[Kartbuilding] plans?

[Stephen Burke]

Hi,

You are correct. Not all lawnmower engines have a throttle cable and lever 
on the lawnmower. However all lawnmower engines have a butterfly valve on 
the carburetor. It is possible to setup a cable to adjust this valve on 
the engine to control the speed of the engine.

Take a read of:
http://lists.kartbuilding.net/2008-July.txt

If you take a few photos of your lawnmower engine and email them to me, I 
can point out the valve and how to setup a cable to control the speed.

-steve



On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Cedrick Pierson wrote:

> I'm a little confused at how the throttle works. Not all lawn lowers have a throttle on them. And ones that do cost like $499-$999. If possible do you know where I can get a cheaper lawn mower.
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> On Jul 7, 2010, at 6:27 PM, Stephen Burke wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> The brakes are separate to the lawnmower engine.
>> The throttle cable and lever is meant to be taken off a lawnmower and attached to the wooden frame of the kart.
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>> See the following page for the blueprint plans:
>> http://kartbuilding.net/Lawnmower_Powered_Wooden_Go-Kart_Plans/
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>> and in particular:
>> http://kartbuilding.net/Lawnmower_Powered_Wooden_Go-Kart_Plans/brake-throttle-lever-and-cables.html
>> http://kartbuilding.net/Lawnmower_Powered_Wooden_Go-Kart_Plans/rear-brakes.html
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>> I hope this helps. If you have any further questions just shout.
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>> -steve
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>> On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Cedrick Pierson wrote:
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>>> I have a question on where the plans are for the lawnmower powered wooden go
>>> kart. How do you place on the lawnmower engine
>>> and the brakes and throttle? I didn't see where a...blue print or plan was.
>>> Can you help me out?
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