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Old 12-17-2011, 12:50 PM   #11
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With the piston and cylinder change you did get the piston in right? hole on the intake side. Quick check remove the exh pipe run the piston through and make sure you don't see a port if you do OPPS!! just thinking. Hope it's just the seals we've all been there. Keep us posted.
I've got this sucker torn down to it's skivvies today. Kudos to you guys as the flywheel side CS seal is totally wasted to the point that I found a piece of the seal retainer spring in the crankcase. The kicker is the reason it is junk is because the flywheel side CS bearing is junk. The ball bearings are there but the cage is in pieces. So it turns out my donor engine is a piece of crap but I think I can use the piece of the "block" that I need. I should have just torn it all the way down in the first place......

Anyway, I'm going to now try and use the crankshaft and bearings from my engine (which ran fine before this project) and see if I can make something good out of all this bad. I have a question though. The 2 bearings on the clutch side...should those be on the crankshaft prior to assembling the 2 "halves" or should they be in the housing and then installed on the crank?

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Old 12-17-2011, 04:08 PM   #12
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I've got this sucker torn down to it's skivvies today. Kudos to you guys as the flywheel side CS seal is totally wasted to the point that I found a piece of the seal retainer spring in the crankcase. The kicker is the reason it is junk is because the flywheel side CS bearing is junk. The ball bearings are there but the cage is in pieces. So it turns out my donor engine is a piece of crap but I think I can use the piece of the "block" that I need. I should have just torn it all the way down in the first place......

Anyway, I'm going to now try and use the crankshaft and bearings from my engine (which ran fine before this project) and see if I can make something good out of all this bad. I have a question though. The 2 bearings on the clutch side...should those be on the crankshaft prior to assembling the 2 "halves" or should they be in the housing and then installed on the crank?

Thoughts and comments??
So you all must be out Christmas shopping or something.....

I was able to swap all of my good stuff over to the "donor" engine. It is all back together. I put my clutch on because I didnt trust the comet clutch on the donor. I haven't dropped it in yet because I want to check the driven clutch and it looks so much easier with the engine out. The dust cover is long gone. A couple of times this past summer I had a condition where the cart would not turn over and it appeared the clutch was "locked". If I pushed the cart and jumped in and then accelerated it would take off and not do it again for a period of time. Is this a driven clutch or drive clutch issue? How do you remove a driven clutch? It's $200 bucks for a new driven clutch so if there is something I can do or check out, I'd like to do that. Thanks Guys.
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Old 12-17-2011, 05:08 PM   #13
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One bolt in the middle remove it and it will just slide off. I took mine apart and just cleaned everything real good and it worked fine. May be hanging due to dirt & grime. No shopping for me LOL
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Old 12-18-2011, 01:18 PM   #14
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Just wanted to update you guys...the old '83 lives to see another season! In summary, I swapped the crank, all the bearings, clutch, and installed new CS seals and she runs perfect. Got sidetracked a little when I still didn't have fuel to the carb. I had to pressurize the fuel tank a bit to get fuel to the pump. Once the pump picked that up I was good to go. Lubed the driven clutch..R&R'd it with racin161 instructions, Thanks.

Thanks Dave B for the advice on the fuel pump/crankcase pressure. There is no way I would have figured that out on my own.

Next project is to try and adapt a top to this thing. I have the factory brackets but I just won't spend the $100+ bucks it takes to ship a new top. Are there any alternatives??
Thanks again to all.....

MM007
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Old 12-18-2011, 04:35 PM   #15
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Another story with a happy ending, sounds almost like Christmas. Enjoy the cart.

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Old 12-18-2011, 08:26 PM   #16
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This is a pic of the front crank bearing in the donor engine...sorry for the poor quality.
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Old 12-19-2011, 09:09 AM   #17
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WOW that is a happy story. Good Luck and HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
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Old 04-23-2012, 08:36 AM   #18
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Just wanted to update you guys...the old '83 lives to see another season! In summary, I swapped the crank, all the bearings, clutch, and installed new CS seals and she runs perfect. Got sidetracked a little when I still didn't have fuel to the carb. I had to pressurize the fuel tank a bit to get fuel to the pump. Once the pump picked that up I was good to go. Lubed the driven clutch..R&R'd it with racin161 instructions, Thanks.

Thanks Dave B for the advice on the fuel pump/crankcase pressure. There is no way I would have figured that out on my own.

Next project is to try and adapt a top to this thing. I have the factory brackets but I just won't spend the $100+ bucks it takes to ship a new top. Are there any alternatives??
Thanks again to all.....

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Well...I'm back with some more questions. The above thread no longer has the happy ending...at least for now. I had been running the cart around my shop parking lot for a few months and loaded it up to take to Maine where we use it every weekend. It had been running great but not for an extended period. My son drove it for about 2 miles and the cart died. I have fuel to the carb and I have what appears to be decent spark and compression. Here's the kicker..when I spray starting fluid directly into the cylinder and re-install the plug it does not run. Tried a couple of different plugs too. Where do I go from here? THANKS!
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Old 04-23-2012, 09:55 AM   #19
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Try a new plug. If it was loaded or fouled its junk. Also did you locktite the seals in place when you replaced them? would hate to think one is blown out. Try the plug first cleaning the old one will no do. K
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Old 04-23-2012, 11:33 AM   #20
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Try a new plug. If it was loaded or fouled its junk. Also did you locktite the seals in place when you replaced them? would hate to think one is blown out. Try the plug first cleaning the old one will no do. K
I've tried 3 different plugs already and if one of my CS seals was gone I wouldn't have any fuel delivery, correct? The FP runs off of crankcase pressure, yes? I have great fuel delivery right to the carb.
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