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Lightly sand the bar it is stamped into and you might be able to make it out. On older Honda 4 wheel ATVs it is on the round crossbar in the front. Mine was hard to read ev3n after sanding the rust off but I found enough to use a chart of 1991 VINs to find mine listed. I was lucky there was only one letter unreadable. This site has a chart of all the Honda bike and quad model number and tear listings.. The 4trax entries are way down the list. https://www.motorcyclespareparts.eu/honda-parts/honda-model-prefix.aspx Your vin will start with 478TE. The next two or 3 numbers will identify the model series . The 1988 to 2000 models have a 150 there. Further on in the vin there will be a letter to identify the year. The 10th digit in a 17 digit V.I.N. or frame number represents the year of your ATV, motorcycle, or car. A = 1980 B = 1981 C = 1982 D = 1983 E = 1984 F = 1985 G = 1986 H = 1987 J = 1988 K = 1989 L = 1990 M = 1991 N = 1992 P = 1993 R = 1994 S = 1995 T = 1996 V = 1997 W = 1998 X = 1999 Y

Thanks for the replies and the input. I was leaning more to having to put more money into for a better end result so now I do believe I will start saving. I will post pictures as soon as I can. I will be getting the engine back this week, but I will start working on it then and posting pictures. Again, thanks for the replies.

It depends on the "cracks" and what is needed to "doctor it up". If it needs welding and re-drilling of the head stud hole , properly annealing afterward should leave it in good stead.. The real question is it it cheaper, and does the machine shop have a good reputation for warrantying their repairs.You could get that one repaired, but you might find a good replacement cheaper, and not worry about a repair failing.