Engine - Drivetrain

I have had a Yuasa battery in my Rancher 420 for almost 5 years.   It still seems to hold up, but being that old, I got a new one.   But I cannot decipher any date code on the new one.   I did try to order one online, but they said they were sold old (the computer indicated that).   When I got a message that they were in stock I went to the store and got a new battery.   But looking all over it, I can see no date code.   The reason why I'm concerned as, last year, I wen to Auto Zone to get a battery for my Jeep.  The clerk brought one over to the counter.  Date code on it was over a year old.  On a 3 year warranty battery?  I said, can you go back over to the shelf and get me one that is newr.   "Oh", he says, "we get them all at the same time so they all have the same date."     I then went over to the shelf and took the one on the back end which, according to the date code on it was about one month old.  And bought that one.   So, any ideas as to how to tell how old this Yuasa battery is? dc

I don't think that thing would run with compression that low.  There's a decompressor valve on the cam on most of these hondas that releases compression when cranking.     You really need to do any oil pressure test.  If you read this thread of mine, oil pump chain had jumped off and starved the top end for oil.   That whole engine runs off of that oil pump, and if the oil pump chain comes off, it's affects everything.    Do a little reading here.   Lots of info about the Hondamatics.  I'm trying to learn more about them, but @Brian Bertram is the expert, and he's the one selling this oil pressure tester on ebay.      

Like Shade said, not easy to find, but they're out there.   Where are you located?  Shipping a rear fender would be expensive and I doubt these old brittle fenders would make it in one piece.   @DuckOfDeath used to be pretty good at sniffing out nicer 350's, and is in Northern Arkansas.  Shade in is central Arkansas.

I picked one of those up a few years ago.  Wife rode on it for about 1/4 mile and said "Nope".    The one I had was too tall, so with her sitting it it she had to have her arms sticking out at almost shoulder level resting on the sides.  It just positioned her awkwardly in the seat.   That coupled with her rattling back and forth between the sides when I hit bumps and crossed ditches nixed that seat quick.  I sold it and got my money back out of it.   I have the Coleman/ Mad Dog gear soft bags on the back of mine now.  They''re ok but overpriced and don't last too long if you leave your wheeler out at all.    

@AKATV is the meter guru.   Don't know if he'll reprogram miles on a meter though.