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Hey y'all!
Its been a while since I was on the forum. Last few times, I was looking for ideas to make a home made plow. I've just downloaded a few pictures of the finished (for some time now) plow and trailer.
Sorry for not sharing these pics sooner. 2009 was not a good year for me; landing gear collapsed on the Cub, plowed into a moose at night while doing 70MPH on my motorcycle, etc... Seems anything with an engine was going to mess with me...
I had also been having problems with the Argo. I did get a great deal on it when I bought it a few years ago. It came with Super tracks that had never been installed; and second set of wheels/tires to fit them on the Big Foot. Its a 2001 with a V-Twin it had less than 20 hours in 5 years the guy owned it. We all know what that means: vanish in the gas and a few breaking in issues.
Put a new battery in it, siphoned the old stinky gas and used carb and injector cleaner. It ran OK but could never set the idle or mixture properly. It ran bad when warmed up, etc. The battery never seemed to stay charged up.
I installed a switch for the fan, that helped the battery.
This winter, put the biggest and baddest battery that would fit in the compartment, knowing I was going to be plowing and that often happens at night. I also use a battery tender and keep that puppy charged up.
2 summers ago, got the carb cleaned by a small engine "specialist"... Yeah, right... I had him check all the fuel system and adjust the carb. That did not work much.
Got peaved, so decided to bite the bullet, given that I had a great deal on buying this machine, and bought a new carb. Ran great for a while, then started running weird and rough when it got warm.
I did not feel it was reliable and got me cussing a few times last winter.
Did not use it much this summer, due to my encounter with the moose (I may have forgot to mention that the ST hit the moose in the leg and my head (helmet) hit it in the ribs), I had a bit of trouble with balance, memory and my dominant hand (right) is still not right after 8 months...
I wanted to use the Argo for getting out back and plowing, so I had to fix the pending issues. First, I tried to install an electric fuel pump because the symptoms all resembled fuel starvation. That did not work and I had already changed the fuel pump 2 years ago when I changed the carb. I decided to change the fuel lines. That turned out to be a good idea; the line was hard and looked like it would crack and be brittle. Also decided to take the fuel tank out and have a closer look. That is a bitch when you've only got one hand. That too was a great idea; the pick up tube was obstructed with a black plug that must have been 3/4" long. Looked like tar, it was that varnish and debris. I emptied the tank and then slushed it with new gas and disposed of that too; cleaned out the pick up tube and the thing runs great!!!
Fresh oil, filters, gear oil, etc, it runs smooth and loving it more.
I just wanted to share the good news with you all.
Check out the pics in my gallery.
Have a great 2010 everybody.
Grizz
Man i was always worried about hitting a deer but a moose wow. good to see you got your 6x6 fixed. i am hopeing to get to mine in the next couple weeks it is snowed in at the cabin. tc Marshall
Must be something about the plastic in the argo tank.. my '97 when new never did run right 'till I pulled the tank and got the pine sap like goo out of it.
Good to hear you are alive Grizz, them moose are tough! on the equipment & body parts.
My brother & I expierienced the same symptoms (bad running engine, not the moose thing) 3 years ago on an older magnum, 18 hp koler, we pulled the tank & found SNOT in the pickup tube, replaced ALL the fuel lines, they seemed to be shedding small black particulate matter that we caught in a 2nd fuel filter we installed just before the carb, bypassed the old mechanical fuel pump with an electric one, then finally rebuilding the carb, might not have needed to do this this step, but we cleaned out an awful lot a very fine black specs, assume it came from the older fuel lines. Anyway, its been running great for the last 2 years with no fuel/carb issues. I bought a 99 conquest last year & already had the carb off the 20 hp Kaw checking & monitoring for the same issues.
Just reading your post triggered my memory, on our own frustration with trying one thing at a time with only temporary relief until we sat down & tore it all apart & going through the fuel stystem one end to the other, thoroughly!!
Thanks for the replies guys.
I've been reading posts about pulling, especially with tracks. We have the tracks running the right way, my surprise came when I saw comments about tires being of different circumference. I had noticed that, in fact, not just with the runamucks, but with the BigFoot tires too. I left a note in my service manual and will fix for tracks next season and when installing the big tires for the summer.
One thing I found is that not many dealers know how to adjust or tune these things. I spoke to a few that really know their stuff, but they are a good distance away. Folks seem to know more about the 4 wheelers. Thank God for this forum; everyone has been very helpful in sharing the hits and misses.
Thanks,
Grizz
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