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Frame in,bearings,axles,sprockets,chains all in,trans was already on frame when stuffed down in tub. Engine,belt,battery & exhaust system installed. Throttle,choke,new fuel line & filter,engine harness all hooked up. Winch power wires extended the required 3,yes 3,inches,doh. Nice fresh 100% gasoline into tank. Pretty sure it's down to install original seat (4 screws) and clean & paint one wheel,mount Runamuk on it. Oh,gotta buy some lug nuts. Other than that I think we're ready for a cooler..............er,I mean a ride. Gotta share a few laughs had during this build. Since I rarely pass up an opportunity to scare the living daylights outta myself,I just had to take advantage of these two. Day after all bearings,axles,sprockets and front chains were installed I decided "lets see how she rolls". So,as I begin movin' her, I start hearing this awful crunching/popping shot drivetrain noises worse than any I have heard in the past. Oh,wait,lets tighten the two lug nuts per wheel that I put on hand tight the nite before,yep,that cured it. Yesterday when I ran the engine up for the first time in almost 19 months I waited til it was warmed up nice then began giving some throttle to watch the belt. All of a sudden,at about WOT the entire elec system shuts down. There is one fuse for everything (Gizmo's kinda simple) and I notice the holder is very warm along with a blown fuse. Feed another fuse,run er up,same thing. Notice fuse holder is a little warmer yet,telling me this is not a dead short but more of an overload condition. Oh,wait,how dead was that battery,pretty darn,eh? Yep,just the stator trying to put a 15 amp charge on the battery through a 10 amp fuse. Battery placed on charger.
. Oh,wait,lets tighten the two lug nuts per wheel that I put on hand tight the nite before,yep,that cured it
. Yesterday when I ran the engine up for the first time in almost 19 months I waited til it was warmed up nice then began giving some throttle to watch the belt. All of a sudden,at about WOT the entire elec system shuts down. There is one fuse for everything (Gizmo's kinda simple) and I notice the holder is very warm along with a blown fuse. Feed another fuse,run er up,same thing. Notice fuse holder is a little warmer yet,telling me this is not a dead short but more of an overload condition
. Oh,wait,how dead was that battery,pretty darn,eh? Yep,just the stator trying to put a 15 amp charge on the battery through a 10 amp fuse
. Battery placed on charger
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