bought a 2000 carter brothers 2 seater for 100 dollars, the motor turned out to need a new govenor gear a 10 dollar part but my mechanic is charging me 120 to put it in, should i go for it, buy a new engine , or attempt to put it in myself, im handy but have no experience working on carts, help? what do i do thanks dave
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Russ2251
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If truly handy...get engine manual and do it yourself. Personal satisfaction guaranteed!!!
Kenny_McCormic
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Dont use it, just hook, the throttle directly to the carb buttefly, if she ever blows go buy a whole new harbor freight 6.5 for less than what your mech wants to fix the current one.
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That sounds like a good idea, and if you dont want it to blow then just rev untill it sounds like it whining.
risto
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it may sound idiotic, but its true. you can get a Harbor Freight 6.5 HP engine brand new for $130. So just use your engine now, and if it blows, get a new one for about the same as the mechanic would have charged you.Kenny_McCormic
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If ya got it on sale you will have $ left over for a AM rod so you can safely run ungoved. I would personally just beat that engine to see what it can take (if its got a jammed gov its not really worth fixing), I hear a real spectacular fun way to abuse on is to run it on coleman camping fuel.
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Methanol. Or empty out a can of starting fluid into the tank and run it off that
And if you do this, PLEASE get a video of it
And if the engine is a tecumseh powersport thing, you might as well cause those are crap, they have plastic cams from what I've heard
Kenny_McCormic
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And after the POS goes THUNK, a full autopsy is expected.
dilema
you guys are awesome, i cant tell how nice it is to get advice from some people who have experience with this stuff, it sounds like i was about to take 120 and flush it down the toilet, ill tweak it and run her into the ground, ill let you guys know how i make out thanks dave
you guys are awesome, i cant tell how nice it is to get advice from some people who have experience with this stuff, it sounds like i was about to take 120 and flush it down the toilet, ill tweak it and run her into the ground, ill let you guys know how i make out thanks dave
outta it!Kenny_McCormic
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Its fun to destroy stuff with no real loss of money!
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A plastic cam holy @#$% thats REALY poorly made !
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get a video too
Kenny_McCormic
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Na, it wont blow on camera. morelikely to blow when he decides to race some friends or something like that with $ on the line, then it will snap a rod and put a hole in the block or the cam will explode.
Russ2251
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Briggs too. Tore down 2 '97's and there they were. Not a problem. Engines failed for other reasons.
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That would be quite a spectacle indeed
Jerryburger
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...wow! I just adopted a Tecumseh PowerSport motor and was going to pull it apart and see what makes it tick! A HIGH WEAR part like a cam... plastic?!!!
As an alternate suggestion to torching the motor, give it to one of your kids, along with a box of tools, and let them play with it. My Dad did that for my brother and I, and I'm still grateful for that B/S 6B with the broken carb!
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Or torch it and say "This is how you throw a rod, kids" 
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