Krominator

Nice job......Congrats and good ridin

MGA You are 72 years young and yes we are never too old to learn........Many times we are students of necessity whether we want to be or not.......I have been forced to learn how to fix everything because of my economical status or should I say lack of such.....lol

Yes I would have assumed it was a 12 volt auxillary outlet......I have one on my fender......Its a shame you do not have a welder......An A arm is pretty simple to fabricate.......I would be sh** out of luck without my Miller.......I could not even imagine how much money I have saved over the years making and fixing my own parts.......They are so worth the investment and it has paid for itself a hundred times over......Good luck and I hope you are at the end of putting money into it.

Ahh its time to get the hammer out.......Save yourself a few bucks.........Well if you got the bike for a good price than it is worth sinking some money into ......Have you seen the prices on these new machines today?........I could have remodeled my house with that kind of money back when I purchased my machine.........It is beyond insane........Why would people go in debt for one of these things today........Well to each their own.........Hey if you got it flaunt it.........If you dont, put it on the credit card......lol

Yeah my wife was probably not thrilled that I have been working on the Kodiak instead of the kitchen but if we get that snow today, she might forgive me........Its really funny that the Honey Do List just keeps growing no matter how many items you knock off of it.......That is how God gave women the power to keep us boys out of trouble..

Hey Mech it looks like we were right........When I tested the radiator thermo switch out of the bike in coolant I was getting continuity at the 185 degree point and no continuity at 160 just as it should but when I put it on the bike it would not turn the fan on.........Ordered a new one and it works as it should.........I thought that was pretty strange but there are a lot of strange things out there........Just wanted to thank you again........I am goin ridin

My feeling is that the radiator thermo switch is strong enough to read continuity but too weak to turn the fan on as you have stated.......It is the only thing that makes sense to me as the fan would not work if something else was bad........I ordered a new thermo switch but I am going to apply heat to the switch with a heat gun to see if it works......I will take it out of the radiator but keep the wiring hooked up when I apply heat to it.......This should let me know for sure.......I will post the results.......Thanks again for your advise......

The fan comes on and runs fine when I bridge the wires that go to the radiator thermo switch so I assumed that the switch was the problem.......However, when I tested the switch in a pot of coolant as described in the manual, the switch worked fine......It had continuity when the coolant reached 185 and no continuity when it cooled down to 165........I ran the machine for more than ten minutes and watched the coolant in the radiator.......I did not see any bubbles but it did get hot and the radiator never kicked on........Does the power from the radiator thermo switch run through a relay or a circuit breaker before it goes to the fan motor because this is the only thing I could think of that might be wrong.......But then why would the fan work when bridging those wires....... I am a wee bit illiterate when it comes to reading diagrams so I can not tell if power goes from the switch to the fan or it runs through something else first.......I really appreciate your help because I am stumped.

Well after all of the great things I have said about the Kodiak, I have been having problem after problem.......I still think it has been a great machine and I have had very few problems with it for twenty years so I can not complain.........After I did some maintenance on the bike like changing the coolant and the thermostat, it is still overheating.......I noticed the fan is not coming on when it should.......I checked the fan with the battery and it runs fine.......I replaced the battery, the main switch and the thermostat.......I checked the continuity of the radiator switch and it does click on when heated and clicks off when cooled down.......I guess the next item would be the relay........Any suggestions out there what else I should check........I noticed that my temp light does not come on either.......This is always what happens to me when I open my mouth too soon........However, I still think the Kodiak is a great machine and I have been extremely happy with this purchase.

The manual does not say anything about bleeding the air......I was curious because someone else had mentioned that after they filled the new antifreeze they ran the bike and waited for the thermostat to kick in and the coolant level fell........The only way that could happen is that there was a gap in the system and thats why I questioned it.......I have not had a chance to change the thermostat because they are pure gold right now and I can not find one......I guess I will try ebay///////Thanks for your response......I do appreciate it......Hope you and yours have a great Christmas.

Merry Christmas to you as well

Thanks Mech, I think I will take your advice and change my thermostat just to be safe......As you said, it is cheap insurance........That being said, is there a chance of an air pocket in these machines as there is in cars?

I am curious to see if you bled the system........I never had a problem with overheating until I changed the fluid.......I did exactly what the book says but when I ran the machine after changing the fluid it overheated on me......I assumed it was due to air in the system but have not looked at it yet.......If anyone else has had this happen let me know.

Not at all.......I try to at least start and run my equipment once in a while even if I do not use it.

It seems to me that you may need to drive it more.......It could be that it is upset with you for leaving it alone too much.....lol......Mine was suffering the same but now it will be sorry........The storm just hit and the plow is hooked up.......Time to feed her and take her out for some exercise.