Indy 500 has some issues!

our buddy Kyle brought anther one of his sleds over for some minor repairs.

[@stevetheriault4164]

Great job fixing your buddies sled i like how you dont skip anything and fix things properly your a great mechanic be safe buddy

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thanks 🍻

[@evandionne6994]

Pete ! Thanks man ! I’ve got a 2000 XC 700 like scooters and never been much of a mechanic guy but she didn’t wanna start this winter and I’ve got my carbs all out and cleaning now thanks to gaining so much knowledge and confidence from your vids! Me and my friend Mike are obsessed with all your videos here in Maine! Keep it up they’re funny, informative, and down right just fun to watch!

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

that's awesome! I'm glad you and Mike are enjoying the videos! cheers 🍻 You da Maine 🤣🍻

[@goopygeiger5632]

Great vid Pete! Picked up a pair of 96 Indy 500’s last spring. Very informative and entertaining as usual!

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thank you! 🍻

[@cycork]

Man i usually cant stand a vid longer than 10 minutes but i watched this whole thing without pausing once, Great vid man!

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thanks! that's awesome to hear 🍻

[@richardrogers7479]

Another fun and informative vid, just love watching Pete, who stole the donuts, lol

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

haha cheers 🍻

[@b01tact10n]

I was skeptical about your real opinion of old polaris sleds, I knew it, your a die hard fan of all great 2 stroke sleds and your appreciation shows 😁 great vid, gotta love those 2stroke sleds!

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

lol they are all good when they run! 🤣🍻

[@mattmonteith2175]

Just bought 1991 Indy 650 tripple. Was EFI. Studded track. Fast thing I ever been on as sled hopefully we get more snow.

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

Nice One! 🍻

[@OiIersFan]

I got a 1991, but I've owned a 99' before and man are they fun. They're controllable, Have enough power, and those sleds are very reliable. Fans can even get to 80 mph.

[@davidadamsmusic]

First of all - you are hilarious. Second- you are a great mechanic. Finally- you are a good friend. Wish you were my neighbor! I’d supply you with all the beer and donuts you want to keep my sleds running!

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

Wow, thanks! that's a great compliment right there!! 🍻

[@dproulx797]

Beauty job Bud! It sounds just like having Stompin' Tom Connors fix your sled. Thanks and have a good one.

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

haha thanks! cheers 🍻

[@pajamatime5750]

Unless the decals have all been changed that’s a ‘99 Indy 500…. Used to have one. Was a good machine in its day!

[@user-hq5wq8tm6b]

Awesome video! I love your channel. I am new to snowmobiles and you have taught me so much!! Thank you!!

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

that's awesome! thank you very much, glad you enjoy the channel! cheers 🍻

[@johnm3411]

Put a golf tee in the line when you remove it and it will keep the fluid in. Thanks for sharing your videos, lots of good tech info with great videos and a few laughs along the way. .

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thanks 🍻

[@joelcooper5468]

Hey, love watching your vids! A little tip that you might not know that will save some energy is to blow through the gas filler hole creating pressure in the tank and the gas will go to the carbs in seconds. Saves a lot of pulling!

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thanks for the support! and thanks for the tip! will giver a go next time 🍻

[@Ticdaniel]

Thanks for that secondary clutch job. That explained alot

[@daveg2199]

I too believe that’s a 1999 I have the same sled with the same decals. I’m so glad you didn’t rip that track off while doing donuts. I was sure waiting for it.😬

[@josephnewburgh8531]

Pickety boo Pete! Have another bud lite on me too! Hee hee!😮

[@kevinbushey1879]

Done plenty of dash and heater extractions I do heavy collision work in a body shop. Replaced dashes heater core airbags are real pain.

[@orionwarren4244]

Got the Buddy Light wobble pop in hand and joining ya, Pete. Cheers! Nice one!😁🍻

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

cheers 🍻

[@stroker93]

Royal Disttibuting gas cap...got one on my 98mxz....as you said pins rotted... But bought on cheap as it wouldnt start, tank full of water.

[@kevinbushey1879]

Love your videos you have a really nice life and friends you’re pretty lucky guy.

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

I appreciate that cheers 🍻

[@sendit1158]

0:24 lmfao Its like Al Bundy going Ice Fishing lol That was some funny stuff

[@trevorkovacs1581]

Hey Pete I have done the mouth around the gas filler hole before it works but the easiest way is to take a rag and wrap it around the filler hole and use compressed air it works so much better. 🍻

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

Good tip! thanks 🍻

[@eugenebaroni1298]

Great video Pete 👍👍.. at least you got some good donuts out of it... Great job on the Polaris back in the day I had the same kind of sled it ran forever.... Have a good week..

