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  1. GregMartin

    help with throttle, kill and brake set up with pictures

    Sri Lanka in a one day match. Australia won series was tied two all.
  2. GregMartin

    I hate spammers

    Stop it too tempting. I've been over for work and for fun. Got some contacts at Western Power and at Chevron. Great beaches great climate. Considered moving over pretty hard a couple of years ago
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    I hate spammers

    Man I love WA.
  4. GregMartin

    help with throttle, kill and brake set up with pictures

    Give a bloke a brake. I'm siting here watching the cricket trying to describe the throttle assembly in as simple terms as posable from memory without pictures.
  5. GregMartin

    help with throttle, kill and brake set up with pictures

    Ok With my engine the outer most butterfly is for the choke and the other one is the governed throttle butterfly. I can't quite see from your pics where your linkages attach so here are a couple of questions. Q1 does the inside butterfly connect via a rod (maybe with a small spring around it)...
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    I hate spammers

    Ahh the life of a Sys Admin I was a unix sys admin for a long time so i can sympathy completely. I then went back to my control systems roots and now look after the computers that control the power grid in QLD Australia which is much better, not many users, deep behind firewalls, etc. One of...
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    iPod,iPhone, anything!

    Yep Both my kids have iPod touches. The can send SMS, mms etc. and emails provided wifi is available. They also receive alerts from game etc. so I assume tapatalk would work too.
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    Racer in KY

    Oh sorry about the double post. Dam you iThing
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    Racer in KY

    I'm not sure you guys would get Crown Lager in Kentucky so I assume you mean whiskey. But if you get the chance have a Crownie please do I like them. On the bottle it says Australia's finest many would disagree but not me. I'm sure your kids will have fun with the kart your working on. I...
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    Racer in KY

    I'm not sure you guys would get Crown Lager in Kentucky so I assume you mean whiskey. But if you get the chance have a Crownie please do I like them. On the bottle it says Australia's finest many would disagree but not me. I'm sure your kids will have fun with the kart your working on. I...
  11. GregMartin

    Racer in KY

    Sorry too many crownies that night. I'll only post useful stuff in the future.
  12. GregMartin

    Kill Switch Circuit

    You can remove the little gold box (relay) altogether. The kill switch is grounded on one side and the other can be connected directly to the black wire that is connected to the the coil (disappearing under the engine sheet metal). The yellow wire coming out of the crankcase is the oil level...
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    Racer in KY

    I wondered what this post was about in Australia KY is a type shaft lubricant.
  14. GregMartin

    iPod,iPhone, anything!

    Bought my beautiful wife a gopro hero 3 silver for her birthday in November. It's really good she has taken some surfing vids of the kids etc. my oldest bloke wants to attach it to the 05 (see gregs gokart build),and do some fast passes and circle work. When he does I'll post the vids. I...
  15. GregMartin

    Crazy Weather!?

    Eeeeek that's brass monkey weather
  16. GregMartin

    Crazy Weather!?

    I'm camping at Miami on the Gold Coast (Australia) It's only going to be 28 deg C today Brrrrrrr. Think I'm go for a swim.
  17. GregMartin

    MIG welding settings?

    Lots of good stuff here. Someone recently suggested starting a dedicated post on welding, this would be a pretty good start.
  18. GregMartin

    Aussie Jingle Bells

    I bet you call an esky a chillybin. Looks like another hot one for Christmas day in Brisbane expecting 33 deg C. Also for the non-Aussies out there in inter-web land a ute is like a pickup truck and a Holden is a GM product like Chevy. My Oh Five www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18728
  19. GregMartin

    Engine backfires!!

    Well this has been entertaining. When I mentioned the dreaded " back pressure ". I kind of new I'd get someone pop up and talk about the scavenging effect. I believe it's important to explain concepts thoroughly in quality forums like this one and as I simply wanted to post some quick...
  20. GregMartin

    Engine backfires!!

    Depends how restrictive the muffler is. In any case my advice is free. Ignore it!
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