I picked up this chrysler sno runner at a motorcycle at a swap meet over the summer in very poor condition, in part one we got the engine to run, now lets work on the rest of its issues,
I love snap rings, they have the marvelous ability to be constantly in 2 potential states when being installed, either aimed at an eyeball and lethally accurate or nanoseconds away from flying across the room whist performing a transdimensional jump into a parallel universe never to be seen again.
GIVEN that the bargain was in NOT having to fabricate the thing...in those days we REBUILT or re-fabbed everything as parts were cheaper than rebuilt units.
Hey Mustie1, Mick here. I used a hypodermic needle to inject grease or oil through the plastic seal. The hole closes up behind it when the needle is pulled out.
For those crunchy sealed bearings, I use a grease needle adaptor for my grease gun. The needle pierces the seal and then I slowly feed grease into the bearing. It works pretty good!
The owl at the end is a Mustie subscriber, I'm sure. He knows that some of the stuff Mustie drags to the shop has a mouse house. He's just waiting for the free meal when Mustie opens up whatever he's working on.
Mustie, Nice on filming the owl at the end... Your the only person whom I know of that comes up with these types of unique projects to work on. I've never seen one of those sno runners...very neat! And thank you, sir, for showing and teaching how things work, like the reed valves in the carb, for example. Greetings from Southern Michigan!
Thanks for letting me participate in the shop with your builds and repairs. For some reason you can’t hear me when I make suggestions. When I was a kid we used to wire brush off the rust and debris off our bicycle chain, put it on a hanger and drop it a can of STP oil treatment. Then put a can of sterno under it. Once hot, as in smoke coming off the can we’d cap off the sterno. Once cool we’d wipe down the chain and use it. Worked for us. BTW, you are fearless. Love that spirit.
Some friends and I Came across one of those machines as a kid back in the eighties. Yours is the only other I’ve ever seen. The skis were broken and parts were unavailable back then. We tore it apart and put the engine on a little western auto go cart. It wasn’t much on low end torque, but if you had a long enough stretch of pavement, I swear that thing would go 70 mph. We road it until one of the others got hurt and our dads made us take it apart. I still can picture that kid flying through the air. Ah, good times. Peace.
I consider myself a small engine "piddler", but I have learned so much from you over the last 3 or 4 years. Great information, awesome entertainment and puns galore!
@@frank-t6857 make one and use it as a mold. Just an idea guy. Adapt a waterski. Use a ski that slips over and typically attaches to a tire on an airplane for landing in snow. Personally, I don't think that thing is worth Fabricating something for. You can only polish a turd so much. There has to be something that's easy, cheap, partially made that will be able to be adapted. If you put a $1000 ski on it.... It's going to be worth $1025. So these are a few more options.... They are only my opinions though. Shoot down or dispel all of them too. I'm not here to argue on a RU-vid comments section about something that doesn't pay me money or affect my life. But... Thanks for your opinion on my opinion/option
It's cold and sleeting outside -so watching parts 1&2 have made for a very enjoyable couple of hours relaxation with both cats keeping me warm, and willing the snow ski to run correctly !
Hey Mustie. Huge thanks for all you do. I truly love the work you do. Keep it up. I've found that when trying to resurrect old chains like that one that an overnight soak in vinegar works wonders.
That’s going to be an interesting machine to try and ride! Looking forward to the next episode! Thanks for the very interesting content. Great shot of the Bard Owl by the way! Thanks
Back in the day, we used to pry the seal away from the ball bearing a bit like you did, and used a grease gun with needle tip to lube them up. You can also drill a pin hole in the seal, then needle grease it. You can make a chain tensioner, mounting the old sprocket end piece, if you can free it up.
God bless the out takes Mustie. It makes a good vlog a superb vlog .Greetings from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪 and keep up the great work and stay safe and well 👍
Thank you for a trip down memory road. I was a young man working as a mechanic at a Chrysler dealer I remember we had a few of the skis in stock for sale I always thought they were a little difficult to ride
I've been watching your channel for several years now. I don't comment often but I wanted to say that I miss the nature scenes you used to post at the end of your videos. I know the videos are a lot longer then they were in the past so I guess that's why you don't include them nowadays.That was a nice touch,I think and also like every video you say "Hey guys,how's it going?". Anyways big fan of yours I've learned a lot watching you tinker. Best Wishes and keep on Postin' haha
Chrysler's East Jefferson assembly plant (in Detroit) used to have a showroom along Jefferson with large picture windows where they had on display their latest pieces of junk/cars/boats and that thing!
I must say I am amazed you found parts for that thing! I'm thinking that it would probably help the cooling if you cleaned the corrosion off of the fins on the head.
I just saw one of these up for auction online (I think it was BaT). Appeared to be in very good shape. Bid was around $1500 when I noticed it. No idea what it eventually sold for. Always fun to watch and listen to you do your resto work. Thanks!
Now you did it! We're gonna expect a blooper reel with each video!!! Awesome as always. You may end up with a freakishly useless piece of equipment, but we had a blast watching!
Thanks for all the explanations and time those take. This reminds me of a guy that does science outreach as a dinosaur paleontologist. Not that you are working on dinosaurs.
