snowmaster2112

I didnt look at a thing yet. I just wanted to be first to post...LOL
Now that that's out of the way, thanks for giving me some bed night reading material....LOL
And I'll also be the first to say DAMN AWESOME without even seeing it yet ....LOL

Apparently after putting in the new thermostat and temp sensor Nautico reports still overheating and they don’t know why. They supposedly checked the water pump and said it’s o.k. It is in the shop this afternoon getting diagnosed further and they are gonna call at 5 pm
probably to ruin my day

Sure do miss me some “Ringy dang do”
That Bernard was one of the few people I have met in life that could out smoke me….Lol 

Sure do miss me some “Ringy dang do”
That Bernard was one of the few people I have met in life that could out smoke me….Lol 

Apparently after putting in the new thermostat and temp sensor Nautico reports still overheating and they don’t know why. They supposedly checked the water pump and said it’s o.k. It is in the shop this afternoon getting diagnosed further and they are gonna call at 5 pm
probably to ruin my day

Apparently after putting in the new thermostat and temp sensor Nautico reports still overheating and they don’t know why. They supposedly checked the water pump and said it’s o.k. It is in the shop this afternoon getting diagnosed further and they are gonna call at 5 pm
probably to ruin my day

WHATEVER you do CKF make DAMN sure NOTHING EVER happens to Alains photo posting abilities.
It is THE number one priority of this website. LOL...LOL...LOL
TIA.....LOL...LOL

I didnt look at a thing yet. I just wanted to be first to post...LOL
Now that that's out of the way, thanks for giving me some bed night reading material....LOL
And I'll also be the first to say DAMN AWESOME without even seeing it yet ....LOL

WHATEVER you do CKF make DAMN sure NOTHING EVER happens to Alains photo posting abilities.
It is THE number one priority of this website. LOL...LOL...LOL
TIA.....LOL...LOL

Sure do miss me some “Ringy dang do”
That Bernard was one of the few people I have met in life that could out smoke me….Lol 

I didnt look at a thing yet. I just wanted to be first to post...LOL
Now that that's out of the way, thanks for giving me some bed night reading material....LOL
And I'll also be the first to say DAMN AWESOME without even seeing it yet ....LOL

WHATEVER you do CKF make DAMN sure NOTHING EVER happens to Alains photo posting abilities.
It is THE number one priority of this website. LOL...LOL...LOL
TIA.....LOL...LOL

I didnt look at a thing yet. I just wanted to be first to post...LOL
Now that that's out of the way, thanks for giving me some bed night reading material....LOL
And I'll also be the first to say DAMN AWESOME without even seeing it yet ....LOL

Sure do miss me some “Ringy dang do”
That Bernard was one of the few people I have met in life that could out smoke me….Lol 

Spent a couple days riding up in the Alagash many yrs ago. The place is "as remote" as any place you will find in Quebec. Spent one of THE most bat shit crazy nights in St Francis ME, closing down the bar "The American Dream" I have ever had in all my snowmobile days !!   UP TO CLAYT'S !!!!!!!

Where are we ????? A little hint.........look at the waitress's shirt. One of THE BEST snowmobile destinations in all of Quebec (had soooo.... much fun there years ago) long, long , long gone but NEVER forgotten.  
Special appearance from Vermont's "coolest dude"

look who crawls out of the wood work. LOL   I should know her fate hopefully tomorrow and plan on going up to get her Thursday if done. Plan on riding for 4 days. You should join me. Rent if you have to. 
Here circa 2007 with you, Kevin, myself and Saguenay Bill.....15 yrs ago !!!!! 

Where are we ????? A little hint.........look at the waitress's shirt. One of THE BEST snowmobile destinations in all of Quebec (had soooo.... much fun there years ago) long, long , long gone but NEVER forgotten.  
Special appearance from Vermont's "coolest dude"

And if I remember correctly.....it was YOU exceeding the speed limit in Mt Valin
Kendoo in action.......
I should know.....I snapped this shot
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look who crawls out of the wood work. LOL   I should know her fate hopefully tomorrow and plan on going up to get her Thursday if done. Plan on riding for 4 days. You should join me. Rent if you have to. 
Here circa 2007 with you, Kevin, myself and Saguenay Bill.....15 yrs ago !!!!! 

read somewhere today that the second internet funding site (after Go Fuck Me dumped them) was up to 7.3 million so far. Thats A LOT of ching in a short time.

Ottawa (AFP) – Canada's Saskatchewan province announced Tuesday the lifting of all Covid restrictions including wearing of masks and proof of vaccination for indoor dining -- as truckers continued occupying Ottawa with similar demands.
 
