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If you cannot find a “vintage” Briggs flatty or one that isn’t another mini project in itself, the exalted Hazard Fraught Rotaderp 212cc is going on sale June 1 for 109.99, the lowest (not THE lowest) it’s been in a while. You’re going to need another engine anyway for the next project.

Guys on Youtube build pallet karts all the time, it’s trendy, and he’s not trying to go Mach 1. I’m a little jealous because at 16 I didn’t build much of anything except plastic models (ahh the glue! 🥴) but was mostly chasing girls, or they were chasing me.

Flip it over so me and Denny can read it. I think you might be our new Grammar Champion...

I’d say keep the solar panels and supplement with a plug in trickle charger/maintainer. The latter for the cloudy days and quicker charging A word about the karts, I would not leave them outside all the time for “sun charging”. Sunlight, UV rays and such just causes too much degradation...

Does anyone know the size of the bumper sticker? I don’t. Leave the serial number blank of course. No wait, that could be funny if they were all 110464. 😁 Edited to add: the shadow should do it for measurements. I bet my S-465 has the shadow too. Deuce, if you’re going to have a lot done, the...

Ah yes, A.I., the death of all human creativity. So basically you did little real effort. 😁😁😁👍 All we need now is the Ken-Bar “bumper sticker” ID tags plus the octagonal model number. The latter was usually placed on the left side of the sticker under “High Performance” but this photo shows one...

Is that functionality actually there? I didn’t see it as an option. I’m trying to figure out what forum/forum software has “Thread OP” highlighted.

Oops. Didn’t see this. How’s the engine running? Did you adjust the air fuel mix yourself? You can always pull the sparkplug out and read the color of the tip. :roflol: :lolgoku: :roflol: ...Fashionably late. Wonder if kart_brrr will ever see this comment.

Good on you for finding it, I did too. Most of the one star reviews sound like they know what they are talking about with a mini report and not just saying “junk, don’t buy”. The two star reviews are worth reading too. No doubt there are some people who received a working carburetor but that no...

Keep on going, it needs front suspension too and that Predator 670cc V-twin for power. 😎

Yeahbbut, did you ever uh... “gas” some propane into a regular gasoline powered engine’s carburetor to get it to start? Quit screwing around with repurposing a weed eater engine, get that V-twin! There’s no substitute for displacement! :roflol:

Sure, maybe. Maybe it is set up too lean from the factory? Does it have an idle adjustment screw and an idle-air-mixture screw? If it has an air-mixture screw, the baseline for aeons of years has always been something like 1.5 to 2.5 turns out (counter-clockwisse) from lightly seated. Seated...

Can you help this poor fella, Denny? Don’t waste your time on me, assuming I’ve never heard of propane for fuel LOL. Used to drive a propane powered forklift. Oh look, there‘s a squirrel!

Got pics of the solar maintainer, or your particular setup Sparkwizard? Seems the price of 12V lead acid conventional batteries went up 50% in just a few short years so I really want them to last now. Anyway, I meandered off the beaten path into battery maintainers that *desulfate*. It seems...

It turns into rocket science (unintelligible) when you have bad luck with a carburetor. Totally bamboozles the brain and you’re not the only one who’s had this issue with a new aftermarket carb. What kind of carburetor is it, brand and model? If I missed it in the other thread, my apologies...

What kind of battery is it, what type? Is a wall plug trickle charger out of the question? The solar panel charger is genius, by the way, free energy. Will also wait for the learned elders to weigh in.

If it fires with ether through the carburetor/intake, then you have a fuel/fuel delivery/air-fuel-mixture issue. You may have too much air, not enough fuel or even an air leak in that area (check your gaskets and nuts and bolts). Propane eh? I have never considered propane.

I watched the video, didn’t hear a pop or wheeze but it “sounds” healthy with the doop doop out of the header, like it’s pumping air as it should... Pull it several times, pull the spark plug and see if it’s wet and if there’s the delightful smell of gasoline coming from the spark plug hole...

It’s the ultimate go-kart engine. 😏 Uh oh, nevermind. That is an ITC member deal

To illustrate that worse case scenario Squiddy, you’re likely to over-press the pedal and strip the throttle cable out of the wire swivel stop on the carburetor. Or you can just learn to “feather it” and stop your foot when you feel resistance. Double congrats on the win!