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So far so good! Haven't had much ride time but they seem pretty solid. ---------- Post added at 02:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:54 PM ---------- Yeah I should have done something similar. RIP to my seat :ack2:

Yeah ya know I just ran out how the manufacture ran it. I figured with kids riding it that no harm done with keeping it on the inside.:roflol: LOL :2guns::wai::auto:

So yeah for my first kart restore, I'd say it turned out pretty well for restoring it on the cheap.

1990 Manco 405-00 New: Motor, Seat and Tires Everything else is orig. :cheers2::auto:

Let's just say that the stitching was no longer centered and the threads and staples started popping as soon as someone sat on it :huh: and they also cut up the seat and tried using it as padding.... it was rough. RIP

Tried to keep everything as original is possible. Wire wheeled all the hardware, tie rods, pedals etc. worked well for keep cost down. Unfortunately, had to cut the seat bracket down in the back due to the new seat being much shorter than the orig.

The orig seat was actually chewed up at the top. Tried to pay some to refurbish it but they hacked it up so I was stuck buying a new one :censored::mad2:

Side-by-side comparison

Before, During, and After!

Well guys, here she is. Pretty impressed with this cheap harbor freight motor!

Current status. Got the front end assembled, motor mounted, throttle cable ran, rubber mat glued and all parts cleaned up. I am now currently waiting on new seat, brake band, tires and rims from gopowersports.com.

Says that code has been disabled! Thanks though

Ended up having a busy evening last night so the progress was minimal but got the tie rods on

Measured the bearings and they are 5/8". I put together a wheel setup on GoPowerSports. What do you guys think? I am going to use the front rims that I currently have. Anyone know of any promo codes? The shipping is pretty expensive on these. ($22)

Wouldn't I have to convert to a live axle then? Currently have a single wheel setup

Do they sell wider rims for this kart? Seems that the local retailers do not sell much for this kart. Did some research on tires but looks like the wider rims for the 1' shaft bearings are hard to come by. And no I did not remove the governor because my nieces will be mostly riding the kart and...

Got the new motor and stage 1 kit put together. Was overall a very easy task. Also, wire wheeled all the orig hardware to clean them up and going to start assembling tonight. I am having some difficulty finding tires. I have the orig rims but I was thinking of maybe adding some wider slicks in...

Status update from this weekend!

The Briggs still runs just needs some serious TLC but is the orig. motor. So for the sake of time and getting it back up and running I figured I would run a predator 212cc and add some bells and whistles to it. Definitely keeping the Briggs and will rebuild it during the winter for a little side...

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