Artic Cat Climber minibike.
Weld has faced off with the border guards and got this thing on the truck.
http://www.chinariders.net/attachmen...1&d=1425005938 http://www.chinariders.net/attachmen...2&d=1425005938 Let the project begin. Two of my girls and I have already started working on the engine for this machine with the 4-H small engine group. My garden tiller is now a pile of parts. The plan is to show it this July at the county fair. |
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The engine donar. 3.5HP Tecumseh. Almost the same as the minibike would have had originally. Carb needs a rebuild and the fuel tank has a hole. I think we will need to route the exhaust out the back and find a tank that will fit on the frame.
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One of these should work nice.
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Thanks for sharing another great Kato project with us, Allen. :tup: Of course, we need the mandatory photographs of Buford supervising the project, et cetera. ;)
P.S. Is wrenching on an engine compatible with painted fingernails? ;) |
Buford would like the heated garage we were working in.
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I figured someone would catch the nails. Buford gets his done too.
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I didn't know Buford was that kind of guy. :wtf: :hehe: |
He's a city cat. Just now getting use to country life.
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Thanks for the pics. I'm not familiar with Tecumseh utility engines like I am with Briggs. I see that the exhaust is on the same side as the output shaft, but I can't tell if it's pipe thread, gasket mount or both (like an old Briggs). I see the four mounting holes around the output shaft that will accept the TAV. The Briggs I used on the last mini I built didn't have those holes, so I swapped a later case cover on. I never did install a TAV, but at least the option is there for the new owner. I'm totally willing to help fabricate an intake tube that will work with a small Mikuni, so you can easily connect to a standard dirt bike twist throttle. |
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Ok, I scrolled further down, and I see the muffler is bolted on. Is there also a female thread inside the exhaust port? If so, you could screw a pipe thread elbow in, which would point the exhaust to the rear. I recommend brass or stainless, so it doesn't require paint.
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I think we will scrap the TAV and stick to a centrifugal clutch. Much cheaper. This needs to stay low buck.
I am hoping that we can use some pipe to make an exhaust. If I can repair the carb we will stay with it otherwise I am going to to put a small mikuni on. |
If it's anything like a Briggs, the carb is mounted on the tank and requires a vacuum fuel pump. If the Tecumseh is the same, you might not be able to use a frame mounted gas tank with the original carb.
Perhaps you can find a replacement tank, or repair the original. The mini I built had room in the frame for a Briggs with a stock tank and carb. The difficulty comes in figuring out how to adapt a twist throttle to a rotary linkage. |
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