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My dealer has ordered the optional radiator package from Yamaha for the VK Pro. I will get the part number and description for it tomorrow and pass the information on to everyone. The owner of my dealership (All Around Power in St. Johnsbury, Vermont) took my sled out for three hours of...

I chose the current location because there was already a hole in the skidframe that I could use, and a second hole above it for the eye hook to hang the scratcher while not in use. And in this location I was able to stay away from any of the wheels. I just had this image of this very flexible...

Overheating problems again I overheated again three times today. Conditions - zero degrees F, hardpack trail conditions, running with my fan switch on the whole time, and two sets of ice scratchers engaged, pulling the G2 with teeth engaged. I did my regular 5Km loop today four times, got...

My dealer said it's a 60/40 mix right now. We'll see what happens tomorrow. We've got hardpack conditions again and I need to do about 6 hours of grooming with my knives down to create somewhat skiable conditions for the usual weekend crowd.

Scratchers Installed In Vermont the temperatures were above 40 degrees yesterday and we had a good bit of rain. Now we are dipping back down in the 20s, and I'll have a couple of challenging grooming days coming up trying to churn up this hardpack/ice layer. In preparation I installed two...

BAD GAS Thanks every one for your help. Turns out Maim had the right idea - bad gas. We started suspecting this when we remembered that one of our cars had a case of bad gas in the last week and we got our snowmobile gas from the same place. So went back out to the VK Pro with...

Thanks Grizzly, I agree. Since Yamaha says that their low gear can be run up to 50mph, that's way more than I need. I could use a low gear that runs up to about 25 mph. That would give me enough headroom between my usual grooming speeds of 6 to 12 mph, and hopefully not kill my gas...

Long day grooming It was 25 degrees out and we had 4 inches of fresh snow from last night. I took the VK Pro out with the G2 groomer for a long grooming run - about 7 hours. The morning session was fine. I started with the easy trails and finished all of them by lunch. In the afternoon...

OK you are looking for a really firm trail. In Vermont that would be easy. We get a lot of mixed conditions, like today we started out with 4 hours of sleet and freezing rain. To get your desired conditions, I would have gone out the day before and packed the trails hard, then the freezing...

Being able to plow snow off the trail? I haven't heard that type of request before. Here in Vermont and I'm sure in the Midwest, we've been harvesting any snow we get through many tough winters. Instead of plowing it, have you thought about packing it repeatedly. Sure would build your...

Lots of good ideas to get the air out - thanks everyone I'll try a few this week. Eric I will definitely try doing your trick using the brake and getting into reverse. There must be a story about how you discovered that one. I was setting track today for my XC ski trails and had a lot...

Re: Vk Thanks SusitnaAk, A lot of things are pointing to trapped air, or something bad with the electronics/sensors/indicators. I'll keep watching it closely, looking into the suggestions from this forum, and working with my dealer to get it resolved. One thing I want to point out to any...

The overheat light went on today. So here's another clue. I was out grooming today. 28 degrees, powder surface on the trails after all the snow recently that I'm still working. Decided to step through my grooming implements instead of hooking on the heavy one first. So I started out...

Thanks for the ideas Tom and Greg, I definitely read the thread about the other Yamaha sledder who had their fan direction reversed coming out of the factory. I need to check mine. I haven't noticed when my fan comes on. I only notice it turning off when I kill the engine after it has...

Strange overheat again today Today I went out packing the 15 inches of snow we have gotten in the last 2 days in Vermont. The first 5 inches were wet and dense, the last 10 inches were pure powder. Outside temperature around 27 degrees. I thought about pulling my roller behind the VK...

Cooling Solutions I'm working through my various fixes to my overheating problems. 1. I took the vent cover off a while back and had pictures of that. 2. Today my dealer set up a switch to my fan. In the off position the fan works like normal with the thermostat. In the on...

Murphyslaw - I really like this idea. This way I don't have to mess with the wiring on the regular fan and trying to figure out how to make it work with the thermostat. A second fan wired independently with a simply switch on the dash - sounds like a winner.

Yeti - your location is slightly north of mine, but the conditions may be similar. Did you have your jets tuned any differently than what they came from the factory? Jack-shaft - I'll pass on details about any type of radiator update that I can get out of my dealer. Tribrkr - Thanks -...

Hey Yeti, I'm running about a 60/40 mix. Time for some water wetter next which someone has said will lower the temperature another 10 - 20 degrees.

Overheating problems again Tough conditions down here in Vermont today. In the last 24 hours we had one inch of snow, one inch of sleet or freezing rain, and finally just a little snow on top. Today temperatures were right around freezing. These are the toughest grooming conditions for...