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    as if I didn't have enough projects already-rescued mower project.

    ^well that's a bummer, because like I said, Im working around what I already had. Im not worried about destroying the axle, it was gonna be scrapped anyway, but I am worry about going to slow. I will have to try it out with the bigger crank pulley-which I've already swapped-and the higher rpm to...
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    as if I didn't have enough projects already-rescued mower project.

    Any suggestions on how to lose weight? Like i said, i didnt like adding all that extra weight, but i couldnt figure out any other way sticking to the design i already had in mind. Perhaps i should have gone with a lighter gauge, like 16ga, but it's too late for that. One thing's for sure, this...
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    as if I didn't have enough projects already-rescued mower project.

    Thank you. The gas tank sat around the same level as the engine and the carb sat higher than the gas tank outlet. The carburetor is vacuum operated, so I shouldnt have any problem moving gas upwards. I never measured the speed on the lawn mower, but I'm guessing it didnt move anywhere close to...
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    new member reporting

    thanks everyone. So, plenty of people from Tx in here ha? I have started a build thread with plenty of pictures in the "go kart discussion" section.
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    as if I didn't have enough projects already-rescued mower project.

    I bought some cheap go kart shocks from ebay and started working on how to mount them and make them functional. This was my first design I love the way they look and how easy it was to installed them, so Im sure you can imagined how bummed I was when Ifinally put it down and found out that...
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    as if I didn't have enough projects already-rescued mower project.

    like I dont have enough projects already-rescued mower project. It all started 2 weeks ago, when I was about to go on my 1 week vacation. A couple of weeks before that we had decided to scrap an automatic 18.5hp murray rise on lawn mower. The mower had a working engine and ran good, but the...
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    new member reporting

    Hello everyone! My name's Andres, from Texas. I recently decided to embark in a new project, a diy go kart project. It all started when we were gonna scrap a beat up lawn mower and I was about to get a 1 week vacation, then you all know the rest of the story. What I was planning on being a week...
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