Fairbanks Snow Travelers

Thank you very much, Summit800!

OK, a REALLY basic, probably dumb, question: How do I get to the fuel tank??? I can't see any means of detaching the cover, and I can't find anything about it in the Shop Manual either. It's the back of the tank I need to get at, where the fuel line comes off and the filter is located, although I wo...

Summit800 - Thanks again! The primer line on mine comes off the main line on the tank side if the fuel pump. I have the fuel pump off, and tested it. Definitely time for a rebuild there. The primer looks good, but I think I'll get a new one just to have a spare on hand, as it's a long hike down to t...

Summit800 - Thanks! I contacted Compeaus and they have what I need in stock. You're right about the 377 Safari - "couldn't kill it . . . rides like a forklift". It's a 'Beast of Burden' - I have mine geared down, and haul 100#propane tanks, gas drums, firewood logs, . . . . up into the hil...

Sorry about the air*beep* and the idle *beep*!!!!! Hope readers can fill in the *beep*s. It didn't occur to me that the site would bleep out an adjustment "item"/thingamagiggy/mechanism

Progress Report: The air in the fuel line has increased, and now extends more than 1/2 way down from the intake to the fuel pump. The primer will start the engine, with the normal 3 pumps, but the engine will not idle anymore, even when warm, without pumping the primer 1X every 20-30sec. I found a s...

Yeah, decidely.
Like the Patrick Henry quote, BTW. And many thanks for posting that Shop Manual!

That's very kind of you to offer, usafracer! However I'm way out of Fairbanks in a different direction, and quite a ways off the road as well - all uphill with the trail badly drifted in. I'm pretty inaccessible untill I can get my machine running and re-break the trail coming down. The colder tempe...

My thanks for all suggestions! Special thanks for the '85 Shop Manual - that should really be a help!!! I'm working on it now. Experimenting with the primer pump does not seem to change the level of the air/fuel in the main line, though the primer line does have some bubbles usually. Will post again...

The fuel intake line has an air bubble that won't go away. Pointed fairly steeply uphill, the entire line empties and the primer loses it's prime. Throttle does not feed fuel. When started, it will run for a short time with the throttle, then surge, drop back, repeat, and then it dies. I can "w...