84 el Tigre

[laWY]

I'm just trolling for some suggestions. I just picked up an 84 el Tigre rus good except needs a good clutch cleaning. The guy I bought it from was mixing a qt. of oil to 5 gallons of gas and also tossing in half a bottle of heat. He said that's what the old boy he bought it from was running in it. With 2500 miles showing on it should I be messing with the mix or just keep doing what works. Also if any one has an idea on where to find parts for the beast That would be helpfull thanks

 

[sled_guy]

So a 20:1 mix... pretty common back in those days. I don't know about the half bottle of heat... if you are buying gas from a good station and you are making sure you store the sled and trailer it so it doesn't get a lot of exposure to water you shouldn't have to put heat in every tank.

You might bump the mix up to 32:1, but if 20:1 is working I don't know that I'd change it.

What parts do you need/want? Pretty scarce in the way of aftermarket stuff as far as add-ons... but the aftermarket has all sorts of mechanical parts for it.

sled_guy

 

[laWY]

Thanks for the reply just looking for a windshield and I found some online

 

[winter brew]

I had one of those. Run alot of good oil...20:1 is overkill, but 30-35:1 would be good.
Cranks were the weak link on that 500.
Clutch is a Comet 102C if you need parts or just a whole new clutch.

 

[laWY]

I haven't had time to really go Throug every thing but hit the clutch with liberal amounts of WD40 and it stopped sticking it makes for a pretty cool grocery getter.