Alberta was expected to soon follow suit -- despite some pushback from doctors and nurses -- while Quebec announced it would move up the loosening of restrictions.
Most of the Saskatchewan measures introduced in September, when the Delta variant of Covid-19 was spreading across Canada, will end at midnight on Sunday.
Indoor masking requirements and quarantines for anyone who tests positive, however, will remain in place until the end of the month.
"This policy has run its course," Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said.
The premier noted that more than 80 percent of Saskatchewan residents had received two Covid vaccine jabs, and about half got a booster -- similar to data for the country as a whole -- and that it was now time to treat Covid as endemic.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has proposed a phased removal of pandemic restrictions in his province. He is to provide details this week.
Meanwhile Quebec Premier Francois Legault signaled on Tuesday the lifting of Covid measures in his jurisdiction by mid-March.
"We will need to learn to live with the virus. There may be a sixth wave eventually, but we will have to live with Covid," Legault said, pointing to falling Covid hospitalizations.
Moe, who contracted Covid last month, has endorsed a convoy of truckers that converged on Ottawa to call for an end to vaccine mandates for travel between Canada and the United States.
Vaccine mandates for travelers are set by the federal government, but most other Covid measures are the responsibility of provincial authorities.
"It's time," he'd said in a video address last week for Canadians to regain their freedom and to be "getting your life back to normal."
 

Well the trip didn’t end up quite as planned. We left Haltaparche around 10am and everything seemed normal up to the east side Gouin junction. A couple miles or so past there I look down at the dash and temp is reading 189 and climbing. I shut in down expecting the usual 20 lbs of ice blocking the heat exchangers. Hmmmm....no ice. About then you can hear the coolant bottle boiling over and see it puking out. This ain’t good. After a minute or so Andre says...mon ami ...looks at your front air vent. Was completely blocked over with ice. Obviously my bad for not noticing/checking it before we left. At this point I clear that out and hope I didn’t lose enough coolant that it would be ok till I got somewhere to top it off.
after starting up again after a cool down I take off and instantly see the temp is not dropping like it should while running. Here we go again....
at this point Andre is heading back to Haltaparche to get some coolant from Jean-Guy. We try and add some and retry on the trail. Same thing with temp creeping up but seems it takes longer. At this point the sled has gone into overheat twice on the dash and I think the highest I remember seeing it was 244. I shut it down as soon as I’m over 200 but it continues to get hotter sitting there. We finally make it out to the plowed road section after a cool down and it seems like it’s holding temp better. We add some more coolant to the bottle and I run it up and down the road 6-8 times and it seems perfect now. I was figuring it air locked with spilling over and us adding. At least that’s what it seemed. What I failed to mention was earlier on the trail in between cool downs and adding coolant the “engine oil” light comes on. Dipstick is showing nothing. WTF....here again me being complacent. Light never continued to stay on so I figure I’m down a full quart or more. 
We decieded to carry on towards Casey where I would get some oil and we would be good to go. Nice thought but not happening. Things were good first 3-5 miles then started overheating again. We still had more coolant and Andre rides up into Casey and returns with a full quart of Mobil 1 0/40 
pour that in and carry on after a cool down. Instantly over heats again.
thats it.....get out the rope. Towed me the last 3-4 miles into Casey by the Ranch house on the main drag. At this point we had to make decisions as the sled can’t continue on. They go to Kanawata for the night and I spend the night with Yves, Gina and her brother Mark. Great people and great times had there with them. Yves has been coming to Casey since he was a kid as his dad built a camp near there in 1962. He’s a wealth of information about Casey and the surrounding area. 
When the guys took off for Kanawata I tried the sled up and down the road and now it won’t go over 5K rpm and wants to overheat. Probably a head gasket at the least and wouldn’t be surprised if more damage to head. After adding another quart in Casey can barely see on dipstick. I can’t believe this sled ate that much oil in 1500 miles this season and I thought I checked it before I left. My bad again for not checking it anywhere along the trip.
so I got a ride out of Casey with the ever cool dudes Martin & Hugh but they didn’t have room for my sled. They had two beautiful Expedition Extremes in their trailer. It was -44 Friday morning in Casey with Blue Sky. Trucks were even not starting. It was slow going.
so the old girl is sitting by the shed at the ranch house. If your in the area stop by and give her a slap on the ass for me. She will probably be there awhile. Might not get her until March when Quebec Bob and I go up.

just AWESOME !!! Glad you had a great riding day, a quick (cheap) fix at the dealer and most of all GREAT FOOD !!!!
Are those little bldgs on the water called "stabin cabins" ??

Jack, I think I read somewhere that if you get that result you cant go home until April 15th.😉