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Here is a video I took before I impaled my finger. I ended up going to the doctor the next day because my finger was turning funky colors and feeling numb. The doctor said it was a good thing I came in because it was infected and I actually broke the bone in the tip of my finger. A splint, pain kill...

Well I fired it up for the first time since cleaning the carbs and it was nearly a disaster. It started fine and actually idled nicley for a bit but then suddenly the rpms kept rising on there own until the sled took off and out the garage- unfortunatly the door was closed and it wacked it. I was ab...

THIS IS WHEN YAMAHA DRIVES YA TO DRINK. MY 83 AS STOCK 8U9 CARBS. NO NEEDLES ON CHOKES. 3:16 (yammie tony) Ha! That may be my problem - I'm usually drinking when I'm working on it! My sled has a primer installed on it so maybe I should just use that instead of the enrichener/choke? Just leave the p...

I found the answer to my question about plunger operation with a little internet research.

http://wiki.bssd.org/index.php/Starter_enrichment_valve

yeah its been awhile since i have had my 84 carbs apart but im pretty sure i have the needles and it runs just fine. The chokes might need adjusted. i have mine adjusted so that the sprint just barely has compression on it when they are put together. I tried to adjust them according to manual but I...

could I just remove the pin from the plunger or are the correct plungers different on the ends?

thanks for the reply. The carbs do have holes for the needles.

I will put it together tonight and fire her up and hopefully the bog is gone after cleaning the carbs although they looked clean to begin with.

Here is a short video of the hestitation or bog I'm trying to fix. Once I get the rpms up it runs great but I have to feather the throttle to get it going. This was taken at the end of last year and I have since cleaned the carbs but havn't started it yet until I find out if the enrichener plungers ...

Thanks for the help. How about these enrichener plungers- are they the right ones? I've see two different kinds- ones with the needles on the ends and ones without. When I bought the sled it had one of each installed so I bought this replacement cable. http://s7.postimage.org/o64mu99zr/DSC05418.jpg

I have an '86 with a low end bog so I took the carbs off to clean them.

Can anybody tell me if these ports look modified?

Funny you should ask- we had our first snow flakes in the air today and I thought about uncovering the Vmax and firing her up. I never did get to ride it last year except around the yard because of lack of snow. I fogged the cylinders and drained the gas last fall and havn't touched it since. I had ...

I bought an old car so I decided to sell my Max to help pay for the restoration. I previously sold this on ebay but the guy was from West Virginia of all places and he never completed the deal. I have it on craigslist so you can go there to see the full description. First $1000 takes it but I am fir...

I relisted this sled on ebay because the buyer kept giving me excuses about picking up the sled so I cancelled the deal.

ebay listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/?cmd=Vie ... ESELX%3AIT

By the way - the weather sucks this year!!! We finally got about 6" of snow last Sunday and then it was 55 degrees yesterday so it's all gone. I feel bad for all the businesses that depend on snowmobilers- they are really having it rough this year. I'm supposed to go on a snowmobile trip next w...

The strange thing is the high bidder so far is a guy from West Virginia - I asked him what he was going to do with it but I havn't heard back. I think the bid right now is still a good deal considering it has a brand new $400 primary clutch, new $150 seat cover (with labor), new $100 windshield, $10...