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thanks 🍻

[@AirborneLlamaLamp]

Nice retape job on the seat she's a beaut!

[@danagibbons9643]

Sweet work man. Thanks for the great content 👍

[@billyb.9878]

What a bout the dooly gig underneath. Us old beginner's need to see that stuff.

[@rickwilson78]

great video's buddy!!! thanks!!!!

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thanks 🍻

[@kodiakyamaha8688]

Absolutely awesome videos.this helps people lurn alot.cheers!

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thank you! cheers 🍻

[@danielashe5265]

A set of torch tip cleaners are super handy for cleaning carb jets. Just a tech tip .

[@chadswager1791]

Never a half ass job with all your work great video!!!! Be safe brother!

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thanks 🍻

[@thesupernad]

I've stopped buying brake clean by the can, get yourself a 20L pail from Wurth/Napa/Piston Ring and a pressurized sprayer. You can also use a normal spray bottle to squirt it on and then hit it with a blast of air from a compressor and everything comes right off. I always clean the outside of my parts as much as I clean the inside too though, so I go through cleaner like crazy. The cans with a straw come in handy for carb cleaning, but I use carb cleaner for that.

[@jasonyoder5219]

Love your videos. You make everything look easy. Your voice is awesome. You should be on the radio. You have a voice and face for radio.😆

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

lmao 🤣 🍻

[@murrayminimotors1674]

Thanks for the help 🙂

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

No problem 👍🍻

[@bamcustoms7327]

My sleddin seasons over, show me that ole Dodge in the yard!!!

[@murrayminimotors1674]

Great job 👏🏾 👍🏾

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

Thank you! Cheers!🍻

[@GearheadRob319]

those are good little sleds. just got rid of a 98 indy 500.

[@davidtrosin7102]

Krispy cream doughnuts are the worst, you can't get them plain with no sugar on them, but the video was sweet haha cool Doge pickup behind you

[@chrisnoeske8904]

I love watching your videos you are a very smart man I've got a 2000 Polaris Indy 500 I would love to have you work on it if you are only closer to Gaylord Michigan you really know your stuff

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

Thank you! 🍻

[@MrHugawa]

great job, thx for the video, it was awesome.

[@randybomar700]

You did a great job on the beer runner maybe you should get a patent on that turn out fabulous.

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

haha just might have to! 🍻

[@Ticdaniel]

I use to put some gas in the sparkplughole after carb rebuild. A guy getting to old to dislockate the shoulder pulling gas to carbs 😜😜 //Sweden

[@coreyantle2687]

I had a 98 indy 500 ... nice vid !

[@TheDivergentDrummer]

Wow! I almost did that job on my 05 ram. Then a logging truck took care of t for me :D

[@brian400ex1]

Torch tip cleaning kit works very well for cleaning out jets..."nice one"

[@stewarttracy1380]

Nice One,

[@TomSelleck777]

Mig welder gun tip cleaner works great on the jets.

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

good tip! 🍻

[@josephnewburgh8531]

Hey jfyi a Twistie tie from a bread bag, the wire works great on pilot jets. Nice video by the way.

[@akukorhonen5182]

Its hard to measure a jet diameter, but easy to ream one to a size. If you find that a jethole is corroded, or otherwise gone too big, heat it up, solder it up, blow out excess solder while molten and ream to size.

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thanks for the tip! cheers 🍻

[@michaelyarmie4858]

Use a rad pressure tester on the fuel tank. Less pulling. Oh were are you? I can't see you.. haha.

[@joerutkowsky3261]

That truck is like the skidoo 1200 you fixed the oil leak on.

[@James-Vining-333]

Another great Video, You have now made me want to get a Snowmobile But I would need to move back to where I grew up in NE Washington to really use it without having to haul it like 50+ miles, Much nicer to just go outside fire it up and go. On a Side note I have a 2000 Durango that needs a Heater fan replaced so I will have to do the same as you did on the Dodge, Maybe I will record it as soon as I know how to Bleep or Edit the Video. My videos are no where as close to as funny as what you make, Unless me making a idiot out of myself is funny to others.

