Recent content by skiroule

Picked up about 5" in Lake of the Woods county last week and have gotten 2 - 3" since, with a little more on the way next week. It's enough that they have been dragging the trails and expect them to start grooming next week. Think a lot of us are getting the sense that this may be a more...

Nice pics! Very cool to see riding to be had further south again.

There was mild profanity during the dash install. Except for the small console extension, it is all one piece and you have figure out what can be hooked up after it is in place and what needs to be hooked up before then. As they say, it builds character. Gary, it does look like a fuel gauge but...

Got enough done on the Chaparral this week to be able to fire it back up. Still runs and sounds good. The dash that came on the sled was kind of a hack job. The bottom half had been sawed off and it had no instrumentation, not even an ignition switch. The seller threw in an extra dash so the...

Great post Gary! Very cool recap of the year in photos. I always enjoy the photos that people post and hope to see more as we move into a new year.

Strohs - It was fire brewed! This dash is stamped “110573”. Makes me think about the person that applied this stamp back in 73. I’m sure they had no idea that someone would run across this very stamp 52 years later.

I have been pushing hard the last few weeks. I’m literally out in the shop every day that I’m not working at the hardware store. My wife has suggested that I move out there but then, she makes that suggestion regularly, whether I’m working on sleds or not. I did do a test fit of the...

A few more pieces added to the SSX. It’s getting a little crowded in the shop. Here’s one for you guys that are mechanically curious. I don’t think it’s unusual for motors to have dual vacuum pulse ports but the ports on this motor are 3/8” in diameter. Cripes, what were they planning to...

Awesome! She makes me really look forward to our first great-grand daughter this summer. Can't wait!

Great info Gary. "The K Man", I like it. As Gary pointed out, Brut was the first manufacturer out of the gate with a liquid cooled sled and whether the engineers at Chaparral were coincidentally working on the same concept or paying attention to what Brut was doing, they did their homework. In...

I will be pulling a couple of shifts at the hardware store this weekend so nothing will happen in the shop until sometime next week. Given that, I put in a little shop OT today. Re-installed most of the stuff I had removed and it all went back together as expected. Always good. The motor had...

Oh yes, Lefse is an annual thing for Christmas. We have all the equipment to make it, so fresh, hot Lefse is a treat to look forward to. Add butter, sugar, roll it, and enjoy.

Been checking Scott's very cool Shackie snowstick live cam site on a regular basis. Looks like it's pushing up on 12" but I suspect there will be more by morning.

Gary, I'm a fan of all 5 but like you, I've never seen mac & cheese on the Thanksgiving table. Since it's usually just the two of us for dinner now, we've pared back the menu to the basics - Turkey, stuffing, gravy, and this year, green bean casserole. Still qualifies as a feast. Happy...

I'm still too full to move out of the recliner so an update of sorts is about all I’ll accomplish tonight. The SSX is torn down about as far as it will get and some cleanup has gotten done. There’s no reason to suspect any issues with the motor or drive train so neither of those will be pulled...