Trash to Trails Update: 88 MX continued

Jason was hard at work the last few weeks. After a lot of cosmetic work on the hood and a ton of work on the motor the 88 MX is finally back together and getting the final finishing touches.

Jason managed to strip the graphics and paint off hood so he could repair the previous repair work and sand it down. He put a lot of time into this work. The key here is he did it on his own, not paying anyone to do the work. Total cost invested into fixing the hood is uner $50. Closer to $30 I think.

Here is the fully rebuilt motor. Jason found an air leak at one of the crank seals when he started the motor earlier in November. One thing led to another we were faced with the fact that we needed to rebuild the motor. We worked with a local small engines shop, Archers Small Engines, and had the rotary valve timing set while it was there, we had no idea how to do it. We ended up installing new SPX pistons and rings, new top end gasket kit, and new crank seals, all from Gamma. This motor is ready for many more years and km's of fun.

Here's the rebuilt motor in the sled getting everything hooked back up.

Here's how the sled sits now. The hood turned out pretty good. Not too bad for an amature and $30! It turned out way better than I was expecting and is a huge improvement.

I still have a few things left to do on the 86 MX, such as wiring the new heated grips and adjusting the ski alignment but hopefully, the next post will have pictures of Jason and I out riding these sleds and having some fun.