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Where would be a great place to start with learning small-engine repair?
My wife and I love going to go kart tracks when we go on vacation, but there are none around us. (Ruralfag here.)
My solution is to build a couple for us to dick around with.
I have always enjoyed DIY projects, but I do more electronic and computer-based things than mechanical.
I really want to expand to a point that I can build basic skeletons of karts and then we customize their appearance and race them, sort of like pic related.
Anyone have some good starting points or resources?
If at all possible, I want to avoid kits due to my desire to learn all aspects of things I immerse myself in.
Thanks for any help you folks can offer.
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I mentioned small-engine repair because I thought that might be a good starting place.
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>>1235638
repair? break your lawnmower and try to fix it. watch videos by mustie1 on youtube
gokarts -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_1UO1GTsg0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8IVnPhb9dg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRh_dOULGVw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOSrkm0r-Co
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxNAeVwsGvE
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A good place to start would be looking on YouTube for diy go kart builds. I would recommend t-mans garage or red beards garage(although rbg uses kits a lot it's still some good content) or just look around at some various channels. My personal favorite is bignickthegreat.
If you want to get into go kart making its a lot more mechanically inclined than computers, obviously. You're likely going to need to know or learn how to weld if you want a gokart worth its weight. On top of this, I recently salvaged a lil 196cc engine from a generator, although I wouldn't advise getting them from generators if you can manage, I had to buy a replacement crankshaft because the kind that was there for the generator is crappy for gokarts. i.e. tapered versus keyed. If not you can acquire a relatively cheap but reliable engine from harbor freight for about $120. It's 212cc engines and it's considered one of the best engines for diy gokarts. And for the most part it's basically plug and play. Good luck!
Pic related is the steering wheel for the kart I've been working on for the past few months.
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>>1235638
Craigslist, look on the "free" section there are a lot of people that give away gas powered items. Where I am at, mysteriously, they seem to give away a lot of snowblowers. But Lawnmowers, leafblowers are real common on there.
And if you ever think about it, back in the day, it was common to make go-karts from an engine of an old lawnmower.
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>>1235655
Add a skull in the center and you are ready to be witnessed.
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>>1236716
That's not a bad idea. I just might
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>>1235830
Oh that looks really neat.
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