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Thank you to everyone for the comments and words of encouragement. I've been down in the basement all weekend trying to get parts and pieces ready to go back together. Progress is being made but it's slow since I'm blasting, priming and painting everything. There are lots of brackets, nuts and...

Before tax and buyer's premium, it was $4,250. -RFL

BC, Both rear u-joints and the fronts have been replaced and no, they're not greasable. The only thing in the driveline left is the intermediate shaft from the tranny to the crossmember. This has one u-joint at the tranny that is wobbly on the shaft and it's original. -RFL

Love it! -RFL

OK, after listening to the voice in my head, off came the front end, and everything else that wasn't welded in place. This was mainly done so I could get it outside to blast it. Maneuvering it around is a bit straining, but after welding a tab to the bottom rear of the front hitch tube, all it...

Yes. In fact I spent two afternoons outside blasting it. Still some smaller spots left to do, but it's coming along. It's slow having to stop and collect the media when the pot goes dry. -RFL

BC, The 2007 has the same set of louvers under the radiator and I've already got the mud flaps just waiting to get bolted in. Thanks, -RFL

The floorboards are a bit larger and require some bending, but I was ready to give it a go. Jesse James I'm not, but I can do straight lines. Use the old one for a pattern. Knock down a few edges... Viola! It fits. It was at this point that a nagging voice in the back of my head...

Rebuilding Begins First thing I did was to start working on the wheel wells. I had some 16ga steel laying around so it was off to cutting out the bad parts of the wheel tubs and stitching in some new stuff. Here's the repaired passenger's wheel tub. It wasn't too bad and the rot was mostly...

The Saga Continues... Here are a few more pictures of the rot we're dealing with. Floorboards Cut out section of driver's wheel tub. Here's what's left after removing bad sheet metal. Cross member, step, it all had to go. Winch cubby. The rust was pretty pervasive throughout the...

Everything on the RTV900 is under the floor, running along the frame rails. Cables, hoses and wires although there aren't that many of them, maybe a dozen. -RFL

The famous saying goes something like this..... "If I'd only known then what I know now". This is the beginning of the story of the "Orange Buggy" as my wife calls the RTV900 we got at Ritchie Bros. auction back in November. We were looking for a side by side to use on our property and didn't...

Wow!! Are the cooling problems of the 1100's severe enough to require an ice bath? :yum: Glad everyone got out safely and is OK. -RFL

I've seen you're work and I believe you. However, I think the oil seal in the front knuckles may be out of your area of expertise. That inboard oil seal is over $50. Yikes!!! -RFL

That's good to hear. I wish my loader had one. Maybe it does and I just don't know it. -RFL

Will do. Thanks, -RFL

It's the Angry Man icon. -RFL

It is nice most of the time. It gets annoying when grading and every time you lift the boom up a bit the bucket curls out some. That means you're forever adjusting the bucket instead of just being able to drop the booms and go. Being able to turn off the self leveling would be nice for times...

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OEM parts are always expensive but there's almost always outfits out there that work on a higher volume, lower margin business model than the other, pricier model. For buying Harley parts, there are several discount dealers that sold mail-order at a straight 25% off of list. The parts weren't...