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Good, that site still exists. The wiring diagrams is the large file, 6th down. The quality of the PDF is very good.

Yes that website will have the diagram for your machine. If you want to extract it and make a print of it, one sheet is useless, it will be too small to see anything. Follow my guide I wrote up years ago here. I printed the wiring diagram on 6 sheets (3 across, 2 down) https://www.arcticchat.com/threads/extract-and-print-schematics.313549/?post_id=2615590#post-2615590

Never thought about using slime as a sealer for the bead. Ill have to remember that.

Blowing the ignition fuse could be a few things. First unplug the 4WD actuator and try another fuse. If it holds, the actuator got water in the electronics. If it blows again, then you have to trace the harness. Do you have a wiring diagram?

When I have had tires changed, 35-40 psi was what it took to seat the bead.

Got home from a business trip and had enough snow to plow (made the drive home real fun)

There are a lot of them out there. My camping one is an Austrvanik It is the most power efficient. I could run the whole weekend camp trip on battery only. My dual zone one is a Vaycold. but I ended up with 2 of them. First one had an issue when the freezer section called for cold, the fridge section would drop below setpoint and keep going while the freezer was calling. Idiot delivery driver dropped it while delivering it. Called them about it and they sent me another one free. First one works, as long as I shut off the freezer section. One night I was bored and decided to take it apart. Sure enough a few wires were loose and afterwards, works like a charm. The small one is an Alcipool (spelling?)

Probably an older thermoelectric type cooler. I had them before, they suck. They don't have a temperature setting on them.

In my area, families used to have their own private graveyards on their properties.

Its a refrigerator that looks like a cooler but it runs on 12/24 volts. Usually includes a power brick to run it off 120 volts. The one shown here is a small one. It uses a compressor and can even be set as a freezer if needed. This small one is the one I usually keep in the shed on a shelf in the summer to have cold drinks handy when I am working on something. (the shed is like my workshop and where I maintain the quads) Right now I have it powered up because I am going on a trip for a few days and want a few cold ones in the hotel room. These are very power efficient. I have a larger one I take camping and run it off the battery. Uses 3amps when running (at 12 volts) and they are very quiet. I also have a dual-zone one so I can use the small compartment as a freezer for ice packs when we quad ride in the summer to keep the drinks cold during the day.

I keep a small car refrigerator in the shed in the summer with a few cold beers at the ready.

The 366 model (2008-2012?) and the Alterra 400 (2013-2018) were Kymco motors. I don't know if the newer 400 model is, they changed it now to the 425 which I think is the re-designed model which would be Arctic Cat / Trakker motor. Some of the parts on her Alterra say "Kymco" on it. My 450 is an Arctic Cat motor, my new 600 is the re-designed machine (trakker motor) Kymco is a good brand, in fact Michelle's FIRST quad was a Kymco (2008) it was OK, but being a sport model, she got beat up on it since our local terrain is rocky. In 2010 I got her the black Arctic Cat 366 model which was much better. Sold the Kymco and to this date, it is still running.

Where I live riding is limited, most of our local places are closed off now. We travel a lot to Northcentral PA where there is a lot of riding. One place called Snow Shoe Rails to Trails allows free camping with membership ($30/year) so we tend to go there a lot because it is cost effective. You can take your quads right into towns to get gas, or food, and you can even visit a state park. Out there, they use township roads and segments of state roads to connect one place to another so I equipped our machines with mirrors, turn signals, reverse light, and horn.

The 450 did have engine work done, a year ago we were riding and the drain plug came loose and fell out. Lost all oil. I did quickly pull over and shut it down. Obviously I was towed back. Guy towing me back went too fast and not paying attention, I burned up my brakes then crashed into him snapping a tie rod. After getting it home and replacing the brakes and fluid. Lucky I had a spare tie rod. I replaced the oil plug and pan and the quad did fire back up. It ran fine except for a ticking sound. Had the top end done and the dealer also replaced the timing chain. (at 15,000 miles it was due) Since I shut it off quickly, there was no bottom end damage, otherwise it would not be worth it to repair the engine. The 366 I sold this year had 11,000 miles on it, Michelle's current machine has over 9,000 on it. 20240826_164530.mp4

Correct, the 400 is Suzuki, the 366 is Kymco. I had a 2010 366 that my girl rode, Sold it this summer after buying another machine. It had 11,000 miles on it and still ran well. Her current machine is a 2017 400 Alterra, which is basically the same machine as the 366 with different plastics.

