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General Discussion / Re: Looking for Outside Mirrors

« on: February 07, 2013, 05:26:25 pm »

I've seen a couple with Jeep Wrangler style mirrors.  The work well because they have a flat mounting flange, similar to the side of a bombardier.

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General Discussion / Re: getting on to northern tracks

« on: February 07, 2013, 05:23:59 pm »

Looks like our website program (joomla) is out of date which caused some problems.  We got northern tracks page working, but most of the content is disabled.  Still working on it.

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General Discussion / Re: getting on to northern tracks

« on: February 07, 2013, 01:27:47 pm »

Still don't know why its happening.  I'm trying to get our web guy to fix it.  Sorry for the screw up!

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General Discussion / Re: Cam McLEAN

« on: April 05, 2012, 01:46:41 pm »

Very sad day for the people of Cranberry P and area with the passing of Cam Mclean the great woodworker.  He was always a comical and friendly and sometimes feisty fella to be around.  The rally won't be the same without him.  Paul Rossington

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Trail Talk / Re: Bombardiering gone wild

« on: April 23, 2011, 08:35:41 am »

I like their driving style!    I think I could get along with those guys.

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General Discussion / Re: ** 13th Annual Bombardier Rally 2011 INFO **

« on: March 06, 2011, 12:12:04 pm »

Your right Bob somehow it got misplaced!

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General Discussion / Re: Swamp Dog and Cletus are down

« on: February 27, 2011, 08:13:47 am »

What do you mean water?

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General Discussion / Re: Swamp Dog and Cletus are down

« on: February 25, 2011, 08:47:04 pm »

We couldn't see anything missing from the valves or seats.  Its a real puzzler what got in there, I picked up metal off the face of the piston with a magnet, very similar to a piece of ring.

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General Discussion / ** 13th Annual Bombardier Rally 2011 INFO **

« on: February 19, 2011, 12:26:55 pm »

http://www.northerntracks.com/bombardier-rally-information/11th-annual-bombardier-rally.html

Check out the rally information on the link.

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General Discussion / Re: Swamp Dog and Cletus are down

« on: January 13, 2011, 08:41:20 pm »

Didn't bother taking the head off since we know the engine has to come out.  Shop is busy right now, still trying to get it in.

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General Discussion / Re: Swamp Dog and Cletus are down

« on: January 11, 2011, 10:16:28 pm »

Well its a little worse than detonation.  One piston is hammered to $hit!  Hopefully this week it gets yanked out.

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Trail Talk / Re: KPM & his New Years Day Adventures

« on: January 06, 2011, 09:21:33 pm »

Looks tight!

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General Discussion / Re: Swamp Dog and Cletus are down

« on: January 05, 2011, 10:05:48 pm »

Hmm good info, we'll keep you updated.  Should have the engine out next week.

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General Discussion / Swamp Dog and Cletus are down

« on: January 04, 2011, 10:25:54 pm »

Just went out to start our 1952 Narrow Bombardier and noticed there was a ticking noise in the Ford 300 engine that did not sound good. We thought it may have a lifter or a valve problem after sitting over the summer period. We noticed the noise seemed to go away so we ran it about a kilometer but noticed the power was poor.

After getting back to the shop we pulled the valve cover to inspect the valve train while running. The valves and rockers seemed fine so we pulled the plugs and noticed no. 1 cylinder had loose metal in it and the piston has been hammered up. The engine has only 100 plus hours since overhaul but has seen some heavy pulling in that time.
We will pull it and give it what is required as soon as possible.

While getting some advise from Bluetoque ,he mentioned that the Ford 300 is noted for failing the No 1 cylinder due to cooling issues from the water jacked design.
Any comments on this problem will be appreciated.

Paul-Ray

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General Discussion / Re: Old newspaper ad

« on: October 29, 2010, 10:55:02 pm »

I see they spelled bombardier different back then......