Finished this kart today

[quickoneeh]

I built this kart in about three full days worth of work.
I have had some trouble with the throttle cables but that was resolved today with the help of others, Thanks Again.
I built this for my daughter and son to ride in our yard and now i think I'll need one for dad!

 

[tykenfitz]

cool, what motor/tranny you running?

 

[anderkart]

Hey nice job. What kinda seat you got there?

 

[quickoneeh]

motor and tranny

Its a 5 horse Briggs with a 3 speed tranny, I salvaged them off an old riding mower. I run it in second gear for the kids right now untill they get use to it. Thanks for checkin it out though!

 

[quickoneeh]

Seat

The seat was my daughters car seat when she was a baby! She is now 6 and has her own bucket seat!

 

[Ferrari motors15]

do these front wheels are princess auto ones

 

[quickoneeh]

Front wheels

Yes the front tires and wheels are from the princess!

 

[Fawteen]

Neat! I'm about to embark on a similar project using a 12 horse Craftsman tractor for parts.

Do you have any detail shots of how you connected the engine to the transaxle?

 

[quickoneeh]

Trans axel

I have the motor (vertical shaft) belt driving the trans which is chain driving the rear axel. I am going to make one change though.
right now the kids have to wait untill I put the kart in gear because the shifter is behind them.
So I am going to put a cetrifugal clutch on the motor, this way they can select a gear but the kart will not move untill the throttle is depressed.
i could do away with the trans altogether but having the ability to limit the speed for the kids is safer for now.