Thought I´d make a new thread about my 96 vmax-4 st mountain max, as this is the first of my projects and it will need the most attention.
Well it all begun when I bought this 96 model. I had not seen the sled, only the pictures presented in this thread:'what to look for
As I got the sled it looked a lot worse than I had imagined. The seller had not "chatted it up", but I feel like he wasn´t totally honest about its condition either.
There were supposed to be 1 crack in the hood, but I have found at least 6. There were parts missing, like the bottom half of the left knee joint, there were something weird with the recoil starter etc etc.
Today I started tearing it apart. Here are some pictures:
As it was.
With new windscreen (it did not come with the sled..)
two cracks
Two more inside the vents
One across the nose
And one on the other side
a bit abused side panels, but fixable.
next to its ten year younger brother.. also note the missing knee joint.
Started tearing into it
Airboxes removed. All the white tabs are accounted for. Plugs looked ok. Two were moist.
Funky recoil starter..
Reason why: this claw was digging into the plastic of the starter mechanism (also see next picture..). Also note missing piece of metal in front of the casting/block. Why is that??
Well it all begun when I bought this 96 model. I had not seen the sled, only the pictures presented in this thread:'what to look for
As I got the sled it looked a lot worse than I had imagined. The seller had not "chatted it up", but I feel like he wasn´t totally honest about its condition either.
There were supposed to be 1 crack in the hood, but I have found at least 6. There were parts missing, like the bottom half of the left knee joint, there were something weird with the recoil starter etc etc.
Today I started tearing it apart. Here are some pictures:
As it was.
With new windscreen (it did not come with the sled..)
two cracks
Two more inside the vents
One across the nose
And one on the other side
a bit abused side panels, but fixable.
next to its ten year younger brother.. also note the missing knee joint.
Started tearing into it
Airboxes removed. All the white tabs are accounted for. Plugs looked ok. Two were moist.
Funky recoil starter..
Reason why: this claw was digging into the plastic of the starter mechanism (also see next picture..). Also note missing piece of metal in front of the casting/block. Why is that??
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