Seventy Won
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This is my first cart. Since you guys have kindly answered a few of my dumb questions, I thought I'd post up a few pics of my progress.
It was given to me by a friend. It had been given to him by one of his friends to repair in small engine class in High School. According to my friend "I never touched it. We just goofed around in small engine class". "The guy who gave it to me told me that all he thought it needed was a carb".
He had tried to give it away but the guy never came for it. I asked about it one day and it became mine on the spot.
I didn't know if it was junk or not. The front tires were badly cracked. The rear tires had multiple plugs and didn't hold air. The carb, elbow and air box were missing. The battery, key and seat were also long gone. The front wheel bearings were bad. The rear axle bearings were questionable. One brake lever (on the caliper) was literally broken. The gas peddle had been cut/broke and re-welded...poorly. The fuel tank was badly cracked. The rope starter was missing.
Midway into the resto I learned that the jack shaft was shot. The bearing nearest the drive had gone south and allowed the shaft to wobble. This wobble was masked by the belt tension. This wobble eventually cracked the frame under the bearing pillow block.
The rust was pretty extensive.
Despite this, I'm redoing it.
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It was given to me by a friend. It had been given to him by one of his friends to repair in small engine class in High School. According to my friend "I never touched it. We just goofed around in small engine class". "The guy who gave it to me told me that all he thought it needed was a carb".
He had tried to give it away but the guy never came for it. I asked about it one day and it became mine on the spot.
I didn't know if it was junk or not. The front tires were badly cracked. The rear tires had multiple plugs and didn't hold air. The carb, elbow and air box were missing. The battery, key and seat were also long gone. The front wheel bearings were bad. The rear axle bearings were questionable. One brake lever (on the caliper) was literally broken. The gas peddle had been cut/broke and re-welded...poorly. The fuel tank was badly cracked. The rope starter was missing.
Midway into the resto I learned that the jack shaft was shot. The bearing nearest the drive had gone south and allowed the shaft to wobble. This wobble was masked by the belt tension. This wobble eventually cracked the frame under the bearing pillow block.
The rust was pretty extensive.
Despite this, I'm redoing it.
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