Author Topic: My Brothers diesel go cart (Read 16012 times)

znate · « **Reply #30 on:** January 05, 2008, 09:17:04 am »

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Someone should ask where that Chevette came from and for an engine bay picture :wink:

i think everyone knows

well i don't spill it?
Duane

the storys here
http://members.boardhost.com/Vette_Man/msg/1199163953.html
all its missing is the engine bay pic

and to keep this post on topic, im going out to work on the kart in an hour. my friend dan is bringing his digi so we should have pics and hopefully a vid

blkboostedtruck · « **Reply #31 on:** January 05, 2008, 09:43:44 am »

oh wow i never seen frost accumalate like that? and i never knew those chevets had a diesel? those things are long gone around here!
thanks Duane

bevboyy · « **Reply #32 on:** January 28, 2008, 03:04:35 pm »

Tyler, I'll take that GR650 off your bro's hands...PM me eh...

burn_your_money · « **Reply #33 on:** January 28, 2008, 04:37:56 pm »

PMed with his email address

How about some updates Nate?

znate · « **Reply #34 on:** January 29, 2008, 11:39:33 am »

progress is slow, we're stuck on a seized wheel bearing and trying to figure out how to get the throttle to work. anyone know how the beetle or other rear mounted engine vehicle does it? i havnt got a chance to search the net yet but im sure the info is there.
we tried putting 1/8th cable in a steel fuel line just slightly larger and running it to the back but there was too much resistance and the throttle stuck (i guess its not a throttle in a diesel but im not sure the correct phrase)
i thought about a mechanical linkage. we might try that next.
ideas welcome :lol:

Slave2School · « **Reply #35 on:** January 29, 2008, 02:58:17 pm »

Since it is already so ghetto

why not a linkage with a hand lever

I think my skoda just used a pretty fine cable. Maybe some lube in the tube will be enough to help reduce the friction. A cool setup with pulleys might work. Any old mechano lying around?

jtanguay · « **Reply #36 on:** January 29, 2008, 03:23:49 pm »

yea try using graphite to lube your line. that stuff won't gunk up like oils

lord_verminaard · « **Reply #37 on:** January 30, 2008, 06:08:59 am »

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anyone know how the beetle or other rear mounted engine vehicle does it?

From what I remember, the Beetle throttle pedal has the pivot on the floor which turns a cam that is offset on the right side of the pedal right next to the "hump" in the floor. The cable runs right along the center "hump" in the floor through a tube, and connects to the cam. Pretty simple.

Brendan

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #38 on:** January 30, 2008, 05:25:11 pm »

use a bike brake cable?

burn_your_money · « **Reply #39 on:** January 30, 2008, 06:04:15 pm »

What you should do is put an arm on the throttle on the pump and attach a spring off of that so you are getting more leverage to pull it back to the no throttle position.

You could probably use an e-brake cable and have it on a lever instead of a foot pedal

znate · « **Reply #40 on:** January 31, 2008, 09:33:10 am »

all good ideas. i think we'll try using the graphite first since it sounds the easiest, then if that doesn't work we'll play around with some of the other ideas.
we're set to work on it saturday so hopefully there will be some progress to report.

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #41 on:** February 01, 2008, 07:15:35 am »

i like tyler's spring idea. its also sort of a throttle-stick safety for down the road when the lube breaks down suddenly and the throttle sticks.

also if the throttle linkage is lubed and nice and loose i'm sure that will help.

jtanguay · « **Reply #42 on:** February 01, 2008, 08:34:43 am »

graphite should last a very long time. as long as its nice n dry. i used to use that stuff on my bike brake lines. kids who used liquid lubes worked great for a little while, then became really gummy... needed to repeat the process over and over. while mine was a one time deal

burn_your_money · « **Reply #43 on:** February 01, 2008, 02:40:03 pm »

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as long as its nice n dry.

It's a go-cart, I doubt it would stay dry for more the 5 minutes the first time they take it out :lol:

jtanguay · « **Reply #44 on:** February 01, 2008, 05:28:40 pm »

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as long as its nice n dry.

It's a go-cart, I doubt it would stay dry for more the 5 minutes the first time they take it out :lol:

well hopefully water is ok... oil would gunk it up even worse with graphite :lol: