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Re: Tank and Lights - I put a HF engine on mine and for the tank just relocated it higher (http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showpost.php?p=234526&postcount=1)... I've been thinking about lights too, and was considering a small LED bar for the top - just have not workout battery details yet.....

Put on a pair of matching rear tires (painted the rims silver) with the help of a HF mini tire changer and some starting fluid, then my daughter and I took it out to the greenbelt to give it a quick shakedown....... very happy with the results.

JoAnn fabrics - yeah, they keep moving on me. I happened to be in Home Depot for some other materials (I needed some aluminum pcs to fabricate a top-brace for the glass on my cichlid tank) so I grabbed the carpet pad while I was there.....

Floor pan - I picked up some rubberized stuff from HomeDepot in the flooring dept used as runner material in hallways etc. I just used 3M spray adhesive on back and on pan, let it get tacky, then stuck together..... seems that the textured back of the runner material did not let it make good...

Weekend update: well, foam from the craft store was just about as expensive as carpet padding from the hardware store, so I went the carpet padding route (more left over to craft other projects with). Roughly 3" layered, covered in black vinyl - sits very well.....

padded seat? definitely - right now this rides like having a kid in the back seat with a sledgehammer..... I used those spiked nuts for wood that anchor in the hole, now I can easily take the seat bottom/back off for work. I will be looking for some carpet padding scraps to build up ~3" on...

Thanks for the input! Landuse - yup, found that mine is the earlier Cat99 variety, got the belt #s and found a pair on ebay for a tad bit le$$ - they work perfectly.... bighead/mysteryboy28 - I ended up flipping the pedals around if anything just to make it easier for me to make sense of -...

Added a harbor freight 6.5 greyhound and relocated the tank. The pedals look reversed to other manco's I've seen pix of. Old comet clutch/converter - I think I got the wrong size (3/4") belt as it stays engaged at idle - will see to getting the thinner belt. Once I confirmed the engine fit...

got this over 10yrs ago, rode a few times and found the engine was leaking oil from a cracked block, so shelved it.... Now refurbing it to get it rolling again.