8000 miles. This sucks.

[SumpBuster]

08 anniversary vector. Riding slow and boom. A friends sled. Wrecked the starter too.

 

[Thunder Products]

That sucks

 

[maim]

been quite a few posted this year on ty. few local guys i saw scrapping the sled on marketplace for same issue.

 

[cannondale27]

Oh man!

 

[SumpBuster]

Oh man!

been quite a few posted this year on ty. few local guys i saw scrapping the sled on marketplace for same issue.

Thought these were bulletproof...be interesting to know why..and which rod...this was the center cylinder.

 

[maim]

from the sounds of it, middle cyl was the one that let go on most of them.

 

[TrueBlue]

from the sounds of it, middle cyl was the one that let go on most of them.

So does any one now what caused this to happen.

 

[maim]

that one in the pic looks like it might have a seized wrist pin to break the rod in 1/2 like that. has anyone torn one down to see the cause? i know one of my uncles did that with a 340 enticer engine that seized the wrist pin. looked pretty similar.

 

[CaptCaper]

Riding slow. Ha. Pre slow is the question. Probably abuse and low antifreeze or low oil.

 

[SumpBuster]

that one in the pic looks like it might have a seized wrist pin to break the rod in 1/2 like that. has anyone torn one down to see the cause? i know one of my uncles did that with a 340 enticer engine that seized the wrist pin. looked pretty similar.

Possible for sure! In any case, got the 1049 in and it all works!! Thanks to Jim Henzel spa city parts, for everything needed, and a nytro gauge pod as the 08 won't work with the injected motor.

 

[SumpBuster]

Riding slow. Ha. Pre slow is the question. Probably abuse and low antifreeze or low oil.

It's been run, not abused...he doesn't let grass grow, but coolant and oil was good. It's better now with the injected 1049 anyway.

 

[pdiddy]

Just wondering if the sled was stored for any length of time maybe missed a couple seasons in a row?

 

[Metallicat]

How did you manage to have a new fuel injected engine installed so quickly? I thought it just blew up on Monday?

 

[SumpBuster]

Just wondering if the sled was stored for any length of time maybe missed a couple seasons in a row?

He got it from Pa. maybe 5 years ago, with 2000 miles on it...so not a lot of miles for an 08. We have had crappy winters but he managed to put the other 6000+ on since then.

 

[SumpBuster]

How did you manage to have a new fuel injected engine installed so quickly? I thought it just blew up on Monday?

It broke Sunday, he tore it apart Monday and had an 06 nytro with a bad starter so was going to put that in. I called Jim Henzel, spa city parts, and looked to see what Travis had in stock....well, Jim had a 2012 he just got in and the price was great for everything needed....we had it in and running yesterday. Today we did a wrp tall seat. Didn't have a compatible gauge pod as someone bought the oem 12 vector pod so it now has a nytro digital pod....!! Unique sled for sure!

Not sure how to attach a video but this is when we first fired it up yesterday. Had a code 21 but forgot to plug in the coolant plug. The wiring harness is now on the clutch side of the engine when before with the carbed 973 it was on the right. But we got it..even the single switch hand/thumb warmer, and throttle block had to be changed.