My guess is, this old girl has been sitting in pieces for at least the last 10 years. I got her in trade for some large steel that I didn't need, so my son would have a kart to rip around on. Check out the before pics:
A couple weeks of tearing into it and getting lots of good info from this site has culminated in the old girl being pretty much ready to run again! Need a tank cap (old one was in sad shape), a carb bowl gasket, a kill switch and an upturned air filter (the current one hits the tire). That and some nice weather and a bit of air in the tires (hopefully they hold it after all these years) is all we're waiting on!
When I was getting the engine sorted out at the kart shop last Sat, the fellow there showed us a yard kart that he has for sale. Rather than trying to shorten up the pedals on this one to fit my son, I might just try to sell this one and pick up that one instead. Would work 10x better around my place than a racing kart (not that this one wouldn't be a blast, but between the lawn and gravel laneway, I imagine he'd be spinning tires and hanging it up more than having fun).
Some after pics:
A couple weeks of tearing into it and getting lots of good info from this site has culminated in the old girl being pretty much ready to run again! Need a tank cap (old one was in sad shape), a carb bowl gasket, a kill switch and an upturned air filter (the current one hits the tire). That and some nice weather and a bit of air in the tires (hopefully they hold it after all these years) is all we're waiting on!
When I was getting the engine sorted out at the kart shop last Sat, the fellow there showed us a yard kart that he has for sale. Rather than trying to shorten up the pedals on this one to fit my son, I might just try to sell this one and pick up that one instead. Would work 10x better around my place than a racing kart (not that this one wouldn't be a blast, but between the lawn and gravel laneway, I imagine he'd be spinning tires and hanging it up more than having fun).
Some after pics: