Iv been wanting a nice simple cart for quite a while so iv been collecting parts and working on it the last couple weeks when i get the time. I rode it for the first time today.
I started with a mower front end with low spindles and put some hand cart wheels on it. I made the frame with some bedframe and a boat seat. Gotta love the bedframe because it has alot of twist it acts almost like a suspention and keeps all the wheels planted its alot more comfortable than a rigid cart. The rear end is from a rear engined john deere tractor. The clutch i had laying around for years its smaller than the usual size but it seems to work well. I havnt hooked up the brakes yet or throttle both will be hand controlled i always find it difficult to be accurate with foot contolls while bouncing around on a cart. The engine was the hard part. Its an old clinton that has been kicking around since i can remember and hasnt been run in atleast 20 years. As kids we never had the know how to really get the thing running. So i finally had a use for it.
It had no plug in it so i put some mmo in it. Checked for spark and it was good. So i made a manifold for it and fitted an old briggs 5hp vertical shaft pulsa jet carb and tank. I got it running but it just would not run well. I think the check valve seats are too far gone to work . So i gave up on it for a bit and worked on my track bike. But today i jumped back on it with a mikuni i picked up last week from the junk yard from an old yamaha golf cart. I had no idea if or how it would run with this thing iv never used a mikuni before. So i rigged it up and made a tank mount and routed the muffler out of the way. Started it up and it runs perfectly! I adjusted down the idle quite a bit and thats it. Took it for a spin around the house it works great! I had a bit of a skare when the trottle licage got hung up its kinda hard to ride with one arm cocked around like that you know. So i quit before i hurt myself. Im pretty excited about it this is going to be a fun cart for sure :thumbsup:
I started with a mower front end with low spindles and put some hand cart wheels on it. I made the frame with some bedframe and a boat seat. Gotta love the bedframe because it has alot of twist it acts almost like a suspention and keeps all the wheels planted its alot more comfortable than a rigid cart. The rear end is from a rear engined john deere tractor. The clutch i had laying around for years its smaller than the usual size but it seems to work well. I havnt hooked up the brakes yet or throttle both will be hand controlled i always find it difficult to be accurate with foot contolls while bouncing around on a cart. The engine was the hard part. Its an old clinton that has been kicking around since i can remember and hasnt been run in atleast 20 years. As kids we never had the know how to really get the thing running. So i finally had a use for it.
It had no plug in it so i put some mmo in it. Checked for spark and it was good. So i made a manifold for it and fitted an old briggs 5hp vertical shaft pulsa jet carb and tank. I got it running but it just would not run well. I think the check valve seats are too far gone to work . So i gave up on it for a bit and worked on my track bike. But today i jumped back on it with a mikuni i picked up last week from the junk yard from an old yamaha golf cart. I had no idea if or how it would run with this thing iv never used a mikuni before. So i rigged it up and made a tank mount and routed the muffler out of the way. Started it up and it runs perfectly! I adjusted down the idle quite a bit and thats it. Took it for a spin around the house it works great! I had a bit of a skare when the trottle licage got hung up its kinda hard to ride with one arm cocked around like that you know. So i quit before i hurt myself. Im pretty excited about it this is going to be a fun cart for sure :thumbsup:
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