Recent content by SmallEngineDave

This all started out as me and a buddy talking randomly, and someone brought up that we should build something. STarted spitballing ideas and it got to the point where its like "Hey, I have most of that stuff!" I had the front and rear axles from a homemade kart that went bye-bye (Wheels seized...

Ive got 2 Briggs engines. Ones a complete, running 3hp, and the others a far gone, not running 5hp, with little compression. The 5hp has the dual accesory drive off the cam. Could I put the cam and side cover on my 3hp, to give it dual accesory drive? Would anything else have to be switched over?

So i started workin on this briggs I got from the schools shop teacher. Theres 2 wires coming out from under the flywheel, i guess from the points and condensor. Im guessing that the wire with the ring goes on one of the coil mounts screws, but where does the one with the solder go?

My go kart had riding mower axles. Front was nothing special, back had a diff. The wheels are held on with a bolt going through the wheel hub and the axle. When I switched engines from a beat up tecumseh that never ran right to a 5.5 honda that had alot of torque, I killed an axle bearing while...

I bought an engine from my schools shop teacher for $15. Its an old 5hp briggs and it came with a couple extra parts. This is one of them: Anyone know what its from? The only markings are 1538C7V. Seems very simple to me, not even an adjustment screw or choke

Im David, 15 years old and i built my first kart when i was 8 i think. I live in coquitlam, B.C and was pretty much born into all things automotive. My only kart is a retired airport cart that had a 2hp briggs, then a 4hp tecumseh, then a 3 hp briggs, then a 5.5 hp honda. the last one runs best...

So a few years back my dad brought home an airport cart from i dont know where. I looked at it and said "what can i make out of that?" and my dad said "a go kart, maybe?" And i started designing. so i cut off the handle part where it goes from horizontal to verticle and welded it on horizontal...