Dreadnaught
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So this past week, from last sunday to wednesday, i went on vacation to the family property in northern michigan. i took my highlift and the Savvy along for the ride. I get up there sunday night at about 6, eat dinner with the folks, unpack my junk, and go to bed for the night. so far so good. monday rolls around, i get out the highlift after we go four wheelin for the morning. there is a ton of cool places to test out the new driveshafts from JunFac i put in there. about 1/2 way through my 5000mah battery, it locks out the front end and starts grinding horribly (start of the bad luck) i pick it up and look underneath and lo and behold, the front pinion (which is a crappy 2 piece design) came apart and the pinion gear was bouncing around in the case. so, being rather ****ed off about this, i just set it back down and drive it all the way back up to the porch to start working on the savvy. a month or so ago, i broke the original pullstart cord for the second time. so i just bought a new one. i get that put on and she fires right up on the 2nd pull. idles smooth, but has low power and intermittent stumbling, which was a combination of the fuel and the glow plug. i decide to not ruin a new plug with the nasty fuel so i just ease into it to get it moving and it does alright that way. i'm driving this on the beach and there is a puddle i didnt know about and sure enough i drive straight into it. this puddle was deep enough to submerge the savvy up the the seam in the radio box (all electronics are fine, thank God), and it kinda has this floating thing going on so it can't even pull itself out. so i get it and run the rest of the tank with no problems. i call it a day cus we are getting ready to go to dinner. the next day it thunder stormed all day, so i didn't get any r/cing done that day. wednesday rolls around and i have the savvy packed up with (i though) everything i needed to run. we get over to our property (we are staying in a rented cabin cus we have no building up yet) and i break the savvy out and sure enough i forgot the glow igniter. so i pack it all back up, and get back around to the cabin and pack up to leave. about 15 minutes before i have to get moving to catch the ferry, i decide to get the savvy out again. i get the igniter on, prime it, and pull the cord once, no fire, pull it again, SNAP!. BRAND NEW CORD BROKE!!!! i was bad word. the savvy is still in the back of the truck, and i really don't feel like rebuilding the pullstart. so when i buy a new one, i am buying 2. that way i have a backup.
anyone want a rebuildable pullstart? haha. :sniper2:
anyone want a rebuildable pullstart? haha. :sniper2: