Fixing and Test Riding Two Sport Quads. Yamaha Blaster & Arctic Cat DVX 400 (Part 2) 

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Merry Christmas We want to see artic cat dvx 400 vs honda trx 400

Wood burning stove almost free heat if you cut your own wood. Merry Christmas

Has become one of my favorite channels. Haven't been watching that long, but long enough to see you've become a damn good ATV mechanic. You've definitely taught this old dog a few tricks. Feel pretty confident on a few builds i have recently started. Thanks!

So you tore a motor down and didn’t do a leak down test upon assembly?

God blessed you with a great wife that doesn't mind you spending so much time in the garage. Remember to thank Him daily for her. Keep up the good work brother.👍🇺🇸😁

First of all, you need to get the garage insulated. After that, you can start looking at how to warm it up.

That kicker needs some love

When it starts revs out, but u still check spark to see if its the problem

You fixed the transmission but not the kickstart gear. Come on Joe...

Dude I give you a lot of credit for attempting that job. You are becoming a pretty good mechanic.

Safety first Sergio here, but please don't risk freezing to death in that garage. I know you're in Wisconsin, which is a different kind of cold than what we have in NC, and I don't want you to get hurt making these videos! Now my plea without a valid solution would be incomplete, so I would guess one of those construction type blower/heater combos or a propane heater with blower (these may be one and the same not sure) would work. I would also suggest a thermometer to know what you're up against, as that unheated garage due to lack of insulation can paradoxically be even colder than the outside air with the doors shut.

i tried a propane heater but it didnt last long, and for the money of each propane tank its not worth it. also love the vids man ur encouraging me to get into buying broken machines and fixing them!

Would have loved too see you put the trans back together and press the cases back together ! Great video

You fixed the trans now you got to take it all apart again and fix the kicking gear. GENIUS

The Yamaha Blaster is one of my favorite ATV's made. I never got to own one but remember test fitting one back in 95', several years later there was a Honda 300 utility sitting in the driveway for my birthday, I loved that ATV but every time my buddy rode his Blaster and rode circles around me, I wanted that Blaster. haha!

Keep up the work mate teaching me a lot of stuff over here in Australia

Glad to see you got the DVX and the blaster running again. Before you sell or keep the DVX check the underside of the swing arm because they are notorious for getting stress cracks above and below the welds

Thanks for blessing my feed this morning! I always love your videos and getting one Christmas morning is amazing!

it sounds kind of like the cam chain is warn out i dont know if you noticed the slight rattling sound at low rpm, it sounds like a ripper though good job! the idle seems a little high too

You should do a three wheeler next lol

Thx for the Christmas gift have a good day. Asking for you to get a kfx450r would be a great gift to all us lol have a great Christmas with your family.

Great content! Merry Christmas to you and everyone else!

I miss my 2000 blaster. It had fmf fatty pipe on it and my ex rode it with ease. Now my 97 banshee was my baby, ported, cool head, fmf fattys and screamed. I did also used to have a kfx 400, so smooth and just fun and easy to ride. Just discovered your videos and will be watching from now on. Oh yeah also had a kawasaki Lakota. Solid fun sport utility quad. So miss it.

how does he still not know how to start a cold 2 stroke.

Hey I’m sure you got rid of the blaster but if not would like to see more blaster videos. Meaning like riding and ripping blasterS. Banshees are cool too,lol

We've always used torpedo heaters in our garages. Which one torpedo heater would heat up a whole 5 semi wide garage in about a hour. Ur shop maybe like 10 minutes. Keep ya warm for a couple hours

Hard starting is from low compression from a worn top and rings, or a messed up cylinder. The wrong jetting will also contribute to a bike that wont start easy in the cold, change the pilot jet (this controls your idle to 1/4 turn throttle range) and adjust the screw accordingly (1.5 turns out as a base line with most bikes). Small adjustments 1/4 turn at a time make a big difference. Once you know your compressions not the issue, your getting spark, getting fuel, and your jetting is dialed in, the bike should start on 1-2 kicks everytime regardless.

How about the head light? Riding blind in no good man. Thnx for the video

You have some serious issues with the kick starter on the blaster... That is not normal..

i think you need a new kickstarter spring! noticed when you first fired it up it started to bounce around and not stay in place

Ventless wall heaters work great the 5burner wall heater at lowes work with propane or natural gas

Comparison between it and the 400ex? Speed run? Wheelie contest? Really curious to see how they stack up side by side.

