Haaa. My grandfather had one of those and I remember going Ice spearing with him as a child, we would ride that beast out to the tar paper shack on lake Michigan. Thanks for popping those memories back in...
I bought one exactly like yours back in the early 90s. Guy i worked with had it sitting in a barn for many years. Sold it to me for 12 dollars. Lol It was in really nice shape didn't take me long to rebuild the carb and replace gas lines. Ran great for about 5 minutes then it would die. I tried everything i could think of and gave up on it until I ran into this old boy ice fishing out on lake superior. He knew what it was right away. Crank seal's were bad. Changed them and I had so much fun on that old sled. Another thing i wish I would have kept.
Im a new subscriber as of yesterday when your video poped up ! Enjoying your video's, thank you for saving history of these old sleds! Peace and love brother, MMFC. Turtle
The "W" on that sealed beam headlight stand's for Westinghouse, Westinghouse had several patents in the late 1800's one of which was air brakes for trains, another was for A.C. current electricity, Nikola Tesla was one of his employees who actually invented A.C. current, and Thomas Edison invented D.C. current, and they were rivals of one another.
Great job , i subscribed today, I would love to have an old sled to tinker on and ride. I had a Sno-Jet 1973 or 76 SST 340 I loved that old girl course I was 14 now I'm 60. I would much rather have a single cylinder like that one though. JeffinMaine
I just picked up a 70 boa ski last week it has the exact same engine and exhaust setup even the tunnel looks eerily similar the handlebars were also identical except with red boa ski grips seems all these manufacturers were using a lot of the same parts and rebranding them as different sleds very cool though
That’s because Boa Ski was build just a few miles down the road from Sno-Jet and I read that they did share some parts early on including using the Sno-Jet Hood and modifying it for their use.
Make sure you take apart primary clutch and grease the spring. Was supposed to be done after 5 hours of riding. Grew up driving one of these. Date code on battery is on side. Little round sticker. first letter is month A-January B-February, second number is year was made
i looked up that beast of a sno-jet 230 model and apparently its got a massive 372 hirth. a ton of torque. you probably could tow a car with it. i would hook up a small sled and go get some firewood with it in the woods. hp was about 28-32 give or take. that tiilitson is probably a 38 mm. run non ethanol if you can find some.
that blue monster sounds like the old moto-ski 338 zephyr i used to drive when i was younger 45 years ago. those 338s were pretty tough. 28 hp i beleive.
Another GREAT video! Many years ago, I was walking a creek bed fishing and came upon an old Sno- Jet very similar to the one in your video. It was almost completely disintegrated but the hood was still intact. I always wondered what the story was behind that sled. Did it break down at that spot and the owner just left it there? I’ll never know…
