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its already sold, so don't ask..lol.

you can buy a brand new seat from rocky mountain atv, shipping would be free, for right at 100 bucks, least it was for the 2004 trx450fm i just finished restoring ?!.

update: i got all the body work done on her, seems to run great so far !. i need to straighten the front rack, the front middle is bent down. still need to check the brakes, gear oil, then i will get her out of my shop, and roll a ct90 in to start in on. something tells me the guy that bought the 300, and has a down payment on the 450, will not be back to buy this '86 trx350 fourtrax ?, if that is the case ?, i will list it on CL's for $ 1,800.00, any members here that are interested in buying it ?, i'll work a cheaper price for you !!. the pastics alone are worth 1800 all day long !..let me remind you..IT HAS EVERY BODY PART, NO CRACKS !.

anywhere from 20 to 40 bucks to ship ups.

bunch of great, helpful members here !.

gun season opens nov 13th here i believe ?, i'll be in the woods for a few days.

have not inspected the parts bike yet ?, if i can remember ?, i'll look on the parts bike , see if anything is on it ?. we don't plow here in ar, least i do not !..lol. i'll play in the snow b4 i work in it !..rofl.

i just gave a 2004 trx450fm seat, and home made front skid plate away, yer a couple days late..lol.

welcome to the forum.

i did notice one of these brackets on the right side, looked on left side, none was there ?, and nothing under the front ?, so i guess the parts were taken off , other than the right side bracket.

the muffler was welded shut, its pretty quite now..no way to get it apart now..lol.

update; he did not bring enough cash, and he thought i would not get it finished as fast as i did ?..hmm...lol. he did put 500 down on this, say's will be back friday to pick it up ?. test road it, was one very happy camper !.

sold !.

reduction gear was shot, and the starter teeth too !.

word from the wise, time after time, i have done something on projects that i work on, all goes well while working on something, then later on, it wont work like it was BEFORE i started tearing into it ?, ok..i stand back..and think..what did i do different than before ?, what changed ?, what did i do different than before ?..then sure as rice is white ?!..it stands out to me..and i see what i did different !. moral of this post: if it takes 100 times to take a carb apart ?( or whatever you are working on ? ), do it over an over..the problem will shine like a turd in a punch bowl to you !.

the only thing that stands out to me here, is the top of the carb !. if you do not get the top down right on top of the diaphragm ?, it will have a air leak !. that diaphragm MUST be seated in the groove !. another thing is, ARE YOU 100% SURE YOU HAVE TO CORRECT CARB AND CARB SHINDY KIT FOR THAT YEAR MODEL ?. i ask this, because i know for a 100% fact, i can let this '91 trx300fw sit all day, all night, go out, turn the choke on, hit the start button, and it fires off right off the bat..within a nano second !.

update: i rolled the old girl into the shop yesterday, started with the removing that stupid fuel tank off the rear rack. then pulled the fuel pump off, the wires were not only '' jerry '' rigged ?, but also bare right there where they go into the pump housing !..grrrr. tossed that pump in the trash, grabbed another pump from the pile catfish sent me home with, nope, no good, grabbed another from the pile, at first it would not operate, took the end off, seen it was in decent shape at the contacts , used some fine sand paper on the contacts, sprayed it with some wd-40, used air compressor to blow it dry, plugged it into my spare battery, it seemed to work ?, hooked it up to the main fuel tank, it would operate, but no fuel would come out ?, checked the fuel line to the tank by blowing air back into the line with the fuel cap off the tank, i could hear air bubbles inside the tank ( yes..i checked tank for rust ? was clean ! , and yes, i filled with fresh gas ). ran pump some more, nothing was coming out of pump line ?..hmmm..ok, carefully blew low air pressure backwards into pump, then i heard a '' pop ''..like something gave way inside pump ?, hooked the pump back up to battery, sure enough..i got gas coming out of line !. Then i pulled carb off, opened up the float bowl, it was fairly clean ?, put it back together, installed carb, hooked line up to carb, ran the pump straight to my battery, listened to the pump work, then got slower, stopped with the battery connection. turned the key on, pushed the start button, after a bit..SHE CRANKED AND RAN !. ( yes i had already checked oil level ), shut her down. cranked her again..found out that the starter was not turning the engine over like it should ?, ONE-WAY BEARING WAS BAD !. all while doing that, i seen that the end of the muffler was about to fall out, it is an old cobra muffler model. catfish came by about then, grabbed the muffler, took it to a local muffler shop, had it welded, and back to me. have not installed it back in yet, might get that done today ?. in the mean time later last night ( i took a break ), i went back out to the shop, got the old girl on her right side, pulled the left side down, got the flywheel off, located a spare one-way starter bearing, swapped that out. used yamabond to seal the side cover with, bolted that back on, while doing all this, is when i seen the starter teeth were almost gone !..lol. yep..out comes the starter..into the trash pile..lol. i will see if the parts bike has a good starter today ?, if so ?, i'll pull it out, install it in this good atv that is in my shop. So, the good news is, she is running, very happy i don't have to do any engine work..yet ?!..lol. i'll go through the normal checks today, gear oil, air filter, brake check. will keep this thread updated as i go.

standard plug is all you really need.

welcome to our forums !.

just got done with a road test, starts great, runs great, stops great !. now where is he with my cash ?!...rofl.

have not checked psn yet, i wont go searching until i know for a fact neither one is firing ?.

someone cut that open, i would not risk it..lol.

tag say's '87 ?!..will not work on '86 models.

nope, it was a good penny or two..lol.

even if this buyer backs out on the 2004 trx450fm today ?, i still have to get it out of my shop, and roll the good looking '86 trx350 fourtrax into my shop, and give her a going over, see what i am dealing with ?, i hope it is just either a bad fuel pump ?, or a bad fuel cut-off relay ?. if it turns out to be the c.d.i. ?, i have no idea how i will solve that problem ?, as of right now, there is no new oem c.d.i.'s from honda on the market that i know of ?. that will put the hurt to getting it running !. i will have to source a used c.d..i. from ebay or power sports nation maybe ?. i really wish honda would stop doing away with old stuff !!!. it is a money game for them these days..they do not want folks with anything older than 10 yrs running anymore !!!. grrrr.