Your vidéos are awesome!! You're making me live a dream through these videos that I couldn't realise due to the fact that I'm young, I live in a city where there is no where to ride and because I have no garage to work in. Also I learn a lot of things from you so thank you! Keep up the great work!!

I have a torpedo heater and eletric in mine. I used to torpedo to heat it up and then an eletric 7500 watt to keep it warm. A decent torpedo for $150 would work just fine though. Easy to use and heats up an area quick! Only downfall is the noise.

Get a propane heater. They sell the attachments at harbor freight

Get a salamander with a thermostat. I live in maine and cant go without one. It will warm your garage up quick

I use a small propane heater when I sit outside during the winter. Maybe a stove would be a better solution for you.

Nice man what a Christmas present 😂

Merry Christmas everyone

dude get a torpedo heater from lowes if get a regular kerosene round heater,the torpedo is better cause you can point it at a motor when its freezing and warm it up before you start it,Merry Christmas.

Very Merry Christmas Joe

FINALLY, SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CLAPPED OUT!!!

Get a jet heater to put on the floor. You can run diesel fuel in it also. It’ll get warm quick

Merry Christmas now get ready for some positive criticism i thought you was supposed to buy junk and fix them up not fix them for one ride if the wiring messed up fix it correctly and that goes for everything you can do it you got the know how I've seen you do it right and that blaster need some tuning but good job working on the getting them to run and great video

Ebay sell the portable diesel heaters bout $150 and cheaper just search "portable diesel heater" on eBay and they they don't burn diesel fast so it's good on fuel and you can look at reviews on youtube about them ,just make sure to have the exhaust on the outside and the vent to for heat run to inside and get a carbon dioxide detector for safe keeps also I heard it's best to run the machine on half or full power

Merry Christmas .. as always another great video happy holidays to you and your family please stay safe

A diesel cannon is a great way of heating a garage quickly. There are versions with or without exhaust

Propane wall monitor heater at Home Depot is a good option. Set the thermostat for whatever or just heat it each time u go in. Relatively cheap and lighter that heating oil.

Hi Joe, I hope you had a very merry Christmas you and your family. I would say you don't change enough oil or have enough old oil around to do a homemade oil burner which are very efficient. So I would say a wood burner you have a welder and all that very easy to make and they are very efficient almost completely free as long as you chop your own wood. There is so much wood out there, Deadfall and also people that are willing to pay you to get rid of their trees so that may be a great idea for you. I know about being cold and it's no fun especially when you're trying to work on a vehicle. You should probably make a decent size wood burner out of a 25 gallon oil drum or a big propane cylinder. They actually sell leg and door kits and flu kits at your Menards four different size drums and they're not that expensive. As far as going through the wall you want a double insert so it doesn't create a lot of heat in the wall slot but other than that pretty good to go. I have heated a 40 by 60 shop by using 2 55 gallon drums oh, one on either side of the shop and we had them glowing to start the heat then later on once it warmed up we cut them back but they worked fantastic. Just a thought I know it gets really cold in Wisconsin so I feel for you man.

Merry Christmas all .. just have to say u have idle set way to high on both machines lol love videos though

Day 1 of telling you to grow the beard

I wanted to buy a 400EX to add a sport quad to my dirt bike collection but I think I have to find a Blaster instead. Love my 2 strokes. So easy to work on too.

Good to see im not the only one who has a ice box as a garage 😂

buy yourself a salamander. they have ones with thermostats now.

I’d put a mini split in that garage. They make them in 115v and 240v. I have a Fujitsu 115v in my 400sqft garage and it keeps it at 72 in the winter no problem. I was going to put a gas heater in like a hot dawg by modine but this mini split works very well.

Grab a small burner that works on a propane tank they work great and cheap

Happy Xmas everyone !!!!

I just got a ridged torpedo heater. It is propane. I’d recommend. 60k BTU and $150 from Home Depot.

