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  1. left4dawn

    Getting wheel off rim

    this vid should help some http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=60335290
  2. left4dawn

    After a long break I am back to work on the kart.

    the engines I have are all flatty's. after looking at the pics, the wing the karts have would explain why mine had two spots in the back that seemed to be cut off. Now I want to find a body kit for my kart, and here I was putting it up for sale on craigslist. I am definitely going to keep it and...
  3. left4dawn

    After a long break I am back to work on the kart.

    well I got the kart from someone living in the same city as me, which is graham. When I looked at it I did not find any stamps or marks indicating a brand or company. In certain areas the welds were done to well to just have been a home made kart but at the same time parts of the kart seemed to...
  4. left4dawn

    After a long break I am back to work on the kart.

    the long break is because I got fed up with the tapered shaft on my 13 hp engine and I was strapped for cash when It came to buying a new crankshaft. So I am going to put in a 5hp briggs engine that I have laying around which, I thought had seized up. After opening her up I found the engine was...
  5. left4dawn

    google sketchup

    I have used google sketchup for the design of my kart and one tip that may help is to go to the website http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ and type in what it is you are looking for and find something that looks like what you want and then you can fine tune it to your liking. a lot of items...
  6. left4dawn

    engine dies when trying to idle

    well the engine I have will turn on if its at full throttle but if, while its running I try to make it idle it shuts off within seconds. I am not sure what is causing this problem but any help would be appreciated.
  7. left4dawn

    how do I wire a killswitch.

    is the tab you are talking about kap, the one in the back left corner? Or is the tab you speak of the one that is larger and looks bent?
  8. left4dawn

    how do I wire a killswitch.

    this is my engine that I am trying to hook a killswitch to. I am wondering how to do this. not sure if the pictures help much. does anyone know how to do this? I bet this gets asked a lot so sorry in advance.
  9. left4dawn

    My lil' kart project.

    alright during the weekend worked on the kart painted it, bought some parts so now all that is left is to get the engine shaft worked out then all should be gravy hoping to be running by this sunday:auto: thinking about switching the front and rear tires. this might be better for drifting. also...
  10. left4dawn

    13HP engine with tapered shaft

    this weekend me and my bro-in law worked on the kart, and also went to the little kart shop in tacoma and bought some parts i would need to get the kart done. the total cost was about the same as what it would cost me if i ordered online. we fired up the engine as well, runs great but when we...
  11. left4dawn

    13HP engine with tapered shaft

    I have a few other small engines lying around but i would prefer to use the 13hp engine since it seems the most promising to run. would i be able to swap the crankshafts from these engines to the 13hp engine that is shown above? i have been sick the past week so i havent gotten much done to the...
  12. left4dawn

    13HP engine with tapered shaft

    on the pull start housing it says GN-360 the engine came off a generac 6500xl generator that is all i was able to find out about the engine itself. yeah i went to a little go kart shop in tacoma and they said you could try taking it to a machine shop or try using a grinder to get it to where i...
  13. left4dawn

    13HP engine with tapered shaft

    is there an adapter for a tapered shaft to turn it into a straight one? since this is a 13 hp engine the shaft is 1 inc and i think goes down to 3/4" but a clutch wont work on the a tapered shaft is there anyway to fabricate something to make this work? i did find this page that shows one guy...
  14. left4dawn

    My lil' kart project.

    well, for the past few days on my drive to school I have seen a go kart laying out in someones yard and yesterday i decided to go and ask if its for sale, it was and was pretty cheap as well didnt have room to take the extra tires+engine. I might be picking that up today. the engine in the...
  15. left4dawn

    member map?

    was looking through some threads and saw the words member map. How do I get to this said map? or is it not in use anymore?
  16. left4dawn

    this is what everyone should be riding!

    aww it didnt work. well you can just click the button that says watch on youtube.
  17. left4dawn

    this is what everyone should be riding!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Pn-PvhY_0
  18. left4dawn

    My lil' kart project.

    found a steel supplier in seattle so its relatively close to where I live. what size do you guys recommend? I plan on using square tubing for the kart i am making. I made some measurements and I need about 24' of tubing. this is the website of where i might buy the steel from...
  19. left4dawn

    Not sure if I will use this, but I found it behind the bushes.

    would of posted this earlier but went to a maze/pumpkin patch with some friends. I'm not sure if im going to fix this thing up I posted a for sale post on craigslist and said make offer doubt anyone would buy it though lol. Oh well I like it. top priority is my kart though
  20. left4dawn

    need help finding out what model these engines are.

    i bought 3 engines one is 5hp, i think the others are 3hp got them cheap they seem to run but i need some help figuring out what model they are.One can run but is missing a fuel line and another might be clogged and havent tried the third one. they are all briggs and stratton engines one is red...
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