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The fuses on the 2017 are under the center of the dash, i think the older ones were behind the drivers seat.

I have noticed that part being discontinued on a lot of bikes my only conclusion is that most of the air filters are internally supported now and that part is really not needed

Great any parts available

You did good! I had bought my box off ebay for 50 then i didnt notice i had this other piece missing before i ordered and it didnt come with it, so I had to get it i think maybe 25 so now im into it for 75 and i could get the whole assembly for 120, new . Wish i would have done that.

Good point, I think you will be glad you replaced it, when you get it all installed engine may run better, glad to hear you still have the original kei hin carb

Yeah i have seen that, you have to run a drill through to clean up poor casting quality.

The last one i bought had the air box missing, i opted to replace it for several reasons. The pod filters are not water tight and thats not a good thing on an ATV. The CVK carb works best with OEM filters, which is why they would need to be rejetted. Pod filters are not cheap and neither are proper OEM jets, so if you add up those costs its cheaper to get the airbox. Or it was in my case, i found one on Ebay for about 50.00.

Nice to know that , never used one of their cylinders. Thanks for the info!

From model year 1998 until 2010, all VIN stamps can be found on the frame in the front left wheel well.

Never seen one before, it is a cute little thing, looks chinese.

If its newer than 97 it will have a17 digit vin, the 10th character is the year. If its older than 97 it will have a 7 digit vin.

I did see your revival of the Arctic Cat. Very nice. I have not had the oportunity to own an Arctic Cat, but i understand the 2 suzukis i have share the same engine as the Cat. Im in the south and while there are a few around, mostly the 4 Js, Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, and Suzuki.

I definately will do that. Thanks!

Just about all our fuel is 10% ethynol. You can get what they call 100% gas, it cost about 1.00 more per gallon, but i use it in all my small engines. So all your gas is still pure, no ethynol, thats a good thing, and yes Ethynol it is very reactive and does permanent damage to carburetors.

Love to see them, i really like restoration projects, take something abandoned and make it good again.

Agreed! I had been using it on prime since i got it, and got to where it wasnt getting enough fuel flow on prime and decided it was time. It would start in the run setting but wouldnt keep up. After tearing it apart i see why, im suprized it ran at all.

Good you caught that , glad to hear everything is working. We have all been there, look at it this way you wont make that mistake again, its part of the learning process. Good luck, and keep us informed.

Havent been doing much to to the eiger lately with holidays approaching and other projects in the works. Its beeen running quite well with the aftermarket carb i installed, just havent got around to reinstalling the OEM yet. Not even sure what brand it is, it was just a new one i had floating around. I did delete the OEM vacum petcock on the 2007 it was in pretty bad shape and i didnt trust it. Went with the cheapest one i could find on Amazon, non vacum operated. I feel like i have more control of the fuel this way, but maybe just old and set in my ways, Nahh couldnt be that. I also checked the throttle cable housing on it to make sure i didnt have any spiders living in there, very impressed with how clean and new looking it was, for a very abused bike, that has been treading swamps for many years. I know better than to buy one with a snorkel on it, but thats what showed its ugly face at the time, and i had a weak moment.

From my expierience they are fairly model specific, just minor changes from year to year.

Blue sounds like good spark, but doesnt explain why your spark checker worked with the other bike and not with this one, maybe try a new plug cap sometimes they develop unwanted added ressistance.

Just looking over all your posts, it does seem like you might still have weak spark.

The bayou 220 is a nice ride, i like them a lot, light powerful and easy to handle. Fun to ride.

If you are getting a double dose of 2 stroke oil from premix and the oil tank it would be harder to start and smoke and fowl the plug.

Thats good, the only reason i mentioned all that is because of one i was working on , it was chinese and the oil pump was hooked to the crank, no way to disable it except spend a half day tearing it down to remove the pump, it ran off a gear attached to the crank, couldnt run it dry or the pump would burn up and have to remove it anyway. I tried using premix in the oil tank but it was too thin and leaked past the seal, so ended up taking it out anyway. Hope you dont have any of these problems.

I figured you probably did, just thought i would throw that in just in case.