Electric to gas conversion

[Pitbull Joe]

Originally Posted by pachanga90

Lookin Good!!

Thanks.

I started getting white smoke out of the exhaust and some from the carb today. First thought was "Did I overfill the oil when I did the oil change?" When I checked, the oil was at the "add" level so I decided to give it time to settle back down but knowing the oil will collect at the back of the engine away from the dipstick didn't ease my worrying much. I then did an compression test, turns out driver side cylinder reads 95 and the passenger side reads 110 Tomorrow i'm going to do a valve adjustment and see if that helps any. I will also add oil if it's still reading that low, but when I checked the quart of oil that was left it was just over the half way mark so i'm pretty sure I added 1.4q. I'm guessing the rings are bad and with compression that low and oil in the air box.

[Pitbull Joe]

Got the valve adjustment done, it raised the 20psi including doing a wet compression test. It runs a little stronger now but I still need to do some adjustment to the carb because I have to run it on choke for 15-30 seconds when it as sat longer than 30mins.

I also got to work on the seats a little. Picked up some gray marine vinyl from Joann's fabrics on sale. I was able to get the seat done and the speaker enclosures. I just have to do the backrest. I will be spraying the dash with plasti-dip to cover some paint splashes that was on it when I got it. I'm also thinking of using grey plasti-dip on the roof.

[sassycat]

everything looks real good! love the headlights for sure

[Pitbull Joe]

Thanks John. Yea, the headlights definitely makes a difference. I just need to get to working on the tail lights.

[Pitbull Joe]

Little more progress today. Got the seats finished and installed. I also went ahead and sprayed a couple of coats of plasti-dip on the armrests and the dash. Although looking at the picture I can see where I missed a spot under the cup holders. Tried to install the speaker shrouds but the bolts I used didn't fit the old rivet holes well enough so I will be going to the hardware store tomorrow to get some better ones. Then it's installing the misc. trim pieces and maybe buying a few cans of the bed liner spray for the dump bed. Oh and i'm going to look for some light grey indoor/outdoor carpet to cover up the floor liner that has paint blotches all over it.

[Pitbull Joe]

Got the speakers installed to day. Also picked up the grey plasti-dip, carpet and bed liner spray. The carpet is installed and started working on spraying the roof but only got about two coats done. Hopefully tomorrow I can finish the roof, spray the dump bed with the bed liner and get all the trim pieces back on.

[bokeasmowl]

Cart is looking great Joe.

[Pitbull Joe]

Thanks Boke.

I'm having an issue with oil coming out of the engine and into the air box through the vent tube.

[Marathon Man]

How much oil you got in the crankcase?

[bronsonj]

Nice job Joe!