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Offline 223Larry

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New to me Quad
« on: October 01, 2010, 05:56:34 PM »
Pickup this up on craiglist for 50. bucks. Was in parts ,had to put the side covers back on.The owner said it was over heating.Had a crack in the carburetor boot going into the head.Hose clamp fix.Smokes a little when started up after that stops.Still has original tires.It's a  95 yamaha moto-4 350  2 wheel drive.
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Re: New to me Quad
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2010, 06:17:40 PM »
were those air or water cooled? im thinkin air cooled. could the lean condition caused by the intake leak of caused the over heating?if water cooled a lot of times the thermostatatic switch would go out and we just hooked the fan up on a toggle switch.looks like a heck of a buy. ive bought some old wheelers like that and drove them for years. the ones that didnt work out i would part them out over the winter on ebay and ussually came out way ahead of what i had in them. good luk with it!
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Re: New to me Quad
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2010, 06:22:55 PM »
Oil cooler and shaft drive.I camoed  it and welded some ammo cans to the back rack.thanks
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Re: New to me Quad
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2010, 01:13:36 AM »
i had a warrior with that same motor in it that i ran for years. I ran the crap out of it and it to smoked when first started and used a bit of oil but it still ran strong and was reliable. It ended up burning in my barn fire or it still would be going im sure.
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Re: New to me Quad
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2010, 04:31:15 AM »
Ah the Moto-4.   There were a couple of those in different displacements if I recall correctly.  I had one in a 200 Moto-4.   Great machines.  $50.00 is hard to beat.
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Re: New to me Quad
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2010, 05:40:04 PM »
Thanks for all replys .Lost my job at after 26 years , Hesheys went to mexico .Can't aford a new quad .This one will work out great for me .Thanks
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Re: New to me Quad
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2010, 07:54:43 AM »
Hershey's went to Mexico???  Do you mean the chocolate making company?  Tell me that it isn't true!   
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Re: New to me Quad
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2010, 09:33:56 AM »
Quote from: markc on October 05, 2010, 07:54:43 AM
Hershey's went to Mexico???  Do you mean the chocolate making company?  Tell me that it isn't true!   

If i were not diabetic i would stop eating it !
refried choc YUCK !
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Re: New to me Quad
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2010, 03:25:05 PM »
That Yamaha 350 will run for a long time.  Try running thicker oil like 15w-40 (rotella) in it.  It might help seal the rings up.  Losing your job just sucks.  I wish it would happen to everyone once.  Maybe the executives would try harder before cutting folks.
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Re: New to me Quad
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2010, 05:56:37 AM »
Run syn. oil and add about a quater of the vol. syn lucas oil treatment.
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Re: New to me Quad
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2010, 05:39:36 PM »
Quote from: markc on October 05, 2010, 07:54:43 AM
Hershey's went to Mexico???  Do you mean the chocolate making company?  Tell me that it isn't true!   
[/quote /] It was one of there sister plants in Okadale Calif.600 people out of work.
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