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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: mswyka on September 22, 2018, 04:37:48 PM
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And, does not even have a Kawasaki engine. But I am officially starting this project today. Keeping my fingers crossed that we can get this running. 1972 Arctic Cat Panther 303 Wankel.
It had about 20 years of dust on it so after pulling it out of the machine shed we gave it a good soaking with the pressure washer. It will need some more clean up but I am not going to spend too much time on the chassis if we can't make her pop.
We have no manual for this sled. Does anyone have a manual or know where I can get one?
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http://www.vintagesnow.com/Arctic-cat.html
This isn't perfect....it doesn't show a '72....but it does have the service manual for the '74 Panther with the wankel.
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parts fiche..
https://www.blwpartsfiche.com/
scroll down and click on the snowmobile, then the 1972 models
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My neighbor had one what he put on it was a 36mm mikuni had more throttle response than what came with it, good luck with it
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Nothing wrong with having multiple brands. I have 4 Arctic Cat Jags and 2 Scorpion Super Stingers and a Ski Doo Olympique along with my Intruder.
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http://www.vintagesnow.com/Arctic-cat.html
This isn't perfect....it doesn't show a '72....but it does have the service manual for the '74 Panther with the wankel.
Thank you. This should be helpful. Just the plug number was important - keeping me from putting in a BR9!
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Tonight's report. No spark. This is not a good sign. Looks like I have some more investigation to do.
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A night or two ago I pulled off some parts to gain access to the points - hoping that I would find an obvious problem with the points that could be rectified by a little filing. No go. Points looked good but I gave them a little filing anyway. Still no spark. At this point I am not sure how much further I want to take this exercise. While the Wankel is an interesting curiosity, I am not sure that I really want to invest in learning about another make/model/engine - I have been pretty comfortable just knowing about the Kawasaki engines.
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I asked a friend who has experience with these, aka John Nutter. This is his reply.
Hi Bob. Its the same ignition as any German 2 stroke of the era. Points, condensor, coil, Plug. Wiring. Id probably look at the condensor next.
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I asked a friend who has experience with these, aka John Nutter. This is his reply.
Hi Bob. Its the same ignition as any German 2 stroke of the era. Points, condensor, coil, Plug. Wiring. Id probably look at the condensor next.
Thank you.
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A Wankle has been on my bucket list for some time.
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Simple change of points and condenser: Just remove engine
Looks like this engine has not turned for many years.
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They are an amazing engine.
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So far, so good. After about an hour this afternoon the new points and condenser are installed and much to my surprise and great relief, we now have spark! One hurdle down.
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Today we put the engine back into the sled and managed to get a few pops out of her. Still work to do.
With the first pop or two we started to see evidence of prehistoric animal life in the exhaust. after pulling the exhaust, poking, prodding, fishing, and shaking, we finally go most of it out. That is enough for today.
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Fuel tank is back in and new line up to the rebuilt carburetor. It didn't take long to pull fuel from the tank to the carb. So far all we have gotten is a few explosions out the exhaust. I am going to wait until I can get it outside in daylight.