Recent content by Corsonmcnash

Awesome, sorry to revive a dead thread but gotta say thanks. (Been busy working)

Sorry kind of new to this stuff, to have the same ratio as I have now i would have to reduce both the drive, and driven sprockets right? what exactly does a jackshaft do? Also I meant to increase tire size to give the sprocket extra clearance with the addition of top speed. I just went outside...

Right, Well I'm using this guy in 40/41 chain size http://www.hilliardextremeduty.com/extremeduty/. But either I need to get bigger tires, or a smaller sprocket (preferably larger tires, for the overall ground clearance addition) regardless, and I assume they will both have the same effect. This...

Well, If its possible I would like to keep the wheels and just size up the tires. They are tubed rims, Does anyone have an experience, and can offer 12 or 14 inch treads and tubes?

Wait a minute, Larger tires will increase top speed... oooooh ****, I'm an idiot, I had it backwards. Well besides that confusion, I'm interested in larger tires anyway. Anyone have an suggestions?

Hey all, After getting my kart running agian, I soon realized one of the largest problems. My tire size gives my sprocket about half an inch of clearance... when no one is in the kart. I don't want to get a smaller sprocket, and reduce the top speed. I'm left with one option: new tires. I was...

Yup the float was stuck all the way up. Fixed it today, no leaks at all. Thank you for hanging in there with me fellas. -C

Ahh, that was a great explanation. Now I know what the problem is. The float bowl was stuck, wasn't moving at all, so naturally I thought it was supposed to be like that. Ill attempt at fixing that tomorrow. Now I really should go to sleep, got work in the morning. Thanks for sticking around...

That's what I thought as well. I'm priming with little bulb on the side of the engine, it's on the actual body of the engine right above the pull start. You can see it in the first picture I posted, the red button looking thing. The seal on the bowl it's self is solid. However when I took the...

uh oh, Maybe I'm a huge idiot. Does the vent look like a pin prick, or a small drilled hole? I just never remembered having gas come out like that, I've had this engine for over four years. There wasn't a screw hole there, the hole in question was literally smaller than a pin prick, just big...

Thanks you for the reply, For clarification, there were TWO holes, I though BOTH weren't supposed to be there. However you guys showed me that yes indeed there is supposed to be gas in the air intake (it would pool where the choke is seen open in my last picture. So that takes care of one hole...

Oh also as a frame of reference: This picture is taken straight from the back, and the other was taken directly to the side. The red arrow here is showing the direction that the jet of gasoline took. same question as before though, can I just apply more jb weld and be fine?

Thanks for all the replies guys, so I guess the pooling in the intake isn't a problem. However, the hole is highlighted by the red arrow. It's only about the diameter of a pin, but when ever I prime the carb, it shoots a jet of mystified gas out of the side of the cast metal part of the carb...

Hah trust me on this one, when I prime it it sprays gas onto who ever is standing behind the engine and accidentally onto my friends face when he was inspecting the carb as I was priming the engine for a cold start. I also found gas leaking out of the cast metal piece from somewhere else and it...

So I've begun working on my go kart that my friend and I ended up forgetting about after we broke the clutch around three and a half years ago. Naturally over time in an unprotected environment (snow, ice, wind and rain) some things in an engine start to go wrong. After adding gas and oil (4...