Watanabe Motor Services

Customer 2008 Arctic Cat 650 H1 4x4 TRV. Brought in to get running after sitting for over 6 years. First step is add a little oil in the plug hole and slowly turn over the engine. After half a turn the engine locks. Bummer! Rotate in the opposite direction it spins for several turns. Rotate in the normal direction and the engine turns over freely. Okay now we're getting somewhere! Hit the starter button and the engine turns over fine. Go to put it at TDC and the engine locks up again. GRRRRRR! Okay pull apart the top end and find a split piston but NO bent valves. Hmmmmm. Check the rod bearing on the big end. Big end bearing is TOAST! Just the parts to rebuild the engine would run over $1500. Uneconomical to repair. Anyone have a used engine for this beast?

Day 3. Left Durango and headed up to Silverton. Then on to Ouray, Montrose, Sapinero and scraped pegs over Black Canyon. Some great roads through Grand Mesa and finally into Grand Junction. Way hotter than any previous trip this late in the year. What a great day.