Just picked her up today

[jincooyea]

Hello,

I've always wanted a gokart since I was a kid looking through a sears catalog. I was fascinated with the 2 seater, mostly because I dreamed of picking up my girlfriend (at 10 yrs old).

I think I found a goodie, craigslist find, when you're always searching then stop for a while, then all of the sudden.

I need help identifying, and next steps.

It has a Tecumseh 5hp

 

[chancer]

The Kart
Take a lot of pics, Take it apart, Clean it up, Put it back together.

The engine... well does it run?

 

[landuse]

Nice

 

[Hellion]

Nice find and a complete one. It has a nice "patina" to it. Probably near-zero rust, am I correct?

What you have is a Carter Brothers kart; a 2XXX series model from the looks of it. I think it's an Econo Kart #2575-SX but it might take you a while to be absolutely certain what it is by comparing parts and features. Manuals are available here: http://www.gopowersports.com/go-kart-breakdowns-user-manuals/carter/

Photos here:
http://www.bmikarts.com/Carter-Brothers-Karts_c_405.html

 

[jincooyea]

Thx for all the help.

Yes minimal rust, runs ok, needs a thorough cleaning.

Degreased it a bit, new fuel line, and a spark plug, and the kids drove around the block all weekend!

 

[Poboy kartman]

Degreased it a bit, new fuel line, and a spark plug, and the kids drove around the block all weekend!

That's illegal in California... Next thing you're going to tell us is you have farting cows!!!

JK....Welcome to the forum!

 

[jincooyea]

A little history....

I purchased from a guy in mid city who told me about how he acquired the kart years ago from a guy in Beverly Hills. He said he did a few hours of yard work at the house and received this as payment...Prob some little rich kids toy back in the day...

Is there any way to tell what year?

 

[Poboy kartman]

A little history....

I purchased from a guy in mid city who told me about how he acquired the kart years ago from a guy in Beverly Hills. He said he did a few hours of yard work at the house and received this as payment...Prob some little rich kids toy back in the day...

Is there any way to tell what year?

Not really...maybe he was 10 too? Just messin with ya.

 

[Hellion]

Prob some little rich kids toy back in the day...

Is there any way to tell what year?

Is there any decals left on the kart? Sometimes a manufacturer will have a serial number and date on a decal/sticker if they have survived.

If not, you can narrow the date down to when the engine was manufactured which will give you a ball park figure, roughly assuming the engine is original. Are there labels on the engine you can read?

Amazing that you bought a complete kart and it is now running. That rarely happens--you must be an engine wiz.

 

[Poboy kartman]

Just getting the Tecrapseh running is amazing...lol..maybe someone here can make heads or tails out of those engine codes...I can't!

 

[jincooyea]

Amazing that you bought a complete kart and it is now running. That rarely happens--you must be an engine wiz.

Not really, maybe just real lucky!

 

[Hellion]

How did you solve the seat cushion problem? The vinyl seats rarely survive on these old karts but I am aiming to have a factory/OEM appearance on my karts with missing seats...

...so I was wondering what you did on yours.

 

[Mr. Spindle]

Bleh, Tecumseh get rid of it!


Aw, spindles!

 

[jincooyea]

Soon,

After I break everything down, I'm gonna throw a 8hp honda on her...

 

[jincooyea]

Did a little work tonight, runs like a beast!

I opted to buy the $60 carb from BMI, saw a few videos the generic one was a ****storm.
Popped on an airfilter and changed the cent-clutch out

Found the tag underneath, and has the numbers

24995

96735

 

[Hellion]

That's great news!

Aftermarket carbs are cheap and a similar one to yours no doubt can be had for...$12 practically.

That might be the thing to do with Tecumseh engines. Buy a new carburetor. The rest of the engine is fine, just the carbs suck as they are very finicky with less than optimal gasoline or any kind of mishandling, goofball mechanics, idiots, etc., which is my guess.

 

[chancer]

idiots[/I]", etc., which is my guess.

So You do not use them huh!

 

[Hellion]

Huh?

I do not understand the statement.

Regardless, try to provide more helpful content to your thread hijacking instead of just slights and boorish insults.

 

[jincooyea]

What do you think about the numbers?

 

[jincooyea]

Hey Guys,

I wanna get a new set of tires and rims, the Originals are pretty beat up.

I've been looking, but I'm not sure what I should use, or what size to get.

Any help is much appreciated!