bluebullet
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Glad your O.K.
Timebomb, Glag you and the sled are o.k., I know where you are talking about been threw there myself but never went in! I remember riding alot of creeks and rivers growing up around Madrid/Waddington, they were always the best trails back then! I had a few run in's with shell ice and heard the Cracking and change in exhaust sound quite a few time but never dropped all the way down. The Viper looks awsome! Enjoy and take care, Terry
Timebomb, Glag you and the sled are o.k., I know where you are talking about been threw there myself but never went in! I remember riding alot of creeks and rivers growing up around Madrid/Waddington, they were always the best trails back then! I had a few run in's with shell ice and heard the Cracking and change in exhaust sound quite a few time but never dropped all the way down. The Viper looks awsome! Enjoy and take care, Terry
TimeBomb
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thanks bluebullet.
finally got some pics of the recovery effort on january 8th. i'm in some of the pics. i'll have to edit one and circle myself. bluebullet you'll probably recognize the bridge. my sled was right under the bridge by the wadd. boatlaunch and 37. 1st pic is from standing on the edge of the bridge looking down.
finally got some pics of the recovery effort on january 8th. i'm in some of the pics. i'll have to edit one and circle myself. bluebullet you'll probably recognize the bridge. my sled was right under the bridge by the wadd. boatlaunch and 37. 1st pic is from standing on the edge of the bridge looking down.
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03viperguy
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good pics, but never how you want to see your sled!
daman
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Gezzz.....what a sad site. 
What was the bill with thos divers???
What was the bill with thos divers???
TimeBomb
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no divers, they are in cold water suits
TimeBomb
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bad news finally came to the viper
was supposed to go riding today so i could get some miles on my sled and make sure it would be ok. my buddy showed up this morning to load it and i couldn't get it to run
. it started hard then once it was running it would barely stay running. it was running probably 30 secs and died, i changed all the spark plugs and tried again. couldn't get it to start, i probably pulled on it 20 times, it just sputtered once. must be water in the fuel pump or in the carbs or something, doesn't make sense b/c it ran fine for the 20 miles i put on it a couple of weeks ago. good news is i still went riding, just borrowed my moms 05 rx1 
so we'll hafta tear into her this weekend and figure it out.
everything was looking good until now
was supposed to go riding today so i could get some miles on my sled and make sure it would be ok. my buddy showed up this morning to load it and i couldn't get it to run
. it started hard then once it was running it would barely stay running. it was running probably 30 secs and died, i changed all the spark plugs and tried again. couldn't get it to start, i probably pulled on it 20 times, it just sputtered once. must be water in the fuel pump or in the carbs or something, doesn't make sense b/c it ran fine for the 20 miles i put on it a couple of weeks ago. good news is i still went riding, just borrowed my moms 05 rx1 so we'll hafta tear into her this weekend and figure it out.
everything was looking good until now
daman
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TimeBomb said:was supposed to go riding today so i could get some miles on my sled and make sure it would be ok. my buddy showed up this morning to load it and i couldn't get it to run
so we'll hafta tear into her this weekend and figure it out.
everything was looking good until now
thats to bad....sucks that you had to take the rx-1......NOT!!!....LOL
sandmanmike1
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Water is heavier than gas. what did you do to the fuel system. A little water in the carb and it wil run like doodoo. You make think you got it all out then here comes some more. My son decided to top off the gas tank in his 4 wheeler when he was 4 with aquafina.
at least he picked good water to do it with
03viperguy
Moderator
sorry to hear the bad news 
let us know when it all gets figured out. maybe some dirt in the gas finally plugged a jet?
let us know when it all gets figured out. maybe some dirt in the gas finally plugged a jet?
YAMAHIZAL700
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Sandmanmike, your avatar is crazy!
TimeBomb
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daman said:
actually i really wanted to take mine so i could get some miles on it, but i was glad i took the rx1. #1 - rides alot better than mine and #2 - got to do some racing so i'm glad i had it
bulldiesel
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TimeBomb
Glad to hear you are o.k and the sled is almost running well...Nice pics, it looked like quite the production...
Not to hyjack the thread but here is my water experience a few weeks back.
Fell in the lake and had a short swim..Went back to cottage with brother and got a manual winch ( come along ) and went back for the sled..Got the sled out and put it on a trailer...Took it to a warm garage and did some work...There was frozen water in the chaincase, pipe, block, etc....I pulled it hundreds of time to get moisture out of the block and kept spraying storage lube in..Drained gas from tank and drained chaincase...Got it running fine the next morning and figured I was good to go...Took it to the cottage and it would not start...Water in carbs had frozen and the fuel pump also froze..I have left it out in the cold a couple nights and so far so good...
I plan to change bearings and such in the summer...
Good luck again with yours...
A few pics of mine..In the first you can see the white of the decal at the end of the rope..
Glad to hear you are o.k and the sled is almost running well...Nice pics, it looked like quite the production...
Not to hyjack the thread but here is my water experience a few weeks back.
Fell in the lake and had a short swim..Went back to cottage with brother and got a manual winch ( come along ) and went back for the sled..Got the sled out and put it on a trailer...Took it to a warm garage and did some work...There was frozen water in the chaincase, pipe, block, etc....I pulled it hundreds of time to get moisture out of the block and kept spraying storage lube in..Drained gas from tank and drained chaincase...Got it running fine the next morning and figured I was good to go...Took it to the cottage and it would not start...Water in carbs had frozen and the fuel pump also froze..I have left it out in the cold a couple nights and so far so good...
I plan to change bearings and such in the summer...
Good luck again with yours...
A few pics of mine..In the first you can see the white of the decal at the end of the rope..
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03viperguy
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wow that sucks! what sled was that, a 99 sx?
LMAO
Who's the fella with the sheepish grin?
Who's the fella with the sheepish grin?
2001SRX=Fast
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ha WOW.
bulldiesel
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My grin, my sled.....Yes 99 SX 500
TimeBomb
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more bad luck
well not for the sled anyway. got my sled back, seems to be running fine, still NO SNOW to test it. anyways, had a 5 day trip planned to go riding up in quebec, supposed to leave today. BUT, i caught the flu that has been going around so i'm sitting this trip out. so, so far i've missed 3 trips to quebec to go riding which wouldn't be a big deal but this year it is since we haven't had enough snow to ride around here since the middle of december! i have a feeling that i'm just not supposed to ride my sled this year. should have left it in storage and waited for next year. end of febuary and i've only put 135 miles on my sled. rest of the winter doesn't look promising. just felt like venting 
just not my year
well not for the sled anyway. got my sled back, seems to be running fine, still NO SNOW to test it. anyways, had a 5 day trip planned to go riding up in quebec, supposed to leave today. BUT, i caught the flu that has been going around so i'm sitting this trip out. so, so far i've missed 3 trips to quebec to go riding which wouldn't be a big deal but this year it is since we haven't had enough snow to ride around here since the middle of december! i have a feeling that i'm just not supposed to ride my sled this year. should have left it in storage and waited for next year. end of febuary and i've only put 135 miles on my sled. rest of the winter doesn't look promising.
just felt like venting just not my year
YAMAHIZAL700
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Well at least I got you beat with a impressive 234 miles!
miles!
TimeBomb
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i hear ya. i and my buddy that sank his zr9 have the least miles on out of all our friends we ride with. i 've pretty much given up on this season. i could care less about riding my sled now, might as well put it away. i'm looking forward to spring and getting my waverunner out!!!