Hello from NC!

[MitchellNC]

Hello from NC! Bought a used “Fox II” Go Kart aBout a year ago to fix up for my kids. Just getting around to looking into it, and the youngest kid wants to help. Best I can tell is it was Made by Manco, or Fox which became Manco. Will need wheels and tires first, so I will look around the forum before making a post. Look forward to interacting.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Welcome to the addiction. Glad to hear the kids interested.
Start a thread in the photo or build thread and take lots of pics and post here. We can identify most issues you will run across.
Part are generic across many brands and don't get suck finding a manual. These companies are long gone and pre internet. They are out there and rare. We are the manual around here.

 

[panchothedog]

Welcome to the forum. As stated above, don't look brand specific parts. They really don't exists. There are about 2 or 3 sizes of generic parts and 1 of them will fit your kart. Manco was a very popular and well made product. Post some pictures so we can see which one you have.

 

[Hellion]

Best I can tell is it was Made by Manco, or Fox which became Manco

Fox and Manco are two separate entities. Manco began in 1966 and has no known affiliation with Fox who appeared much earlier (and didn't last as long).

 

[Denny]

Welcome!!!!

 

[Hellion]

Bought a used “Fox II” Go Kart aBout a year ago

Hah! I don't believe you and neither does anyone else....

 

[MitchellNC]

Hah! I don't believe you and neither does anyone else....

All I have right now.

 

[Denny]

Manco Red Fox II. Probably mid to later 90s.

 

[Hellion]

I see it has wheels, what's wrong with them?

Tires are a little bald in the centers which is a "defect" of having rounded profile tires, or they were grossly overinflated. Wonder if you can grossly underinflate them and use the tread on the sides....

 

[MitchellNC]

I see it has wheels, what's wrong with them?

Tires are a little bald in the centers which is a "defect" of having rounded profile tires, or they were grossly overinflated. Wonder if you can grossly underinflate them and use the tread on the sides....

The previous owner has beads of caulk around the wheel bead. Notnsure if the wheels are bad or just the tires. I may start with just tires and see if they hold. Any idea if those tires are stock sizes? They seem very close to steering linkage.

 

[Hellion]

Your kart looks crazy-original and may have the original tires to go with that original engine and decals and stuff. Quite a find!
If the tires are the same front and rear and are 145/70x6" size, then I am inclined to think they are original.




EDIT: going off this Manco 415 manual:

https://landmaster-assets.american-landmaster.workers.dev/uploads/manuals/Fun-Kart/415_operatorsmanual_415b1415d1.pdf

Do you have an ID tag on the kart?

 

[panchothedog]

The relationship of the tires to the steering linkage looks completely normal. Do the tires hold air now? Most kart tires are tubeless. But rims get bent and age starts to take a toll on the tires. Putting an inner tube can save the price of buying new stuff. You'd be surprised of how thrashed looking a tire can be, and hold up fine with a tube inside.

 

[Hellion]

Once you go tubed, you can utilize split rims which make tire servicing easy peasy. You don’t need a tire machine or brute force and lots of swearing like you do with tubeless tires, just unbolt the halves.

Tubes also allow you to run horribly bad tubeless tires past their “expiration date” because the integrity of the tire, its ability to hold air, is no longer dependent upon the tire carcass itself. Tires, even lawnmower tires, are expensive these days… Tubes are easy to patch…

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

That thing has given time the middle finger. Nice find.

 

[MitchellNC]

Your kart looks crazy-original and may have the original tires to go with that original engine and decals and stuff. Quite a find!
If the tires are the same front and rear and are 145/70x6" size, then I am inclined to think they are original.




EDIT: going off this Manco 415 manual:

https://landmaster-assets.american-landmaster.workers.dev/uploads/manuals/Fun-Kart/415_operatorsmanual_415b1415d1.pdf

Do you have an ID tag on the kart?

Where would the ID tag be?

 

[MitchellNC]

The relationship of the tires to the steering linkage looks completely normal. Do the tires hold air now? Most kart tires are tubeless. But rims get bent and age starts to take a toll on the tires. Putting an inner tube can save the price of buying new stuff. You'd be surprised of how thrashed looking a tire can be, and hold up fine with a tube inside.

The tires do not hold air right now; at least for very long.

 

[Denny]

I like to fight one piece rims.

 

[Hellion]

Where would the ID tag be?

In days of old, they were right in front of the seat on the floor pan and said MANCO model XXXX-XX

 

[Hellion]

The tires do not hold air right now; at least for very long.

And this is a problem? That's like half the tires I run. Might be a simple tire-to-bead issue as in rust forming in that area which does not a good seal make. Many such cases.

Time to break out a spray bottle of soapy water and spray it all around the tire...

 

[Denny]

And this is a problem? That's like half the tires I run. Might be a simple tire-to-bead issue as in rust forming in that area which does not a good seal make. Many such cases.

Time to break out a spray bottle of soapy water and spray it all around the tire...

Or just put tubes in them.