Denny
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Yet nothing on the kart?
Three wheel mini-bike thing.
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TNThomas
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Haha, ill get it put too, its too big for for this offspring spot nearcmy house unfortunately.
TNThomas
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Really good actually. I drove out this morning and had both packs, a sleeping pad, and tent on the front. Zero issues. The adjustable steering damper really helps too.
Way more beefy now and won't buckle under your giant OT frame! Love the shots in the wilderness! Looks like a capable machine you built and gets you to the fun stuff. Cheers bro on a job well done and able to enjoy your labor's. GO BLUE!!!!!!!! 
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Denny
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Grizz, it’s Red not Blue.
TNThomas
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As expected, the last mod on this thing is the smoker. I can successfully mount this thing on all of my vehicles except the mini van, haha
TNThomas
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Whelp, I could start a new thread, but I'll keep this one going because its basically the same thing, just bigger. As a regular auction browser, I won this guy today. Final cost was less than the red trike. Downside is the headgasket is blown. Its an oddball 3cyl 998cc Engine from South Korea, that was also used in Europe. Parts can be found, but sometimes they have to be bought from overseas. My goal is to try properly fixing the headgasket. If that fails, or if the problem is larger than that, I am going to gut the engine, and possibly do a gokart engine in its place. Possibly Diesel, possibly turbo, possibly WVO, possibly motorcycle engine, the sky is the limit. I could delete the tranny, but it does have reverse which is nice. I found out that I am changing work locations next year, which increases my commuting distance (all on urban/side roads), so this thing is perfect. I have owned 2 in the past. The last one I lifted, put bigger tires on, chopper handlebars, and it could do about 73mph on the highway, but it was absolutely terrifying at those speeds, hahahaha. More work/info to come. When I first bought these I wanted to turn the back into a mini flat bed deck. I didn't have welding/metal fab experience then, so I may go that route now. I will say they are a blast to drive, especially with the doors open. There is actually a fantastic round tube steel frame on these things, super stout.
Denny
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What is it and more pictures please?
ezcome-ezgo
G'me sumthin to write on
Need one of these:
TNThomas
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I'll likely be picking it up on Friday. In the really urban cities on the coasts, lots of police departments use these for ticketing parked vehicles. This one is probably from the Seattle PD. Essentially it a custom tube steel frame, single seat vehicle with lots of aluminum pannels, that was made in Canada. Most of the "guts" of the vehicle are from a Hyundai car that was never imported, one of the really small cars. 1000cc 3cyl engine, 4 stroke, water cooled, with a transmission and reverse. The doors are cool, you can drive with them all the way open, closed, or just the top half slid back. They are titled as motorcycles. In the Seattle area, folks really like them because you can park in motorcycle parking in the city (aka perpendicular), and really big one is that ferries let you cut the ferry line to the very front if you are on a motorcycle, so much faster at getting across the water. They have an electric governer that limits them to about 40mph from the city, but truning one screw bumps that up to about 73-74mph. There are turbo kits for the engine in Europe, so I might mess around with that. A HUGE downside to these are the parts. You can buy them, but some of them are custom, and charge a premium. But, thanks to all you folks, I feel confident enought that I can wing/adapt whetever I need on this thing. If the engine is south, I am going to totally change the back end, but i'll leave the cab enclosed, its really nice for rainy driving. They are a hoot to drive, super good turning angles. Basically its a street legal go-kart
The tube frame is pretty stout, which gives me the ability to design my own engine mounts/changes if needed. Engine is behind the driver. Up font, the single tire is basically just a really beefy motorcycle fork setup. It runs really small car tires on all 3 wheels. 
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Denny
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Looks like a Cushman Haulster.
TNThomas
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Big trike made it home. The head gasket may be fine, fluids simply look to be too full. No mixing of coolant/oil found so far!
Little trike pulled its first stump out today, this thing is too much fun. It got a little help from a Hi-lift and a Cone-along, but still fun!
Also, picked up a cool WW2 knife and a sweet pic of its owner for $10
Little trike pulled its first stump out today, this thing is too much fun. It got a little help from a Hi-lift and a Cone-along, but still fun!
Also, picked up a cool WW2 knife and a sweet pic of its owner for $10
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TNThomas
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Ok, good news so far on the "Go-4" Interceptor. I don't think the head gasket is blown. I think whoever did the fluids last on this think WAAAYYY overfilled everything. Oil was about 1-2 quarts over the fill line. ATF was about the same. I think they likely Googled/used AI to look up fluid info. The quick searches pull up the incorrect data. You have to plug the engine/transmission codes into the internet, and specifically focus on European or Asian info. Too many of the searches pop up with American Hyundai mechanical info. I even found a few errors on the manufacturers website stating incorrect fluid info. Fingers crossed, but I think this thing is fine. I am going to do a ATF change. Drive for a while, then do another one in a few months. No seals/gaskets seem to be leaking at the present moment. Down the road I will toy with welding on some sort of bench seat setup in the back. Also, the bolt pattern on the Gp-4 is the exact same as my dune buggy. That would look pretty cool with the knobby tires, but probably a bad idea for road travel.
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Whelp, I take the above back. Looks like we are pulling the little engine. Still blowing smoke after fixing fluid levels. Ill pull it apart and swap gaskets/water pump, etc. Wish me luck. If I fail, its getting a different engine entirely.
ezcome-ezgo
G'me sumthin to write on
'tis but a little smoke.
TNThomas
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Whelp, I take the last comment back, I think it good to go! I got the fluids at the appropriate levels, put a container of catalytic converter cleaner in it, and ran it for 45 minutes. No more smoke, and no smoke after repeated start ups. I thing she us road worthy, just need to fine tune the ATF levels.
Lots of evidence of too much oil though. Hopefully it was just the last fluid change that did that. But still worth the risk at $630 for the rig.
Lots of evidence of too much oil though. Hopefully it was just the last fluid change that did that. But still worth the risk at $630 for the rig.
Nice!!! I havent been following this thread too closely, but what are you going to do with it?
TNThomas
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Urban commuter. I have owned two of these in the past. They are funky to work on as the actual engine/tranny are from a car in Europe/Asia, and everything else is custom made from a place in Canada. Once you get over that hump, and realize that parts stores won't have parts, and the internet is your only option, they are cool little rigs. This will be my comuter vehicle to the school I teach at. My work location changed to be about 10 miles further from my house. Right now I can bike/walk to school as its only about 4.5 miles away, but next year it will be about 15 miles. My truck gets 10-11mpg, and this thing is somewhere between 40-50 mpg. Has all the bells and whistles too: Heat in the cab, A/C, defrost, waterproof lockable trunk, and it can be driven with the doors open all the way, or just the bottom half closed, sorta like a Jeep. Front window wiper, wiper fluid, the back window slides open, seat is some sort of fancy seat with adjustable air cushions. Cool little rig. I don't plan on going over about 45 in this thing, but they can do around 73-76mph with the governor off. They are titled as a multi-wheel motorcycle. A big random perk of these things is that on the Washington state ferry system, motorcycles get to cut the line to the front of the Ferry, and I think the fees are a little cheaper. There are a few islands in the Puget Sound where folks live in a remote spot on an island, and jump on these things to take on the ferry to work in the big city. You can use motorcycle parking too, or find free street parking. There are lots of perks. But maintenance/working on them is definitely the biggest obstacle. Plus, they keep you out of rain, which is nice sometimes.