1992 S-10 Pickup. 15 years old is not good, in fact that's how the pin hole got there in the first place, the tank rusted through just barely. So I take it to my parents on Saturday morning and begin taking it apart. First I break off the fuel tank strap, then I break the steel piping on the sending unit. Then the lock ring is rusted tight in there. So I go to order the parts hoping for one day shipping on all the parts. The fuel tank arrives in one day, the sending unit arrives in one day, the tank straps arrive in one day. But, the lock ring for the sending unit is 2-3 days shipping. Hmmm, they have the fuel pump in stock which requires you to pull the sending unit off the tank along with the lock ring to replace the fuel pump. Does this make sense that those parts would not be in stock? Whatever.