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thank you! I'm glad you like the videos! yeah those heater boxes can be a bear to get out sometimes but sometimes ya just gotta sit back and relax..have a beer...and enjoy the fact that ya don't own a Ford lmao 🤣🍻

[@James-Vining-333]

@@rednecksdirtyhands To True and we know what Ford really stands for 🤣

[@rylanfessey1308]

Hey! I have a 1997 Polaris XLT Touring, and I got ripped off by a repair shop up in Hali. Both trailing arms have fallen off and the bolt is stuck in the hole. We just spent $2000 to get it repaired the first time and they have fallen off again :( If you want content, hmu! Love the content and keep up the great work!

[@RayFMak]

Another informative video 👍🏻

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

🍻

[@alanmichaud6433]

Good job Pete

[@chrislealiou1104]

Oh! Gee! Ya need the ol kimpex dere guy eh! Ya no da things eh!

[@nateruh3698]

great video

[@Snotric]

Really common that switch leaks on those, both my wedges had the same problem

[@aceyorba]

Good stuff...

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

Thanks! 🍻

[@gordonliddy9418]

A torch tip cleaning kit works well for jets!

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

Great tip!🍻

[@joerutkowsky3261]

What would cause the studs to do that? To long as a pose to the lug ? Or just put on to tight when installed?

[@ryanclarke5502]

New subscriber! Anyone ever tell you that you sound just like stomping Tom Connors!

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thanks for the support! and as a Canadian...that's one hell of a good compliment!!! 🍻

[@josephnewburgh8531]

Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, RN DH WILL BE REJOICING BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES! Another bud light please.

[@billmustard1090]

Love the liquidfire

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

she's a real sweetie 🍻

[@billmustard1090]

I use to own one just like it. Say hello to Kyle for me

[@billmustard1090]

@@rednecksdirtyhands it is my old sled

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

lol yeah I was talking to Kyle and he was saying it was your old sled..that's cool man 🍻

[@larrywarner9314]

Pete you can go to an auto part store and get those break switches .

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thanks 🍻

[@shawncordeiroTerraceBC]

mom had a 95 indy 500 efi and was stating to have problems so i swapped to carbs gas mileage now sucks and has about 10hp less but it was the only way to keep it running as efi parts were becoming obsolete and/or super expensive

[@donovanreno927]

How bout putting some pressure in the tank by blowing through the tank inlet so you don’t have to pull it 19 times!! I just blow into the tank with my face, I know it’s crude but it gets the job done

[@corym.4971]

Seeing so many firsts on this channel... today by the end it was a snowmobile converted into a snowblower.

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

lol 🍻

[@shawntims923]

👍👍

[@jamesfleming849]

Have the same 2 sleds matching pair 1 vin number off each other

[@dylanquirt8731]

Does the brake switch work like a pressure switch with a diaphragm?

[@Z-Bart]

97'? I had a 92' 440 Liquid.

[@shagdombkowski7710]

I have a 1985 artic cat elTigre 6000 lc.what would be the correct exhaust pipe for it.

[@Nick-sz6xb]

Does belt deflection, tighten the belt ? If not , is there a tensioner?

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

the belt deflection just refers to how tight or loose the belt is. to adjust the amount of deflection is done by adjusting the secondary clutch sheaves. not all are done the same way, some use shims where as others use an adjustable setup with some sort of adjuster bolt. you'd have to check what setup you have to adjust it properly. hope that helps! 🍻

[@Nick-sz6xb]

@@rednecksdirtyhands I have a 99 indy 500 xc sp, same clutch set up you had in the video. Thanks for the information!

[@alfredabsolon42]

What about if I got a 96 Polaris Indy classic 500 and the clutch engages at 3500 but it doesn't start to move until 4500 rpm

[@Lawful-Citizen88]

Hey Pete! I’d would love to see you work on a skidoo formula lll 600 . I really enjoy watching you’re Video’s I just got back into snowmobiling and have been learning a lot from you . I would even provide the sled . 😉

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

thanks, will see what we can do 🍻

[@Lawful-Citizen88]

I will provide the beer and a sled Pete , you can’t say no to that . ? 🍺🍺

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

you got me there!!! lol 👍 🍻🍻

[@bwyyy7306]

Awesome explanation of the secondary, I have searched the entire interweb with no luck

[@MidnightPolaris800]

That gas cap is aftermarket

[@tylerlaurentoutdoors2082]

hey pete i just bought a 96 xlt 600 triple the mag and middle cylinders have 120 psi and the pto has 90 psi do you think putting new pistons and rings in it would be worth the money?

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

good day! yeah it might be worth it for sure...but just make sure to check the carb boots and crank seals just incase before you do. 🍻

[@tylerlaurentoutdoors2082]

@@rednecksdirtyhands cool thanks, do you have any tips for a first timer, I got it for 300$ so I figured it would be the perfect sled to try rebuilding for the first time.

