500 Joining the ranks of men

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Got my 500 finally. Can anyone guess the year? Runs good but will need some tuning, has been sitting in a garage for 2 years. Some bad news however, coolant is leaking into the transmission. This happened with my 03 kx250 once before. Think it's a bad seal on the right case or the impeller shaft seals??
 
Good eye, close. 92 I forgot I mentioned it in my original post. Any thoughts on the coolant leak? The trans oil was really white, sat over night turned green by morning

First thought is wp seal, it could be case gasket. i suppose put dye in the coolant and let it circulate, shut down motor and drain oil,Then pressure test coolant system, with the oil drain plug removed, when you see coolant dripping out drain hole, drain coolant completely, disassemble right side case and hopefully you'll see a trail of dye from defective seal, or gasket.
 
we were talking about blue forks! fyi i saw it's twin sitting beside the road with a for sale sign on it, earlier in the summer. my pickup has the most trouble passing a for sale sign on something like that.
 
All I can tell you is the footpeg mounts will be tapered and pegs will be floppy. Was one of the things that bothered me the most about my '93 250 and I couldn't figure a way to fix it.
Good luck on that bad boy adam ride safe!
 
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