I'm a 70 year old retired long distant truck driver and 6 Mo ago with not much to do I decided to start buying scooters and tinker with them I do watch aa lot of your shows' as well as others and at my Yes you can still learn, I have 4 50cc one 150cc and my Pride is a 250 cc 54B Roketa scooter with only 2031 miles and runs after getting the ones running then i will see about getting full body replacements I'm not rich but i get what i can to repair them. love your show and will yty and become a member around April the 4th. Jimmy.
I love that fancy grass rats garage gas catcher cup. Taryl should give you discounts on mower parts for the good advertisement on your channel. That’s a neat little machine. Good job as always sir. Thank you for the learning experience.
My father bought one identical in the late 70's. I'm sure that somewhere we have some old VHS with us kids having fun using it. At the the we lived in Brookfield WI. Then we moved to Boston, we got to use it for a few winters in Charles River park, next to Mass General Hospital and I remember that during a blizzard we were having fun in downtown Government Center Plaza at the amusement of people, we even had a TV crew film us and air it in the evening news😂. The SnowRunner always worked well, especially with us small and skinny teens. Obviously it preferred compact snow but it did surprisingly well even in snow that was deeper. It took fuel for 2stroke engines, mixed with oil, and one day we forgot to add the oil, it was the last day we used it in the US😢. Many years later it ended up in northern Italy and the engine got fixed, a bigger carburator was replaced and the thing got a few more years of use in Asiago and even in the Dolomites. It's resting place is an uncle's garage, we hardly ever see it anymore but when we do it brings back tons of great memories
I went back to Part 1 to look at the cracked skid cover. There is a way it can be saved and be stronger than if you simply try to Super Glue or JB Weld it. There are plenty of videos on how to 'weld' plastic but the tip that I found most useful was to strip the insulation off of an appropriate length of stranded #12 or so copper wire and pull off a few strands. Bend one of the wire strands into a long 'slithering snake' shape allowing good overlap on each side of the split in the plastic. Lay the copper 'snake' along the underside of the split and tack it into place as needed using a soldering iron. The copper wire will conduct the heat and sink quickly into the rapidly melting plastic. Then go back to one end, push the soldering iron tip ("Just the tip!") onto the wire and follow along on the copper snake while you squeeze the plastic cover back together. You will 'stitch' the split closed with the now fully embedded copper wire. Keep adding lengths of wire snake until you have reached the other end of the split. The cover will now probably be stronger where you stitched it than it was when it was new and any future cracks will likely be in a different location. You can use zip ties, strips cut from milk jugs, etc. as 'welding rods' to go back and fill in the split underneath for extra strength. I cut strips off the heavy black plastic tool packaging from HF socket/tool sets and such to use as filler.
Definitely a good Sunday when I finally wake up, get a couple of coffees ready and find a new Mustie1 episode posted. He has easily one of the most interesting and entertaining mechanic channels on RU-vid. Always a hoot how self depreciating He is talking to us like we're actually there. This machine would have been a blast to own up ij Michigan when I was a teen. Unfortunately it was underpowered. There's a couple of ways to increase it that's covered in online forums.
One thing I like about Mustie, he's not that much older than me but he reminds me of my Dad's generation. Younger people would be like make sure you put on safety glasses and a dust mask and hearing protection. Those older guys they just let it roll unless they were at work and were forced to wear safety stuff and then half they time they didn't do it there either.
Unlike my dad and grandads, I can hear very well past fifty years of age because of hearing protection. My dad told me in my younger years, “There’s a fine line between tough and stupid!”
Love the rebuilds and how practical you are, maybe i missed it but please add a chain tensioner to the external chain. It hurts to see it dance so much 😊
It might not make much difference but -- considering how flimsy the underside of this rig is (thin skis, skinny chain drive) -- maybe it would be worthwhile to give the undersides of the skis a heavy coat of floor wax with a lot of wheel buffing after its dried. To help it slide over the snow with less drag. Great video Mustie1!
Don't get your hopes up it's kinda a novelty item. Similar to the gasoline powered pogo stick. Still a neat item but conditions have to be just right side i think it may have been designed for a kid . Size dictates the Performance
A customer of mine has 2 of these and brought them to me for repair. They were in pretty rough shape. Only could get one running and it wasn't great. Really cool concept
Can not wait to see that done..........THAT IS SO COOL! Great Job Mustie!!!!! Any new shop Managers on the HORIZON?????? The Boss can never be touched but a manager helps.
Excellent video Mustie 1 :) also how that chain lose on slack you put metal idle pulley to help running with also idle one use on a Rotteiller for rubber belt tentsion but chain light plus bolt up okay too! Also cool get this machine up running and plus try out too!
I've always wanted one of these. I'd love to have it at my campsite during winter, even though we are restricted as to how far out we can go during bad weather. I remember seeing a couple of these when I was younger being thrown away or given away.
Nice way to attack those bearings. Regarding the exhaust - you could take it off and then burn it out with a weed burner. When the old sood has burned, it turns into ashes. When giving the exhaust a good shake or hitting it with the air compressor, the ashes should come out. I do that when I clean out exhausts for my old mopeds.
