Recent content by KenMathisHD

Without chocolate and marshmallows :LOL: I forgot to pull the plug and check, I’ll try to do so in the morning. The oil appears clean, just the same faint glittery bits that I got the first time I changed the oil, but otherwise black and dirty. It doesn’t appear to have mixed with any coolant...

I adjusted the parking brake and got it grabbing, and with a sort-of brake working I decided to take the buggy around our neighborhood to see how it would do. If I had another person I'd have loved to have them in the truck behind me to see how well the speedo matched up, but as it is I got the...

As bad an idea as it would be, it also sounds like massive fun.

Here's the new speed sensor installed, does that look like enough clearance or does it need to be further away? The bracket worked pretty good, though I slightly undermeasured the length of the arm extending towards the rotor, so I had to bend it out slightly. It registers on the speedometer now...

Used the old bracket to make a new better one, sprayed it with some rustoleum so just waiting for the pain to dry. It runs the bracket over the top of the bar so that the top of the bracket runs just under the rotor on the CV shaft, this puts the wire a bit close to the CV, but with some color...

Also, here are the images of the bracket for the old speed sensor. Still waiting for the new one to come in. I guess now would be a good time to check why my front driver tire keeps losing air, the top of the valve stem appears damaged so that's probably the case. Are these valve stems typically...

Looks like my lack of focus has made the decision for me.... This is why you don't keep your hands anywhere near brittle plastic. Lesson learned. At least I'll be starting off with a fresh master cylinder whenever it gets in. Is the procedure for bench bleeding a new master cylinder any...

I'm gonna see if I can't pull it and bench bleed it tomorrow and then try that alternative one-man method once it's hooked up

I did not, it’s the same master that was on the kart when I got it so I haven’t taken it off yet. I’ll pull it off the kart and see if I can bench bleed it. I can just fill the reservoir and run some clear tubing from the line hookups on the master to the reservoir, yea? That way it’s...

I did not, I was doing it myself so I just put the hose over the bleeder, tried pumping the pedal and cracked the bleeder, then pumped the pedal more while the bleeder was open but didn’t get anything out. Tried this a couple times and didn’t get any fluid at all.

That's the way I was bleeding it when I ran into the pressure issue. I had a hose ran through a hole I drilled into the cap of an empty powerade bottle, put about an inch of fluid in the bottom of the bottle and hooked it up to the bleeder screw, then pumped the pedal and cracked the bleeder. No...

The bracket for it is pretty bent up and out of shape, I'll see if I can't get a picture of it. I've run into a problem with trying to bleed the brakes though. I don't have any resistance on the pedal until I have it almost down to the floor, and then maybe a 1/4 inch of travel with resistance...

If I can’t get it working that might be the way I go. I’d like to get the regular tach working if I could, but I’m not even sure how it wires up. So far I have not been able to find any wiring diagrams showing the tach wiring for this kart or similar karts.

Since it doesn't appear to be out there already for this kart, here's a sort of basic write-up to test the ignition system on this thing. This is using my diagnosis results, the wiring diagram for this thing and the service manuals found by other members for other CF250/CN250 bikes. Hopefully...

It looks like the sensor and magnet that are supposed to be on mine are gone. The bracket is still there, though rather mangled up, and now I know what the couple wires that led back there go to. I ordered a new sensor, magnet, and mounting screw for the disc. How close does the end of the...