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Okay,
First post, so here goes. I'm 60 sumthin' and prefer to pedal,
but, having had major trama to both legs, I thought I could use
a little boost now and then.
Soooo...., having rescued a 33cc homelite,(ryobi) weedwack-
er from fleamarket for $5, I set to work on a stealth frik outfit.
The gal was honest enuff to say it was'nt workin', but hey,$5.
The plastic starter gizmo was busted. (eh..., don't need it.)
Fuel filter was clogged, but after rippin' off all the nonessent-
ial plastic, i cleaned it up and got it runnin' like new.
My finished product looks kinda like an outboard motor. In
place of the U bracket on a stanton, I have a 5/16" bolt ex-
tended out to the left. The motor is mounted to an 18"
piece of 3 1/2" x 1" x 1/8" aluminum angle. A piece of 1"
alu. tube from an old is bolted to it and folds when one of the
2 bolts is removed.
The whole thing pivots up & down on the 5/16 bolt. My
drive roller is a 7/8" deep socket to which I have epoxied
1/4" strips of 36 grit emory paper sprocket fashion. there's
a hook that holds the rod up &, hence the roller down. Un-
hooked, a short bungi to the bottle holder lifts the roller off.
My throttle is the twist shifter off a trashed, piece o'
**** mongoose. a simple toggle serves as kill switch.
The whole the folds down to 18" x 8" x 9" and fits hand-
ily into my daypack. It takes less than 2 min. to install or
remove and works great. If I can get a camera and figure
how to attach it, i'll post a photo.
First post, so here goes. I'm 60 sumthin' and prefer to pedal,
but, having had major trama to both legs, I thought I could use
a little boost now and then.
Soooo...., having rescued a 33cc homelite,(ryobi) weedwack-
er from fleamarket for $5, I set to work on a stealth frik outfit.
The gal was honest enuff to say it was'nt workin', but hey,$5.
The plastic starter gizmo was busted. (eh..., don't need it.)
Fuel filter was clogged, but after rippin' off all the nonessent-
ial plastic, i cleaned it up and got it runnin' like new.
My finished product looks kinda like an outboard motor. In
place of the U bracket on a stanton, I have a 5/16" bolt ex-
tended out to the left. The motor is mounted to an 18"
piece of 3 1/2" x 1" x 1/8" aluminum angle. A piece of 1"
alu. tube from an old is bolted to it and folds when one of the
2 bolts is removed.
The whole thing pivots up & down on the 5/16 bolt. My
drive roller is a 7/8" deep socket to which I have epoxied
1/4" strips of 36 grit emory paper sprocket fashion. there's
a hook that holds the rod up &, hence the roller down. Un-
hooked, a short bungi to the bottle holder lifts the roller off.
My throttle is the twist shifter off a trashed, piece o'
**** mongoose. a simple toggle serves as kill switch.
The whole the folds down to 18" x 8" x 9" and fits hand-
ily into my daypack. It takes less than 2 min. to install or
remove and works great. If I can get a camera and figure
how to attach it, i'll post a photo.
