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Is there an easy way to tell with a tape measure?
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Is there an easy way to tell with a tape measure?
Denny
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You’re getting kind of personal there buddy, ain’t ya?
Whitetrashrocker
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Post pics.
It will be dented and oil everywhere.
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The Chonda came yesterday the 8th. Delivered by FedEx and the delivery guy was seen treating my junk engine with care. Looks like it was treated well the whole way because the box is almost mint. The engine was double boxed. Each box being double-corrugated, like two layers of cardboard, so that was reassuring (probably standard practice for heavy stuff).
Engine was bagged and sat on a cheap styrofoam base with another similar piece on top but the sides were open and the end of the crankshaft was slowly making a break for freedumb by gouging a hole in the inner box. It didn't penetrate the outer box though.
Engine comes with a manual in Engrish, Grermun and Frinch languages but is not completely terrible and even has a section on valve adjustment. Comes with a 2-piece spark plug wrench, key stock for the keyway and unexpectedly, a bolt and washer for the crankshaft end (should be metric of course). Shaft is 20mm or 0.78" on my cheap digital caliper.
It left a tiny wet spot for W.T.R.
Key is in the bag but hiding behind the manual.
I am particularly fond of the "Choke door" and the "Oil switch" labels on the carb.
All in all a decent machine. Will have to compare it with one of my Rotaderps in the fit and finish department. I'm gonna go into the sump to inspect the innards and maybe under the valve cover or under the head before it gets a taste o' the juice.
Air filter is black foam about 1" thick and removable for washing. Apparently gone is the metal wingnut seen on older air cleaners and replaced with a plastic wingnut with metal insert. The black washer under it has an O-ring around the circumference to seal out dirt.
Engine was bagged and sat on a cheap styrofoam base with another similar piece on top but the sides were open and the end of the crankshaft was slowly making a break for freedumb by gouging a hole in the inner box. It didn't penetrate the outer box though.
Engine comes with a manual in Engrish, Grermun and Frinch languages but is not completely terrible and even has a section on valve adjustment. Comes with a 2-piece spark plug wrench, key stock for the keyway and unexpectedly, a bolt and washer for the crankshaft end (should be metric of course). Shaft is 20mm or 0.78" on my cheap digital caliper.
It left a tiny wet spot for W.T.R.
Key is in the bag but hiding behind the manual.
I am particularly fond of the "Choke door" and the "Oil switch" labels on the carb.
All in all a decent machine. Will have to compare it with one of my Rotaderps in the fit and finish department. I'm gonna go into the sump to inspect the innards and maybe under the valve cover or under the head before it gets a taste o' the juice.
Air filter is black foam about 1" thick and removable for washing. Apparently gone is the metal wingnut seen on older air cleaners and replaced with a plastic wingnut with metal insert. The black washer under it has an O-ring around the circumference to seal out dirt.
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Looks nice for 87 bucks. Just wondering since most all kart stuff is manufactured to fit a 3/4" output shaft, why would you equip the engine with a
20 mm shaft. Is there another market that uses that shaft size? Or possibly somewhere else in the world where this is the common size? Seems like they are going out of their way to make it hard for our market.
20 mm shaft. Is there another market that uses that shaft size? Or possibly somewhere else in the world where this is the common size? Seems like they are going out of their way to make it hard for our market.
Denny
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It’s probably built for the bolt on wet clutch kits used in other countries. Hellion why don’t you get one of those wet clutch/2:1 reduction boxes also and be our alpha tester? Take one for the team!!!
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If I understand correctly it's intended for metric Europe and/or the rest of the world, not the backwards USA. 
Technically speaking we are “bilingual“ as far as measurement systems go. How many foreign car marques are manufactured here and that still use their OEM metric fasteners and measurements?
Maybe we are the baddies and need to manufacture clutches and implements in metric? Shame on Jim D.
Technically speaking we are “bilingual“ as far as measurement systems go. How many foreign car marques are manufactured here and that still use their OEM metric fasteners and measurements?
Maybe we are the baddies and need to manufacture clutches and implements in metric? Shame on Jim D.
Denny
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Jim is fine, this is Merica!!! We do things the right way here. If you don’t believe me just ask me!
Eztrail
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There are 2 types of countries in the world. Thoes that use the metric system and thoes that have been to the moon! Merica!
Whitetrashrocker
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Well technically there have been 5 countries to the moon, US, Russia, China Japan and India.
But we were the only one to take a dune buggy!
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Those 5 countries have space craft or rocket ships that have landed on ( or crashed into ) the moon. We not only took a dune buggy to the moon, but then our guys hoped in and drove it around. Nobody else comes close. Not that any of this has much to do with 20mm output shafts on Chinese lawnmower engines.