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estimated power outages https://poweroutage.us/area/state/louisiana credit for this information goes to @WonderMonkey they've been hit very hard... https://weather.com/news/news/2021-08-30-hurricane-ida-louisiana-new-orleans-levee-mississippi-news-breaking?cm_ven=hp-slot-1 very sad situation ^^^

dif lock on the front pumpkin , and back drive ? ten to one .... if they had locked in... he could have backed out with (like you said) assist with the front end loader.

yeah i can see the cleats ...(i actually did find it strange to have a deferent tread tire on a nice fwd young tractor like his) and ?? she sunk on the right side, and font end just as soon as he pulled in didnt it ? lol.... does that model have a diff lock ? because doesn't look like the left wheels spun as much as the right hand side.

i do have a question... what's with the street tire on the front right of that tractor ?! and the other three with that tread ? in a condition like that... i would have Rice and Cane tread... I'm not making fun.... haha! i have been there... sigh...

i understand, but .... i think you might over thinking this .... I don't think anyone asked you if, IF, you had a history of this bike, whether it had been sunk, but by the description... my thinking is it wasn't .... but fact is, if it has do what shade said all the way down... because you will not get all that grime out, that's why people use use thinner liquid to flush them.. but if your plans are to keep this bike for along time... do it right.... when you did the oil drain first time (soon as you got the bike) what did the oil look like ? i may have to look at your original post again, i don't recall right off hand.

right, that's what i observed from your original post.

nah.... just give the guys some time... you wouldn't believe (if i told you) some of the strange problems that have been solved here.

sounds like y'all had a great time, i never was one for spending much time in Nashville.... i just don't care for the traffic problems they have... next time come down to columbia... it's still a small town, but one of the best places to eat is the jumbo house, best hamburgers anywhere around! and teds sporting goods, and alot of old historic buildings .. we have a few atv riding parks as well....

I'm futher south..... way futher south ... right off hand 20 miles maybe a hair over. straight down u.s highway 31 south, where all did y'all go ? i bet I've heard of a few places.

sheesh..... i keep forgetting to update my location on the members map...... last time i tried my map location was in Australia ..... lol!

oh okay.... we have a bog kind of like what jeep has ...... nothing much grows .... in it.... i got stuck in it not very long after i first got that 86trx 350.... about like jeep did in one of his pics.... i just had to test it..... sigh... and sure enough the top bike, and down i and the bike went..... just axle deep... i have to hand dig the critter out... lol ...i smelled like rotten eggs... afterwards.... i had to shower outside on the patio.... lol, but down south in giles county... there used to be a atv park... (closed now) had an area the local boys called gumbo alley... and the soil / mud was just as y'all descibed ... bluish in color... when it dried it took on a lighter color, and was like concrete, when wet... it clings to everything!

does it smell like sulfur, or rotten eggs ?

just what i was thinking ...i dont think anyone it its path will be left un touched.... what a long life path there predicting for this monster.... i reckon we will,get to see how close they get it right this time.... from what i see, didnt the eye just make land fall ?

looks like that front coiming down from up north broke up some, but it's just north of Arkansas..... with low of Ida moving in... it might be being drawn down some.... I'm curios as to what might happen when all this meets up, and Bcs got knocked off line last night due to weather / storms they have up there way, which look to have slightly broken up some..... might not be good at all for just much needed rain.... my thoughts and prayers for those in Ida's path.

i read up on your other thread..... was the base weeping oil (over time) before your started taking the egine apart ? https://atvhonda.com/topic/1544-98-450es-timing/?tab=comments#comment-48000

@Goober here's the original post..... https://atvhonda.com/topic/1530-engine-question/?tab=comments#comment-48005

well that's great! glad to hear it did start raining, i just looked again, and this front is becoming more expanded.... and well defined, i just hope that front doesn't become a violent quick moving bow front, but rather a slow moving front moving down ..and letting loose on other states that are drying out...I'm not liking what i see in the gulf.... so, prayers those in it's path.

i can't but laugh..... jeep..... sometimes i think you mess with her just to get her fired up..between you her, and how your father is about his things being used.... sure get a kick out of y'all... lol!

do you think it will ever be dry enough to drive that 2640 out there ? of corse once that water is drained down some.... you can use the rear axles as a winch if needed.... really would depend on how much of the axle is on the outside of the rear wheels.

well..... it looks like she had a good time.... lol, she's just a cute as she can be.... i have to ask. what did the wife say ? sounds like you were in more jams then a judge at a county fair.

looking at the radar again looks like y'all had a good second front rain down Purdy good.

don't give up yet.... electrical issues can be a pain to track down....

i sure will goober..... thank you.

has me thinking about that post where my oil and fan came on at the same time, and went off at the same time last couple of post. DIY Gizmo - Honda ATV Programmable Fan Control Unit let us know what you find out, i hope it's nothing serious.

thanks goober, and this is the 86 model ?