Gotta love the groundhog.  Whether a believer or no, the groundhog stands as a symbol for all who love love long winters - hoping and pining that February 2 will come without a healthy cloud cover.  Today is March 2 - my grandson Ethan's birthday.  Alas, spring is very early this year and there will be no celabratory birthday snowmobile ride this year.  I am confident that everyone reading this post loves some aspect of snowmobiling - whether it is the cold, the snow, the love of the out of doors, the fresh air or the smell or two stroke, the finding, the buying, the fixing, restoring, or the riding - there is adventure and romance in every aspect of the hobby.  As I sit here today my fun is the thinking of the repairs that I will be making to a couple of the sleds at Camp - I have just about received all of the parts that I need.  Now to schedule a day to get up there. For the moment I am not going to be worried about it being too cold to work without gloves.  I question whether the true reward will be a day spent doing something I love, the roar of the first fire after re-assembly, or time with good friends who share a common interes.  One thing for sure, there will be no groundhogs at this party.

A batch of suspension shafts going to a good home soon.  I put grease groves in the pivot shafts.

An odd winter for us for sure.  The event formerly known as Braapfest has no snow and the trails are closed.  It's now called "Live on leafers" and instead of driving sleds to the various places, cars and trucks will be used.  I'm only going 1 night this year just to hang out and listen to the "West Avenue Band". 3 kids that are good at 60's and 70's rock n role.  Stay the night and head home Sunday morning,  kind of a 24 hour road trip.

Not enough to even make a pile.

 Ultra sonic cleaners are awesome!    I use water usually. If the part is greasy I will add some simple green

Lloyd, good evening.  You make it sound very simple.  It should be easy enough for me to start with water.