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Glad to hear you got it going So it was the starter motor in the end?

Sorry when you said jump the starter originally I thought you meant you tried to jump start it with jumper cables, my mistake. If it is the battery you should still be able to jump start it like you would a car with a flat battery? Might be a good way to test if that is the problem without...

I don't think so, more likely it would be called a starter relay Looks like this: If you cross the two gold posts in the picture while your ignition is on that may work.

I think fowler mentioned at the start it could be the solenoid, when they stop working you can get a clicking sound. If you follow the wire back from the starter motor you'll get to the solenoid, should be a short cylinder with two bigger wires connected to it. You can try crossing the...

I had a similar problem when re-wiring an engine out of a chinese quad. A lot of chinese engines are wired so that they won't turn over unless the brake is applied, assuming that this is one of those engines, check that the wires are properly plugged into the contact switch that is attached to...

@DaiSan76, it is pretty heavy, a bit heavier then I intended but hopefully the engine I have will be enough to drive it. If not I'll have to find a bigger engine! edit: sorry didn't really answer the question, I'm not exactly sure what the weight is at the moment, I'll try get it on some scales...

@landuse, yep had checked all engineering firms close to where I'm living in sydney, but unfortunately nothing. @Fabroman, thanks! I'll get onto them next week. I'm pretty sure the local engineering firm at home would have stocked it or at least got it in for me, but while I'm in sydney...

Hi guys, I'm currently building my first cart and have set it up for a live rear axle (I just started a project log http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=23160 there's a picture of the rear swing arm there). I'm building the cart on a budget, and living on a farm I was lucky enough to...

It is slightly wider than I intended, but I'm running with it now and we'll see how it turns out!

Hi guys, I started building my first kart a couple of months ago and have finally had time to put it up here to see what advice I can get. I started with a lot of parts off an old ride on mower, and a doner engine and shocks from an old TF185. I like the sidewinder setup so I'm trying to...

Haha thanks guys, Welcome Tom. So, whatcha got planned? Currently mid way through building my kart, kinda going for a miniature sidewinder setup if that makes any sense at all. I'll try get a build thread started so you can see what i mean.

Hi all I'm Tom from rural NSW Australia (check the map!), I've always tinkered with billy carts/motorbikes/cars but I've just started building my first kart and thought I'd sign up! I've learnt a lot from the few threads I've read already and look forward to learning a lot more!