John A. Morrison's Journal Scrounge Built

A friend of mine, a Professor at Cape Breton University, made a short film of him on his bike racing the Newfoundland Ferry into Sydney Nova Scotia’s Harbour. The little short film won several awards from different film festivals. He beat the ferry, it is on Youtube,”Man vs Ferry”. When I was displaying my Cyclekart at a local car show, He approached me to shoot a Sequel, “Man vs Cyclekart”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IS39wQ0VzIJr6N-Re0_cILmS55yTdYRs/view

We also did an edited short “Digital 101 Intrductory”

https://drive.google.com/open?id=14TjEvSiwZ8MnkDYmfGBLYHuZZvbflp1w

BUT CHECK OUT THE RACE.

It’s a good chuckle.

Just finished a faux exhasut system, looks good I think, got to scrounge a tail pipe yet.

I seem to be having some difficultly with my Comet Converter, as I accelerate the converter starts to shudder, then go coast, back on the gas and it shudders again, when turning it shudders , not always but often. I’ve tried belt dressing ( same as we used on the roof of my building for the heat pump to stop belt drive squealing) I’ve tried to tighten the two axel bolts on the unit but they seem rock sold. Chain alignment is good and tension ok. ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE, just want a smooth eceleration. Photos enclosed.z

Got a Red Dot fighting me on this, so maybe we will not see IT. First photo shows the contact I”m getting after a few tests. Had to cut a shim to get the contact equal on both sides if possible, Re-bled the fluid, topped up the master, after test they improved but still not to my satisfaction. That little master cylinder just just doesn’t grab me.
Next photo, I bought a mechanical kit. So I have to fabricate the cable, anchor and handle.
Next photo: Slide out the rear axel disk / rotor chain etc. Fabricate the bracket to frame, mount the drum and route the cable. Found some junk, riding mower pulley & bracket lift handle on mower blade, some fibre glass guides, compliments the photo industry parts (Ya, there are even some parts from my wife’s Singer sewing machine in this Kart).
Next photo; Went through several hours fabricating several brake handles and attachment combos that seemed to give me enough to stop solidly the rear axel wheel that locks. Maybe be good for parking (with a set ON to hold the kart), back up for hydraulic failure plus, might be a good drifting handle for better purchase of the Apex of the turn or get into better turf for traction.
That all done lets go test, the brace over drum system is obviously more free in it’s movement , so of course mine goes sideways . Here is where the sewing machine comes in, a nice little cast steel cam on a balance shaft to counter the throw of the needle works perfectly. Welded on the side of the drum toy reduce the freedom on the thought so side that the brace was running off !
Off for the retest, it does grab! Great, next test it won’t! Can’t be one shot brake.
Even took some brace friction material off, looks like I need another sewing machine, I wonder if Anita has a spare? Ha.

My friend John Cooke donated two BSA 1969 vintage, rear fenders for the car, I haven’t seen a lot of cycle karts with fenders but these could not be passed up. Rust whole in one, chrome shot so off we go into the world of thin metal welding to seal and patch the fender. For mounting them, you’ll notice the rod I attached a rod which is in fact a tie rod off the Craftmaster CTC lawn mower. A lot of shake rattle and roll was going on so had to change the bracing to attach both ends solidly to the chassis. Then total re prep for painting filling and sanding for the 6th. Time.
Just finished priming them, they look good, Now the front ones, I have 3 donated, motorcycle front fenders but none match, two Harleys and a Yamaha. Got my scroungers out looking.

My neighbour gave me a Craftmaster riding mower. Yummy. Tore it down for parts, this is the steering wheel off that lawn machine and gets an Aston Martin logo my son sent me from Hfx. From his 3D printer. Not particularly period but I am a scrounger so you hear me mention this donor from CTC often. I also have the seat from this donor so we purchased some leather hide and di the drivers seat and after the body panels get painted we’ll see the cock pit get the leather treatment. Done in the middle of winter. Dining room table was a workbench more than a few times.