1996 Polaris SLT 780

[alldodge]

None of the above. When ridding I'm using my thigh's to hold on like you would on a horse. My feet have no chance of hanging on to anything. It just needs to be something that my feet won't slip on when standing or walking

 

[savetexomabeaches]

Some updated pics so far...

 

[savetexomabeaches]

I have the padding and seat left to do.. Im pretty proud of the glove box, originally I went all seafoam, but then decided to do a fade to grape. I drilled the rivets out on the glove box, and all we had were 1/4 rivets, so I drilled out the holes for that.. then noticed we did not have a 1/4 rivet nose piece... DOH! -- had to fill holes and redrill for 3/16 -- what a mess

 

[alldodge]

Its coming along pretty nice, the old girl is getting her bling on

 

[savetexomabeaches]

So a million staples removed on the seat, Im concerned about the front edges of the foam. The old material had ripped where the plastic seat meets the material. I'm wondering if I need to repair this foam at the edge, or just not attach the material so tight.

 

[alldodge]

Don't know, have done some upholstery work, but not that much

 

[savetexomabeaches]

Seat

 

[alldodge]

Nice work

 

[savetexomabeaches]

Nice

 

[savetexomabeaches]

Ok so.. I filled with oil, and I also put in premix (to see if oiler worked). Its apparently working as oil level dropped.
Now, from a stop, if I just gas it, it wants to bog.. but if you feather the throttle to get it going, it will finally take off quickly.
Is it because Im running double oil?
If the oiler is working, should I just run fuel, or should I block off oiler and run premix?

 

[alldodge]

If oiler is working correctly there is no need to premix, but the question is, does it working correctly? If the oil is dropping quickly it might be doing to much, but you should see a lot of smoke . When in doubt, I would just premix

Normally bogging is to much or to little fuel, but get the oil right first

 

[savetexomabeaches]

Trying to set carbs after cleaning and the stock high is 1 1/4 p 7/8c 1 1/8m and low is 1 3/8 across the board. All 3 lows were at 1/4 and the high has a knob that will not allow for more than 1/4 turn????

 

[savetexomabeaches]

Nevermind plastic caps..
bottom was set at 1p 5/8c 3/4m

 

[alldodge]

Nevermind plastic caps..
bottom was set at 1p 5/8c 3/4m

You found it the same time I did, figured they did pop off. Found a youtube vid of a guy doing a 96 rebuild

 

[savetexomabeaches]

How much oil should it be consuming? I'm not sure my oiler is working . I've ran about 13 gal of gas and the oil level hasn't dropped much

 

[alldodge]

I'm assuming the 13 gallons was on a hose?
If it was on a hose it wouldn't use much, but if it was under load, it should use more then that (but also don't know what "not much means in volume"). The site greenhulk has a lot of good info and many just run it premixed.

http://greenhulk.net/forums/showthread.php?t=148277

http://greenhulk.net/forums/showthread.php?t=132091

 

[savetexomabeaches]

Running at the lake. Used maybe a cup of oil

 

[alldodge]

Running at the lake. Used maybe a cup of oil

Good to hear your running, but if your not running it hard it may be ok, don't know for sure. Many have used just a little, and others used more

 

[savetexomabeaches]

I've been running 50:1 premix and run it about 50mph.

 

[savetexomabeaches]

Still trying to figure out why the carbs were set way off spec