Recent content by dave dickson

Guess you haven't been caught yet, but you can expect a butt chewing,, I believe there is a sticky rule on removing the governor, or even speaking about it in this forum,, If you have ever saw a motor come apart from over extending the RPMs, well it ain't pretty! I strongly suggest that you...

Good luck with this one, Would like to see pics of your mod's progress, personally, I wouldn't mod my new Pred. engine, but I am interested in the results,,,, dave dickson

Hello All here at Oldminibikes.com, I know it has been awhile since anyone has heard from me, as I have been through a lot of personal drama, but so far, with determination, and with quite a few prayers that got answered, I find myself in a much better situation, now, then I was in back in 2009...

OMG, MTD!! What did you pay for your's??, bought mine a few weeks ago, almost complete, no drive belt, and not sure if the 3.5 runs?? I took mine apart,to clean it real good and am almost back together, struggling with the idea of putting a tec 5 on it, good luck getting it back together, but...

I have to agree, the 6 inch wheels look great, what kind of motor you gonna put in there? I will be watching this build. Dave Dickson

Deal at $100!!, At least I think so, you got $100.00, worth of parts, the motors, both are worth double, running, and they will run, now you have multiplied your money x 4, if you put one of those Predator motors on that bike, keep in mind, there will be some mods that you will have to do, the...

Hey Jeep,, Like the bonanza,, how many teeth are on those two sprockets, on tba secondary shaft, how many on the rear tire??? About how fast?? I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. Dave Dickson

Just in; Bought this little beauty yesterday, not saying how much, want to get it going after it gets a serious bath, rear tire repair, the biggest thing is that darn torque converter belt, where do you get them??

NEC, my disappointment came when I couldn't find the information right away, I read a thread where it was sugested to put the timing back using the scratches from the screws from a prior mounting, I robbed one motor for the whole ignition assembly,using those screw scratches, same screws crime...

I came here the other day, looking for the proper way to set the points and timing, on a Tec 3.5, at least that's what I think I have, it's a motor that I got on a bike last year, no recoil housing, therefore no numbers. Last summer I switched parts with some parts I had to make a whole motor...

Good find for $60.00, a real treasure, hope you have a lot of fun on it!!

I get like that sometimes myself, with money being so tight, and the holidays in the next few days,, I am looking forward to the new year, and getting my shop back together, I plan on doing a few how to videos of a few of these tricky little problems people run ongoing these bikes, your's is...

Work your twist grip, it will pull the cable back into the sheeth, that is acceleration, and if you let go of the grip and pull on the cable that is return to idle, that is what the spring will do, return to idle, the sheeth should be fastened so it is held still, but not smashed into the cable...

The exaust tip is a good one,, personally I would change that oil back to straight 30wt, I would run 10 w 40 in the winter, I would check my fuel for water, I would also suspect your coil, they will fail after they become warm. Dave Dickson

Well Quickdraw, the little woman and myself, had a very bad disagreement and as a man that feels loke there is nothing in this world worth fighting over, I left,she got the house, kids,and the means to pay the billls, the bf moved in and other things became more important. I think one of the...