Haaa. My grandfather had one of those and I remember going Ice spearing with him as a child, we would ride that beast out to the tar paper shack on lake Michigan. Thanks for popping those memories back in...
I bought one exactly like yours back in the early 90s. Guy i worked with had it sitting in a barn for many years. Sold it to me for 12 dollars. Lol It was in really nice shape didn't take me long to rebuild the carb and replace gas lines. Ran great for about 5 minutes then it would die. I tried everything i could think of and gave up on it until I ran into this old boy ice fishing out on lake superior. He knew what it was right away. Crank seal's were bad. Changed them and I had so much fun on that old sled. Another thing i wish I would have kept.
The "W" on that sealed beam headlight stand's for Westinghouse, Westinghouse had several patents in the late 1800's one of which was air brakes for trains, another was for A.C. current electricity, Nikola Tesla was one of his employees who actually invented A.C. current, and Thomas Edison invented D.C. current, and they were rivals of one another.
Im a new subscriber as of yesterday when your video poped up ! Enjoying your video's, thank you for saving history of these old sleds! Peace and love brother, MMFC. Turtle
Great job , i subscribed today, I would love to have an old sled to tinker on and ride. I had a Sno-Jet 1973 or 76 SST 340 I loved that old girl course I was 14 now I'm 60. I would much rather have a single cylinder like that one though. JeffinMaine
I just picked up a 70 boa ski last week it has the exact same engine and exhaust setup even the tunnel looks eerily similar the handlebars were also identical except with red boa ski grips seems all these manufacturers were using a lot of the same parts and rebranding them as different sleds very cool though
That’s because Boa Ski was build just a few miles down the road from Sno-Jet and I read that they did share some parts early on including using the Sno-Jet Hood and modifying it for their use.
that blue monster sounds like the old moto-ski 338 zephyr i used to drive when i was younger 45 years ago. those 338s were pretty tough. 28 hp i beleive.
Make sure you take apart primary clutch and grease the spring. Was supposed to be done after 5 hours of riding. Grew up driving one of these. Date code on battery is on side. Little round sticker. first letter is month A-January B-February, second number is year was made
Another GREAT video! Many years ago, I was walking a creek bed fishing and came upon an old Sno- Jet very similar to the one in your video. It was almost completely disintegrated but the hood was still intact. I always wondered what the story was behind that sled. Did it break down at that spot and the owner just left it there? I’ll never know…
i looked up that beast of a sno-jet 230 model and apparently its got a massive 372 hirth. a ton of torque. you probably could tow a car with it. i would hook up a small sled and go get some firewood with it in the woods. hp was about 28-32 give or take. that tiilitson is probably a 38 mm. run non ethanol if you can find some.
Haaa. My grandfather had one of those and I remember going Ice spearing with him as a child, we would ride that beast out to the tar paper shack on lake Michigan. Thanks for popping those memories back in...
I bought one exactly like yours back in the early 90s. Guy i worked with had it sitting in a barn for many years. Sold it to me for 12 dollars. Lol It was in really nice shape didn't take me long to rebuild the carb and replace gas lines. Ran great for about 5 minutes then it would die. I tried everything i could think of and gave up on it until I ran into this old boy ice fishing out on lake superior. He knew what it was right away. Crank seal's were bad. Changed them and I had so much fun on that old sled. Another thing i wish I would have kept.
We had a 15 hp 67, then a 23 hp 69 that was in the shop weekly then a 70 27 hp single cylinder Sachs engine that never saw the shop. Great memories
I’m surprised how good of shape this sled is in. Plus it’s very complete.
The "W" on that sealed beam headlight stand's for Westinghouse, Westinghouse had several patents in the late 1800's one of which was air brakes for trains, another was for A.C. current electricity, Nikola Tesla was one of his employees who actually invented A.C. current, and Thomas Edison invented D.C. current, and they were rivals of one another.
That's awesome brother you got that old releck running & looking great! Peace and love brother, MMFC. Turtle
Those 230s are very rare sleds I've only ever seen one in person
Im a new subscriber as of yesterday when your video poped up ! Enjoying your video's, thank you for saving history of these old sleds! Peace and love brother, MMFC. Turtle
I enjoyed this video. Looking forward to running SS 396. I am in Bristol, NH.
Great job , i subscribed today, I would love to have an old sled to tinker on and ride. I had a Sno-Jet 1973 or 76 SST 340 I loved that old girl course I was 14 now I'm 60. I would much rather have a single cylinder like that one though. JeffinMaine
Had the same engine on a 69 motoski zypher.lower rod bearing went out,so i ended up putting a ccw 440 twin on it.
now you get to grease all the bogies and the rear suspension bearings ☺
The older sled just had some type of resoanter for the carbs but my rotax never had a filter per say.
hello from Chichester Nh! just found your channel love the older sleds
Thanks for watching!
I just picked up a 70 boa ski last week it has the exact same engine and exhaust setup even the tunnel looks eerily similar the handlebars were also identical except with red boa ski grips seems all these manufacturers were using a lot of the same parts and rebranding them as different sleds very cool though
That’s because Boa Ski was build just a few miles down the road from Sno-Jet and I read that they did share some parts early on including using the Sno-Jet Hood and modifying it for their use.
nice job sweet
that blue monster sounds like the old moto-ski 338 zephyr i used to drive when i was younger 45 years ago. those 338s were pretty tough. 28 hp i beleive.
Make sure you take apart primary clutch and grease the spring. Was supposed to be done after 5 hours of riding. Grew up driving one of these.
Date code on battery is on side. Little round sticker. first letter is month A-January B-February, second number is year was made
No sticker on the side of the battery I looked
Another GREAT video! Many years ago, I was walking a creek bed fishing and came upon an old Sno- Jet very similar to the one in your video. It was almost completely disintegrated but the hood was still intact. I always wondered what the story was behind that sled. Did it break down at that spot and the owner just left it there? I’ll never know…
i looked up that beast of a sno-jet 230 model and apparently its got a massive 372 hirth. a ton of torque. you probably could tow a car with it. i would hook up a small sled and go get some firewood with it in the woods. hp was about 28-32 give or take. that tiilitson is probably a 38 mm. run non ethanol if you can find some.
Sweet
westinghouse is my guess on the oem headlight
1 cylinder Hirths seem less troublesome than 2 cylinder other just fouling plugs shaking allot.
Use your bar code scanner on your phone on battery
Looks like a starjet basic model
@56:41 DELOREAN!
Did a review on it a couple videos ago!
O-C = open and closed 😊
Wow I’m dumb 😂😂
Shes a beaut
Looks mint! .....Whats the boat in the garage?
Old wooden Chris craft my buddy is “renting” the bay from me to work on it the past couple months
Would you like a lens for that taillight? I can send u one.
why sound is so bad I barely can hear him talk