Hey all, I have been lurking around here for a short while in awe at all the cool things you can do with some steel and an engine. I guess you could say I caught the bug when I saw an old Murray go kart for sale on craigslist for $250 (after I just sold something on craigslist for $200), so I had to pick it up.
I got it home and checked around on it. No rubber washers holding the engine on, no cotter pin holding the brake band to the lever, brake recoil spring is missing, smoking clutch on idle and the thing dies when I hit a bump. I knew all this when I bought it and am not afraid of what I think it will take to fix it. Here is what I have come up with so far.
1. Going to take the engine off and put some better bolts and good rubber washers on.
2. Trying to figure out the diagram I have for the Murray cart where the heck the recoil spring for brakes go.
3. Already replaced the clutch with a matching max torque 10 tooth clutch to go with the 60 tooth sprocket. The previous clutch seemed to have the spring worn out.
4. I removed the 'oil sentry' (low oil detector) bullet-connector from the engine and now I can cart around without it dying!
I am also missing the bolt that is supposed to hold the clutch onto the crankshaft (haha, details right) and it is on my agenda to find out where the heck to get that thing.
I have never loved tinkering with engines and stuff before but I am excited to get my hands dirty and start getting my son and I into karting. My kid has always told me he wants to be a race car driver when he grows up.
Anyways, see you around!
-Aaron and Aiden
I got it home and checked around on it. No rubber washers holding the engine on, no cotter pin holding the brake band to the lever, brake recoil spring is missing, smoking clutch on idle and the thing dies when I hit a bump. I knew all this when I bought it and am not afraid of what I think it will take to fix it. Here is what I have come up with so far.
1. Going to take the engine off and put some better bolts and good rubber washers on.
2. Trying to figure out the diagram I have for the Murray cart where the heck the recoil spring for brakes go.
3. Already replaced the clutch with a matching max torque 10 tooth clutch to go with the 60 tooth sprocket. The previous clutch seemed to have the spring worn out.
4. I removed the 'oil sentry' (low oil detector) bullet-connector from the engine and now I can cart around without it dying!
I am also missing the bolt that is supposed to hold the clutch onto the crankshaft (haha, details right) and it is on my agenda to find out where the heck to get that thing.
I have never loved tinkering with engines and stuff before but I am excited to get my hands dirty and start getting my son and I into karting. My kid has always told me he wants to be a race car driver when he grows up.
Anyways, see you around!
-Aaron and Aiden
