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One of these days, I'm going to put an AC DC rectifier on my kart and wire up a bright LED headlight and LED tail light. Then I had an idea of putting a headlight on the back too, so I could potentially be on a trail at night and light up behind the cart of I'm doing some quick trail work or...

I have this idea bouncing around in my head. But it requires a small engine. Probably the smaller the better. But I very much want it to be an air-cooled 4-cycle. So harbor freight has a 3 HP, 79cc engine thats $130. That could work but smaller would work better. A few years ago, I had a...

Has anyone ever used a snow blower style transmission in a go kart to make it manual? Before we go on, please understand that this is just a curious thought I had. I have ZERO interest in doing this, I think it would likely be a terrible idea. But it also seems like it would probably work...

My manco indo has a 6.5hp subaru engine. This engine has a power out that went to an incandescent headlight. I don't remember why but that headlight was removed very early on so I don't really remember it's behavior. But here's the deal, I want to install an AC DC converter, and a bright LED...

I have a Manco Dingo (as pictured) and I'm thinking about switching from it's stock solid rear axle, to an open rear differential. There would be lots of plusses to doing this: much easier turning, especially on pavement, much less tire wear, much less digging up the surface you are driving on...

My kart (Manco Dingo) has a single rear mechanical disc brake for stopping. Ideally, I'd like to replace that with a hydraulic brake down the road, but that's not the question for now. The question for now is, are there easy ways to add a parking brake? If I have to stop it on uneven ground and...

One of these days, I'm going to put some fresh LED lights on my kart. I'm going to do a nice white spotlight as a headlight, a nice red tail light, and then maybe another spotlight on the back pointing backwards. So three lights on three switches. I'm wondering what are some good switches to...

Has anyone here, as they got older, (I'm 43 now) kept the go kart they had when they are younger, and turned it in to more of a utility kart. Something they can use around the house? I have a Manco Dingo I bought when I was 22. I wanted once since I was a kid and I had a lot of fun with it...

As mentioned in a previous post, I'm thinking about taking my kart on a long-ish trip. Usually I just screw around on the thing for a few minutes at a time and thats about it. But I'm thinking of taking it on a several hours long journey. My kart is a Manco Dingo, aka Pocket-Emptier-3000. It is...

This is kind of an odd question. But I've had this go kart for 20 years. I used to cut trails very close to my grandmothers house and drive it around them. Then in more recent times, I occasionally drive it around my own neighorhood on the street in the snow. That's about it, not much use. I've...

I use expensive chain lube on my MTB, but I asked my neighbor what he uses on his motorcycles he used to have because that would probably be a better choice for the chain on my go kart. Well he said his bikes were actually belt drive and I was like ZOMG thats perfect! I already have a belt...

Does anyone make a fuel gauge you can put in a regular simple gas can? Maybe something where I have to drill a hole but thats ok? Not anything remote, just the ability to look at the top of the tank and know how much gas was in there would be super useful! Especially with the fuel filter that...

I've been looking around at various gearbox options trying to find something that would suit my needs. Plenty of Reverse gearboxes out there, but I was looking for something that had a normal forward, and a low range forward, plus reverse. OR something that was just a semiauto manual with 3 or 4...

This question is about the throttle cable on my gokart, AND about two chute adjustment cables on my snowblower. All these housings have tight bends in them, like 90° turns that cause excess friction and accelerated wear and tear on the housing. Now I'm actually a mountain biker, and back in...

I have a Manco Dingo with a very rudimentary stearing system. It has a very fast turning ratio, so you don't have to turn the steering wheel much to turn the front wheels a lot. And by the same token, feedback up through the wheels turns the steering wheel very easily. Are there any steering...

So I got my kart running today for the first time in years. I was psyched! Once it was running, I grabbed my pump to pump up the tires so I could go spin around in the thing. But taking the pump off one of the valves, it actually broke it. I'm a mountain biker and I've never seen a valve stem...

For about 4 years now, give or take, I've been posting threads about my kart. The engine, which has been rock solid reliable for the first 15 years I owned it, started to get unreliable. It dragged on for so long, I don't even remember everything that happened or everything I tried to do to fix...

Is this a thing? I have a Manco Dingo so it's a simple solid axle with a giant gear on it. As we all know, a solid axle with knobby tires will very quickly make a mess of any surface you're driving on. But with an open diff, I might be able to drive across the lawn once in a while without...

My old go kart is about 20 years old. I've been having lots of carb problems lately and one of the reasons is most likely the amount of rust in the gas tank. I shined a light in there and it was just filled with rust. So I need to replace it but they are shockingly expensive. And who wants a...

After about 20 years of running really well, my Manco Dingo's engine started running poorly. It was clearly carb problems and rather than clean it and probably break it, I just bought a new one. I've had very good luck buying cheap ebay carbs for lawn mowers, snow blowers, etc. I've had other...