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02-20-2004, 04:32 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003
Where I sled: Northwoods of Wisconsin
Posts: 19
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Over the weekend, my wife and 6 year old daugher went through the ice and sunk our Ski Doo Touring Fan. Luckily, I was right there and got them out and over to the local bar in short time so they could warm up and dry off. I went back and with the help of about 10 other guys from the bar, got the snowmobile out (of course I bought everyone drinks when we got back). I left it sit outside at the bar over night and picked it up in the morning and took it over to the local dealer. Just talked to the dealer and the sled is back in running order, except the seat is soaking wet. They took the seat apart and are drying it out. However, I could not get a straight answer on how long it would take to dry. I was told "it may be a week or two". With a trip planned for next weekend, I am wondering if the seat will be ready. Someone must know how long it takes a fully saturated seat to dry. The seat cover and foam have been removed. Shouldn't it only take a few days? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
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02-20-2004, 04:52 PM
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#2
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: S-E Lower, Michigan
Mileage: 1115 miles
Primary Sled: The old purple pile
Where I sled: Frederic to Lake Gogebic & everywhere in between
Posts: 2,422
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With everything removed it should only take 2-3 days next to a good heat source, shorter if you squeeze it a couple times a day.
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02-20-2004, 05:03 PM
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oldslowsledder
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Parry Sound,Ontario
Primary Sled: 2010 GSX, wife 08 Vector
Where I sled: North of Parry Sound
Posts: 6,488
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Glad to hear everyone is okay. The sons sunk a Ultra a few years back, and next to a big old woodstove took about 24hrs to dry. The seat that is, his pride took a couple of weeks 
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02-20-2004, 06:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Hudson, Quebec
Primary Sled: 1999 Mach1 700, 1995 Formula stx 583
Where I sled: Quebec, Ontario Victoria Harbour
Posts: 443
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Glad all are ok. I sunk my 2up last year. The seat took about 3weeks to dry?? I had it by a woodstove, over heat vents, squeezed it until the water was not dripping onto the floor and put it in the drier. In the meantime I bought a seat from a snowmobile wreckers for a $100 and use that. The seat will not dry fully until the summer when you hang it. Good Luck!
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02-20-2004, 07:36 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Chazy, NY
Where I sled: Lake Champlain and the Adirondack mountians of upstate NY
Posts: 677
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Put a piece of plywood over it and run i over with your car, it'll squeeze all the water out and will dry really fast.
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02-20-2004, 08:11 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Primary Sled: summit 600
Where I sled: Alaska
Posts: 15
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my sleds seat took about 1 months to dry. and it was rung out, and was next to a reasonable heat source. but sometimes its a different story
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02-20-2004, 09:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Saint Joseph, Minnesota
Mileage: not enough
Primary Sled: 2003 REVX 800MOD, 05 GSX 600 Limited
Where I sled: Minnesota and the U.P.
Posts: 1,130
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As paidincash said the plywood system works well. It doesn't remove all the water. You could build a cage using plastic with the foam inside it and attach that to a de-humidafier and it will suck out the moisture out in a few days.
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02-20-2004, 10:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wellington Ontario
Primary Sled: 2003 Mach Z
Where I sled: Old Hastings, Paudash, Maple Leaf and T.A.T.A. area
Posts: 402
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Some good ideas here. But as I thought about, what about re-wetting the seat foam with Rubbing Alcohol or Acetone, and then drive over it with the plywood idea. Any remaining fluid will be a combination of water and the fast drying sub-agent. Just a quick thought on a lonely Friday night, in a cold dark room, with a PC.
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02-21-2004, 12:57 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Chi-town
Primary Sled: 03 Mxzx800
Where I sled: up,northern wi,ny,mn,canada
Posts: 271
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I think acetone would destroy the foam.
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02-22-2004, 09:23 PM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wellington Ontario
Primary Sled: 2003 Mach Z
Where I sled: Old Hastings, Paudash, Maple Leaf and T.A.T.A. area
Posts: 402
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Quote:
Originally posted by big windy mxz@Feb 21 2004, 12:57 AM
I think acetone would destroy the foam.
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I agree.
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