BillM

Keep the laptop on a hard surface.. On your lap or a couch for example will have it overheating in no time (then your fans comes on)...

Ryan and Dan are good guys, you'll have an great time if you get out on the water with them.

Morning and evenings are usually the best times to be out on the lake.

The revolution has.........err..............I dunno.

I think I saw that one in Zehrs the other day..

Is it still the ice fishing issue or did a new spring one hit the shelves?

Love my Avids, you won't be disappointed. Customer service and warranty replacement is great as well.

Scrivens is there to do a job, win games until Reimer gets back... When he's healthy, he's the starter.

Terry, that's crazy for 104ft!! Awesome video man!

Yup, did a quick search no overbore on this engine.. SPI piston kit is pretty cheap as well! Sweet!

I like 7ft 1pc rods... MH, fast or extra fast action. I rarely punch any pads for bass. Mainly jerkbaits, topwaters, spinnerbaits, etc etc. I much prefer cork handles (no split grip either, yuck!)

Gas was 3 days old. I'm not really worried about why it blew up.... . I ran that thing probably 5kms, WOT in 8inches of slush and 1ft of powder doing maybe 30km/h... It overheated I'm 100% certain. I had to make a homemade piston pin puller yesterday to get the piston pin out.. It was in there pretty good.. Got it out however without any problems.. Old Man: Thanks for the advice on the replacement piston, I was actually going to order a Wiseco or Vertex (This is what I've used in the past with my 2-stroke dirtbikes).. But I'll stick with OEM or SPI in this case. I'm assuming the numbers imprinted ontop of the piston are related to it's size? (ie standard, .30 over, .50 over) I'm fairly certain it is, I'll have to cross reference that number before I order a new one.

We were wondering where you disappeared to :)

I think we can add Florida to the list of cities (Ottawa is included in this list) where the Leaf fans drown out the home team crowd.

Brian, I like this part of icefishing :)

You can probably get into that game for $10!

Yes, GPS data can be contained within EXIF data that's attached to your pic.. As long as your GPS is disabled when taking the pic, none of that information will be embedded.... Also if you upload your pic to say Photobucket before posting it here, all the EXIF data is stripped. The pic you posted does not contain any of this data.

Sweet anchor setup!

Give Ryan and Dan a call at We Pound'em fishing... Ryan is a board member, great guys, always on the fish. http://www.wepoundemfishing.com/

Appreciate the advice guys.. I rotated the crank and there's no pieces in the bottom end. From the looks of the mashed up piston most of that skirt is melted to the top/sides of it.. (I'll grab some pics so you'll see what I'm talking about).. I checked the intake/exhaust ports for any damage and there is none. Neighbour also came over to take a look at things (He's a snowmobile guy) and gave it a once over. Said a re-hone and piston and I should be good to go. He's also mentioned something to my oldman about filling the bottom end with oil to get any pieces out we can't see, Once I talk to him in person, I'll figure out what he's actually talking about. I'd love to blow some $$$ on a new sled, but I use this thing maybe 15-20 times a year for icefishing and that's it. I'm not ready to sink $$$ into a sled to let it sit there and collect dust, lol.

I can't see any visible damage to the crank, so hopefully a new piston + re-hone does the job.. Fishing was good, put 18-20 on the ice, nothing big but a fun day with the oldman.. I didn't even think of the sled overheating, 2 trips would have probably been a good idea. ecmilley, appreciate the advice I'll look into that site.

Nah, I'll just have a $1000 repair bill instead of a $100 top end kit I'll stick to the 2-smoke!

Well the 6-8inches of slush and at least a foot of powder on Lake Joe were too much for my sled yesterday. Was almost back to the truck when I felt the sled lose power.. I had my dad on the back + our Clam Nanook so there was no way I was going to stop.. Ran it on 1cyl for about 100 meters or so and once we got back to the truck.. Wouldn't restart (although it tried) so I knew I had a dead cyl. Got it home and pulled the head + cyl and yup, cylinder closet to the exhaust was completely destroyed.. Blew one half off the piston skirt (I've never seen that before).. Other cylinder looks fine. No metal or anything in the crankcase.. Other then ordering a new piston/gasket kit is there anything else I should be looking at? I know the 03-06 550 fan cooled engines had major problems, but I can't find anything on my '01.. I've tried to search for additional cooling mods I can make to the sled in order for it to run cooler but haven't had much luck. What about header wrap for the exhaust? Perhaps some ducting from the front to cool the engine down a bit more? I've heard about the 550 running lean in the mid range which leads to the engine popping, but again I can't find anything specific to my year, just the 03-06 engines.. Should I maybe run the tank at 100:1 instead of straight gas in order to get around this issue? Again, just looking for some advice, thanks boys! I had to keep the poor thing pinned to stay up on top of the slush, with all that extra weight it just couldn't take it.. I'm just glad it didn't happen out in the middle of the lake, we would have been in really bad shape if we had to walk back the 4+kms to the truck in those conditions.

BigUgli, you can probably blame your ISP's DNS servers for the 404 errors. I know that I was having issues with Rogers a few weeks back. If you know how, add the Google DNS servers to your routers Primary and Secondary DNS lookup list. DNS #1 8.8.8.8 DNS #2 8.8.4.4

I was going to print out that same pass for this weekend, except I blew the top end in my Indy 550 today, lol!