[@mazdarx7887]

yup, you always got to set back with a glass of rum and cigar, lookin at the job you just done(even if its da wife) to see if there is any thing missing or forgotten. Once the job goes out the door it should never come back for anything ya done`, right or wrong

[@thomasmarche6897]

I have a 06 /600 xcsp I don’t think it runs as well as it should what’s the top speed on these you think

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

hard to say....but real world conditions id say 85 ish miles an hour or so....give or take a beer or two lol 🍻

[@brucehamilton9737]

Is the JD Liquifire for sale good old iron there show us video on that classic.

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

it will he the next video coming! 🍻

[@brucehamilton9737]

@@rednecksdirtyhands saweet I love the old JD LF's I grew up with them as a kid and still play with them they're so simple to work on...thx for the reply buddy..

[@northernstoner962]

I have a 2001 Yamaha sxr 500 will not run without the choke on and will not drive for more then a couple mins before dying, what would cause it? Runs and idles good well on half choke

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

if it will only idle with the choke on..sounds like the pilot jets may be plugged in the carbs. a good carb Clean should fix that. 🍻

[@cyrilwingnek-qw1ik]

Holy white guys voice batman.

[@paulparker3770]

Ive got a 98 indy 500 was thinking of swapping out its engine for my 95 xlt 600 triple wondering is it hard to do

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

it might take a few beers and some busted knuckles lol but if you have the complete donor sled for the swap then I'd say you should be able to get er done! 🍻

[@paulparker3770]

@@rednecksdirtyhands thank you sir definitely be a few beers this summer doin it 😂🍻

[@robweeke2940]

Where do you get VP racing fuel?

[@Gravy369]

02 MXZ 700 with an extremely hot pipe...only the pipe??? it will melt antifreeze and oil canisters. ever experience an issue like that?

[@thecoyotehunter9989]

Where abouts are you located? I'd like to go snowmobiling with you one day

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

we are out near peterborough Ontario 🍻

[@thecoyotehunter9989]

@RedNecks & DirtyHands oh right on I used to live in Port Hope

[@calcobb442]

I had a 97 Indy 500..thing would rip. Never lost to a same species Yamaha. LOL You pick on Polaris too much....lol.

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

lol yeah guess I do....I mean they arnt all bad!! our buddy's Xc 700 is a beast of a sled!!! 🍻

[@MidnightPolaris800]

That dodge is a 06 or newer

[@bradleyhoffman3857]

Do you know why my zr800 will not move antell it hits 5000 rpm

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

it might have a stiffer after market spring in the primary clutch...that would raise the engagement rpm. hope that helps 🍻

[@scottmente2244]

Your awsome how I get one of those sweatshirts

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

lol thanks! working on how to get a web site goin for merch 🍻

[@andrewreinert3552]

Hey I got a 95 Indy 500 for 1 grand the clutches need to be cleaned it has a ripped seat and broken windshield

[@andrewreinert3552]

Same thing happened to mine

[@Westernmassoutdoorboys]

How can i get a sticker bro Massachusetts here

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

I appreciate the support! we have a website www.rednecks-dirtyhands.com check it out 🍻

[@UpInSmoke54]

Some of your videos are flipped

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

yeah a bunch of my earlier videos I had no idea how to change the camera on my phone lmao 🤣 I think I got it figured out now 🍻

[@stevenbaker9327]

Ya never cared for working on Polaris...cobbled up way of doing things under the hood. Crude ...I won't own one.

[@Hockeyfan9884]

I Know, beyond the Wife, and at times, she is pissed at myself,,,, I GIVVER, A EXPLAIN STUFF , An i am good to go.

[@michaelhastie7324]

Pete: Wasn't the Indy 500 a middle of the road twin as apposed to some pricier models? And does Kyle know how lucky he is to have a friend/mechanic whom not only knows what he's doing, but knows how to look good doin it? Your description of every tool you used and most of the tribulations and many tricks of the trade almost makes you the Penn & Teller of Snowmobile Mechanics.. With Polaris known for starting beautifully, 19 pulls seems a bit much, but maybe it's because the carbs are economical eh? On a side note, you boys have a Krispy Kreme shop nearby? I was going to comment that you should do a trial without the studs, but you took care of that bny minute 32. RedNecks & Dirty Hands is the Best Snowmobile Fixin You Tube site in the World.

[@rednecksdirtyhands]

wow that's awesome of you to say! thank you 🍻