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Tecumseh engine

Posted: December 6th, 2008, 8:14 pm
by Devine Plumbing
New to the world of small snowmobiles. Bought a 97 Kitty earlier this year. Original motor has been replaced with a 3 HP Tecumseh. Ski has been lifted and studded. Any ideas on a simple way to add 12V power so the headlight and taillight will work?

Posted: December 7th, 2008, 11:15 am
by 72
rather than trying to find a lighting coil, you could just put some led bulbs in it and just run a rechargable battery pack . led bulbs use about 1/10th the energy of incandecents so getting a couple hours out of a charge should be no problem.

Posted: December 7th, 2008, 12:01 pm
by Devine Plumbing
excellent idea. I will have to post pictures after the LED conversion is complete.

Posted: December 8th, 2008, 3:12 pm
by 72
depending what voltage your going to run , you could go a step farther and mount one of thoes little solar chargers on the hood and make in totally self contained .

Posted: January 7th, 2009, 12:32 pm
by drzmatt
72 wrote:depending what voltage your going to run , you could go a step farther and mount one of thoes little solar chargers on the hood and make in totally self contained .

Or you could put a windmill on the hood.