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Great result Drew...The Grey Ghost is looking good.....I remember me and my mates on a Saturday morning used to catch the bus over to the Sydney Showground and you could hire a Go Kart that we could race in a circuit that went for a few Kms...They could fly...Great Fun....Go Karting used to be a big sport years ago....Anyway great job mate.
Nice resto, bet that motor rips, the little 49cc's have a bit of get up and go but a 125 or 160, that would launch. You have quite a few Mayfair's there, are they the g4 plastic carbies or the metal ones, can't wait to se a resto on one!
@@DrewFixIt Hey drew, i required a victa corsair(which is missing a lot, carby, coil, ignition module) and a victa with ball bearing wheels(all the info i could get from the stickers) both around the late 70's both are full crank motors with the side pull similar to the power plus you did. I check for spark and it had strong blue spark. so i put fuel in it and primed the carby aaaand, no go. I rebuilt the float area of the carby, the needle was not free to fall out is this normal? but i cleaned it out using some Inox(the only aerosol that i had) ran for a little but it cut out. then I looked at the decompressor and it was not holding pressure so i swapped it with the one on the corsair, which holds pressure. that got it running. Like absolute crap but it was running, but then it would stall out making me think it is getting enough fuel to start but none to keep running, also it wont rev up even with fuel manually fed to the carby, and when it was running it was blowing out heaps of burnt black oil. i am going to buy new headgasket? carby kit from varietech and crank seals. Please help i feel its an air leak, would love to get it going. Sorry for the essay as well. There is a video on my channel of what its doing
Excellent video Drew. What’s the history of these carts? Were they an SA thing ie super Elliot’s or Harris scarfe back in the day or were they Australia wide like the old carnies had that you zoomed around on the wooden slat track like they had at victor harbour when I was a kid?
Hi Mate, I think they were Australia wide. Victa actually sold a Victa Kart, but there were many other Go Karts built with Victa 2 stroke engines. This Silver one is quite similar to the brochure’s that I have seen of the Victa Kart, but I think it’s slightly different from what I can see! Cheers Drew
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Great project, fantastic video, love Victa mowers too …well done !
Thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it! Cheers Drew
Great result Drew...The Grey Ghost is looking good.....I remember me and my mates on a Saturday morning used to catch the bus over to the Sydney Showground and you could hire a Go Kart that we could race in a circuit that went for a few Kms...They could fly...Great Fun....Go Karting used to be a big sport years ago....Anyway great job mate.
Hi Gary, I wish I could have had a go at the Sydney Showground kart track, those must have been the best days! Cheers Drew
You’re a clever bugger. I like your videos. Well done
Thanks mate, you are too kind! Cheers Drew
i love this, I was actually waiting for the upload and VICTA is blue Mmmmmm
and call it Sonic
I’m glad you enjoyed it!! Cheers Drew
Nice resto, bet that motor rips, the little 49cc's have a bit of get up and go but a 125 or 160, that would launch. You have quite a few Mayfair's there, are they the g4 plastic carbies or the metal ones, can't wait to se a resto on one!
Thanks Mate, yes I think they have the g4 plastic carbies! Cheers Drew
@@DrewFixIt Hey drew, i required a victa corsair(which is missing a lot, carby, coil, ignition module) and a victa with ball bearing wheels(all the info i could get from the stickers) both around the late 70's both are full crank motors with the side pull similar to the power plus you did. I check for spark and it had strong blue spark. so i put fuel in it and primed the carby aaaand, no go. I rebuilt the float area of the carby, the needle was not free to fall out is this normal? but i cleaned it out using some Inox(the only aerosol that i had) ran for a little but it cut out. then I looked at the decompressor and it was not holding pressure so i swapped it with the one on the corsair, which holds pressure. that got it running. Like absolute crap but it was running, but then it would stall out making me think it is getting enough fuel to start but none to keep running, also it wont rev up even with fuel manually fed to the carby, and when it was running it was blowing out heaps of burnt black oil. i am going to buy new headgasket? carby kit from varietech and crank seals. Please help i feel its an air leak, would love to get it going. Sorry for the essay as well. There is a video on my channel of what its doing
I'd say "The Silver Hornet" (see revenge of the Pink Panther movie).
Now that is another great suggestion!! Cheers Drew
Excellent video Drew. What’s the history of these carts? Were they an SA thing ie super Elliot’s or Harris scarfe back in the day or were they Australia wide like the old carnies had that you zoomed around on the wooden slat track like they had at victor harbour when I was a kid?
Hi Mate, I think they were Australia wide. Victa actually sold a Victa Kart, but there were many other Go Karts built with Victa 2 stroke engines. This Silver one is quite similar to the brochure’s that I have seen of the Victa Kart, but I think it’s slightly different from what I can see! Cheers Drew
@ thanks
Silver Streak would be more fitting
Now that would have been brilliant, I clearly was not thinking!! Cheers Drew