@2vintige you can buy an electric heater off Amazon

Merry Christmas 🎄

My 1997 Yamaha blaster ran and drove for the first time in 16 years

Merry merrybchristmas snd very nice build

If you have access to natural gas at your house it would be worth it to trench in a gas line to your shop. A wall mounted natural gas space heater would be quite effective at heating your shop, it looks to be the same size as mine, my shop is 20'x20' and I have a 45,000btu heater, it cooks me out of the shop if I forget to turn it down. There are plenty of variants but ideally you would want a direct vent, standing pilot, heater that just blows a fan over the heat exchanger inside the unit. They can be had for reasonably cheap. If you do not have natural gas where you live you may be on propane or even oil, there are conversion kits which can be specified to include with the unit from manufacturer to convert to propane, the unit will have to be 'rejetted' a lot like a carburetor, a different sized oriface is necessary for the burner, along with a pilot light adjustment and venturi adjustment. I like the way wood heat feels, but put it this way, in BC where I live, minimum wage is almost $15/hr, turn that into an 8 hour day of cutting, splitting, stacking, and cleaning up, you've built up $120 worth of gas you can burn. In an 8 hour day of getting firewood you may only get enough for one month of burn time anyways, most people go through about 5 cords a winter on average. I didn't even include the cost of fuel for saw and truck, insurance on vehicle, and maintenance on saw and truck. Long winded I know, hope this proves to be a good suggestion for you, I like your videos and hope to see one in the future of something I own!

U gotta use Yamaha bond on case

I'd get one of those salamander fuel oil heater for your garage.

Nice video and Merry Christmas!🎄🎁

I put a streetbike motor in a blaster once. Step 1: weld in a lower frame cradle. Step 2: cut out the original lower frame. Carbed Cb650 open headers...sounded like a F1 car. 12k rpm 25yrd dirt rooster tails

merry christmas

Merry Christmas your my fav channel and I have watched you ever sense I got my first phone💪🏻 keep up the good vids

Awesome video man! I really appreciate the walk through.

That articat was idling way to high when you 1st started it

I would recommend a torpedo heater. Mine works really good. Merry Christmas

Really good video keep on going

I THINK ITS FUEL RELATED NOT SPARK!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE A HELL OF A TIME GETTING THESE REBUILD GOING!!!!! LOL JUST KEEP PLUGGING AWAY BUBBA LOUIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome quads & awesome video man

Merry Christmas 🎁🎄

well done for christmas day vid...... i hear florida has. ice weather, that snow and rain would drive me mad. it’s like you had 3 weeks of decent weather for an entire 12 months.... that is grim

Thts awesome looks super fun, happy holidays, enjoy

You really should drill small holes i that battery lug and torch solder it. But other wise sounds good

I use a torpedo heater. Works very well. I use Diesel fuel. Also uses kerosene but diesel is cheaper

Merry Christmas 2vinage the blaster sounds great 👍👍👍🎅

Merry Christmas jo and family from the uk hope you had a great day

go to dunham's or the equivalent get you a Big Buddy propane heater set it up away from your work area should warm up the whole garage.! or get a electric space heater if your worried about gas fumes.!

Merry Christmas! You shouldn’t use a super long extension liek that when torquing down a head. The extension can twist. I get it was only 20 ft but still try to avoid it

Merry Christmas buddy, always enjoy the vids. Personally wood stove would be best. Low cost and great fast heat. Happy new year aswell

Get a Mr heater they work great and put off alot of heat

You should do a race with the dvx 400 and the 400ex

LOOK’S FREAKING FUN

Find a older pellet stove on cregslist cheap as your going to get and they heat up reasonably fast ... wood is cheaper but if you don’t have access to wood than it’s not much cheaper and takes a lot longer to heat up ... I have both in my house ... my pellet stove will run 8 to 10 hours on a full hopper ...

I know that there wicked finakey when the battery starts going bad

Timing chain tensions sounds bad on the 400, I had the same problem on my LTZ

Maybe Santa will bring u a shop heater for christmas

I dont have heat either but just get a little torpedo heater that takes kerosene that you only need to fill up like once a year

Merry Christmas. Do you neighbors ever get mad about riding up and down the road and for making alot of noise?

Get an extension cord and a area heater

I’ll buy that spark arrestor off the dvx400 for ya😂 can’t find them anywhere

Hey bud did you say no issues the kickstarting gear not catching is a huge problem

Cheers Joe - When you say " We " whos we ???

I'm no expert by any means I'm just saying the idle is way to high btw always use a motorcycle oil approved for wet clutches cost a little more but clutch will last longer and won't slip, the red rtv will never hold up between the cases the gas will eat it up and create air leaks, been there with my blaster cost me $1500 to do a full rebuild with all new oem parts. Use yamabond i forgot if its 4 or 5 its the gray stuff the non hardening. Partzilla is a good place for oem replacement parts btw