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Old 10-29-2021, 09:05 PM   #11
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Take your clutch to the nearby auto parts store, hopefully with an older guy who has been in the auto parts business for years. I'm pretty certain that the right old guy will be able to look at it and pull one off the shelf for you, and likely match the throw out bearing too. Cushman didn't make steering and drive train parts. They bought them. Unfortunately, there is no listing for where they came from, but they were very likely for cars or pickup trucks made a few years before your Cushman.

The flexible brake line to the front axle of my Truckster is the same as a 1981 Dodge D100 van and I installed it in my Truckster. The wheel brake cylinder rebuild kits are for 1970's Ford F100 pickups and the Ford cylinders are identical too, except for a bump in the outside of the casting that needs to be ground off. Steering knuckles were also from OEM parts, but since I haven't needed to replace them yet, I can't tell you what they were made to fit. Tail light lenses were off-the-shelf at the local ORiley auto parts store. I took in the broken one and they matched it up in a couple of minutes.

A local forklift service shop has been my alternate, when I failed at the auto parts store.
They had an identical brake master cylinder on the shelf and it cost me about 1/3 of what they are listed for on Ebay. They had the wheel cylinders in stock too. They ordered carburetor parts for my Keihin carburetor and had them in less than a week. They also had a fuel gauge sender, and although the float wire was a little long, the resistance of the sensor and the mounting plate was identical. An easily added "S" bend in the float wire made it the right length and it works perfectly.

If you do find an automotive clutch that fits, please post the Cushman number as well as the make and model vehicle that it also fits. I'm certain that others will be looking for this info. Please do the same for any other parts that you find.

The electric fuel pumps that I have experience with are pulse type and pump until pressure is built. Then an internal switch stops the pumping action until the pressure drops, so there is no power being drawn when at pressure, and no reason for them to heat up. The bypass filters are nothing more than a pressure relief valve because the original Cushman fuel pumps were positive displacement, so they would build too much pressure if the bypass filter was not installed. I found no reason to keep it when switching to the electric fuel pump that I installed. Unfortunately, I don't know the make or model number, but it came from O Riley Auto Parts. It clicks rapidly until pressure is built, and then clicks occasionally to maintain pressure. When I turn the key, I wait a few seconds for the fuel pressure to build and then engage the starter. First thing in the morning requires use of the choke, but the rest of the day the engine restarts without choke in about 1-2 revolutions.

Charley
Thank you charley, I will look into the electric fuel pump.
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Old 10-29-2021, 09:07 PM   #12
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I’m also having trouble with the shifting linkage. It goes into gear just fine but once I put it i to 2nd or 3rd I cannot bring the lever back up to shift into first or reverse. I have to get on my hands and knees and manually move one of the two linkages and then it will go up and I can use 1st and reverse. Anyone ever heard of this?
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Old 10-30-2021, 08:04 AM   #13
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You likely have too much play in the spring loaded mechanism that moves when you move the shift lever from one side to the other, preventing it from moving far enough to the left for it to allow going into first and reverse without moving it from below. Something is loose or worn. Although the spring that pulls the lever toward 2nd and 3rd in my Truckster is quite strong, I have never experienced the problem of it not going into 1st and reverse. The handle has limits. If the mechanism is worn, it won't move the levers on the transmission far enough without manually moving them underneath.

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You likely have too much play in the spring loaded mechanism that moves when you move the shift lever from one side to the other, preventing it from moving far enough to the left for it to allow going into first and reverse without moving it from below. Something is loose or worn. Although the spring that pulls the lever toward 2nd and 3rd in my Truckster is quite strong, I have never experienced the problem of it not going into 1st and reverse. The handle has limits. If the mechanism is worn, it won't move the levers on the transmission far enough without manually moving them underneath.

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I checked the linkage tonight for play and wear. The rod ends go into what looks like a rubber grommet and surprisingly they are all intact and in good shape. Not much wear or play at all. I’m trying to find a picture or diagram of the actual steeling Column shaft it’s self to try and figure out how it works mechanically. The shaft slides up and down and there is a spring at the bottom but what I can’t tell is if they are slotted or what’s happening to make it move one lever and not the other. I think that might be where my issue is idk.
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Old 10-31-2021, 09:27 AM   #15
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Where is your gear shift handle? Mine, and every other Truckster that I've owned or driven had it located just left of the driver's seat cushion between the seat cushion and the left door. Is yours different?

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