Recent content by Nate The Surveyor

I have a 2005 Polaris 800 Sportsman. It has EFI, and is twin cylinder, 4-stroke. There are 2 facts that seem related: 1.) It fouls out a spark plug, about once a year, so I wind up replacing both plugs. This is a bit hard to do, As they are burried under the gas tank, and so it winds up taking...

30° ?? It was 25° at 6:00 this morning, then went to 14° with a nice wind. This southern boy (Weelll I ain't borned here, but that is beside the point!) been in the south too long, to like anything below 28° wit lots of wind! :) N

I'm trying to figure out this forum... this is like the mall! has everything! Where do I edit my location? I'm in Caddo Gap, Arkansas, Zip 71935 And it's cold out there! Nate

Hi! I'm Nate From Arkansas. I am a Land Surveyor. I use a Polaris 800 Sportsman, as a work tool. I like anything with an engine. I have a wife and 7 children, (yes, all ours) and they are alot like me. Love to get into stuff. We are living our dream, having been married for nearly 12 yrs...

OK, I got the plastic plate off. There was still ice behind it. This is a gear box cover, that covers the gear shifting mechanism, and it has 2 shafts, with gears on them. Mine was full of water and ice. Slowly worked the cover off, and the gear select sensor, too. Cleaned it all up, greased...

I have the same problem. I took the plastic cover LOOSE, on the right side, where the shifting shaft goes into the right side of the gearbox, and when I pried it out a little, a bunch of water drained out of it. Maybe this will solve it? I don't know. I cannot seem to get it any further off...