A lot of people park on the sidewalk now so its hard to do other houses. Across the street an older couple lived (gone now) and next to them was a disabled veteran. I always plowed their sidewalks no charge. nowadays I just do my own area. Been a good machine. Bought a new one this year and kept this one. Has almost 16,000 miles on it, still runs well.

Wet snow, yes, typical for my area. Machine has 4WD so I don't need chains, wheels do not slip. The plow has springs on it so if it does hit something hard, the blade deflects down.

First round of plowing with the 450 this year. I had an older quad that was used for plowing but was sold this year. Took off the front cargo box to see the plow better and the extra lights are helpful since when the plow is lifted, the headlights are partially blocked.

I guess you could say Gravity Railroads was a "Pennsylvania thing" because the northeast part of PA is one of very few areas that has anthracite coal. (hard coal) Everywhere else where coal is mined is bituminous coal (soft coal) There was a huge market for hard coal since it burns hotter and with no smoke. Warships in World War 2 burned hard coal because they don't give off smoke where the enemy can detect the ships at distance. Back to the ATV part unfortunately when these trails are converted, no ATV usage allowed. 🤬 so soon we won't be able to ride this anymore so I wanted to do it before that happens. The side effect of riding these old railroads is the coal dust and culm. It does a number on bushings and bearings cause it can act like a lapping compound when it gets wet. This old railroad in the video is what replaced the gravity system in 1895.

Not light track. It is at least 120lb rail as this was a major junction at one time. Trains hauled mainly coal from several breakers and delivered it to Hawley which was the end of the line. Originally the Jessup branch serviced several breakers, but after coal died out, that area became an industrial park so trains still operated to service the industrial park. This is why the line was cut back in 1972 (transitions from where there is no rail, to where rail is still in place) This section stayed in operation until 1985 when a hurricane caused some major washouts and it was not worth it to repair them so the line has sat unused since then. The reference in the video of the "PCC Gravity Railroad" was what existed before conventional locomotive rails. In this case the rails were light track (Originally strap rail in the 1850's) and there were no locomotives. Instead there were stationary steam engines on top of an incline (called a plane) and up to five cars would be hooked to a rope at the bottom and the steam engine would haul them uphill. Once at the top, the rope was disconnected and the cars would coast down via gravity to the next lifting plane. This is how they originally hauled coal from the mountains to Hawley to be put on boats and shipped around the country. Later they opened it up for passenger service and that is how roller coasters were invented.

I don't ride fast anymore, at my age, things take longer to heal. I was probably riding 10-15 mph to do the video. On the way back I went a bit quicker and at one point I got the rear tire hung on the rail and the quad did a bit of a side skid. That was interesting.

This video is the same railroad grade but on the opposite side of the bridge that is now being converted into a trail. I hear plans that some of this will be converted to trail so I wanted to document it as it is now before it happens. The video is better quality as the camera is newer then what I posted above. Another difference is part of this railroad grade is not formally abandoned. It is still considered OOS (Out of service) so how far they can make this into a trail is unknown.

If the machine does not have 4WD you will want to get chains.

It looks like it will be mounted on the front. Have you tried a test fit yet to see if it makes the front of the machine squat down too much?

Some people add a filter to the intake for the CVT. I never did that as I don't want to restrict flow. I just take the cover off and blow the dust out. Other then that it is just more frequent filter changes. Most of what is on the ground is actually culm, mostly a shale to semi-coal. Stuff that couldn't be burned years ago, nowadays we have means to burn the waste piles in power generation. We have a lot of mountains of culm from leftover mining. Hell years ago some would catch fire and after it burned out, you can ski them in the summer.