POS tempermental greyhound engine

[OzFab]

i have about 30 mins of free time before it gets too dark

Do you not have lights where you live

 

[Bluethunder3320]

Do you not have lights where you live

well my engines and tools and stuff is in the shed... i took a 100 foot extension cord and a lamp out there haha

while i was taking off the carb i found the problem, the fuel line was pinched by the fan housing.

its hard to start because of the compression, lifts the engine right up. but it started and ran!

it surges though. probably because of the gx160 carb. it sounds like it has a huge cam, idles like a drag racer. i think ill swap the carbs like i was meaning to do. and see if it fixes it.

 

[Bluethunder3320]

bolted up the motor, and went for a ride. no throttle yet, no brakes

then it high idled and i bailed out

we lost the nut on the jackshaft so its broken again....

 

[Bluethunder3320]

alright it runs great now but it broke again. the keystock fell out of the sprocket. had to take my truck up there to go get it.

its fixed now, still works. throttle is you pull on a ratchet strap. LOL

then he crashed it and bent the spindle arm, tie rods, and popped the tire

 

[OzFab]

I have a $5 solution for this thing: a gallon of gas & a match

Man, did he break a mirror or something? Every time you get it going good, something else goes wrong...

 

[landuse]

I say it gets broken all the time because of the way it is ridden. Too rough, and by someone that crashes all the time

 

[Bluethunder3320]

we got it going again, now the chain keeps popping off. the motor mount plate slowly walked itself back. the chain needs to be alligned

i guess you can count on having to fix it every day you ride it. LOL

 

[OzFab]

i guess you can count on having to fix it every day you ride it. LOL

If I had to fix my car every time I drove it, believe me, I would be using my $5 solution!

Regular maintenance is one thing but this is getting ridiculous You shouldn't have to fix it every day

 

[Bluethunder3320]

what car?

we had to go rescue it today haha. pull start broke, tire is popped, left spindle is bent 45 degrees, the frame just broke in 2 places