[Silly Little Cars] Oil in forks on '99 GO-4?

Fri Sep 9 12:26:22 PDT 2016

How do I add oil to the forks on a 1999 GO-4? It's riding rough.
I know it's been on the blog before..
Mike

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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 17:59:35 -0700
From: Daphne Vega via Silly_little_cars
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Subject: [Silly Little Cars] requesting advise
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Hi- I am looking at a Cushman Truckster that is for sale and would love
some advise. I really need to be able to travel between SF and the East
Bay. I am fine with figuring out all surface street routes but I would need
to take it across the bridge. If anyone out there would be willing to chat
with me about their experience with upgrading or mods, and whether or not
it can me made legal for highways (I think the bridge is considered a
highway?) I would greatly appreciate it.

I have been wanting one of these for a while now and I know I could go the
way more practical route and just get a truck- but I just love these silly
little cars!

Please email me directly and I can share my number.

daphnevega1 at gmail.com

Thanks
Daphne
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 06:54:49 -0400
From: Charley via Silly_little_cars
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To: "Daphne Vega" <daphnevega1 at gmail.com>,      "Silly Little Email List"
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My personal opinion, but you didn't say what year Truckster you are
considering buying, or whether it's motor is gas, diesel, or electric -

Cushman Trucksters like mine are not designed for long runs at 30-35 mph,
which is their max engine rpm. They are also considerably under powered.
They do fine on an estate or large commercial property, but running them at
full throttle for extended periods brings on frequent major engine
problems. Cushman Trucksters, even the newest that were actually made by
Cushman, are getting quite old at 20+ years, and this is considered the
dark ages for motor technology (this does not refer to the EZGO version
with the Cushman name on them). I rebuilt my 1987 Cushman Truckster almost
from the ground up, and it's still a bit of a maintenance nightmare. I now
have three OMC 22 hp engines, so I can use two of them for parts to keep
the engine that's in my Truckster running, but at this moment it is "not
running", and I'm all out of the parts that I need to fix it.

I broke a valve. again (not the first time this has happened). This time
it's in the left cylinder. Valves by themselves are not very expensive and
are easy to find, but finding someone who can, and is willing to, install
and lap a valve that's up inside of a one piece cylinder/head has been
fruitless, so I'm forced to buy a complete cylinder with the valves already
installed for $300 plus another $50 for the new gaskets, etc. and then
spend about six hours of my time taking the engine out of the Truckster,
pulling it apart to put the new cylinder on it and then putting it back
together and back into the Truckster. Fortunately, these cylinders are
still available NOS, but they are becoming very hard to find, and for how
much longer can they still be found when needed?

Do you do your own vehicle repair work?
Many shops are unwilling to work on Cushman Trucksters. Here, the local
forklift repair shop is willing to do some work for me, but not all of it.
They have also found me some parts that I could not find elsewhere.
Trucksters that are a few years newer than my 1987, that have the 3
cylinder water cooled Daihatsu engines may go a little faster, but parts
for these engines seem to be even harder to find than for my OMC engine. I
think the ones with the Kubota Diesel engines are also getting hard to find
parts for.

You would be much better off buying a newer GO-4 Interceptor II or III in
good condition, if you plan to drive it on the highways. They have more
power and can easly go 30-60 mph speeds for extended periods, if their
governor is defeated or adjusted. My Truckster cannot go more than 35 mph.
I've driven it almost 20 miles from home a few times. It was a long, rough
ride and two times I needed a towing service to get it back home again.
When I get the engine back together this time, my Truckster will no longer
be used on the highways, except for maybe a short run to the nearest gas
station, which is about 1 mile away, or to the nearest Lowes, which is
about 2 miles away. I'll just keep it on my 3 acres and use it for yard
work.

Charley

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Daphne Vega via Silly_little_cars
  To: silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com
  Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 8:59 PM
  Subject: [Silly Little Cars] requesting advise

  Hi- I am looking at a Cushman Truckster that is for sale and would love
some advise. I really need to be able to travel between SF and the East
Bay. I am fine with figuring out all surface street routes but I would need
to take it across the bridge. If anyone out there would be willing to chat
with me about their experience with upgrading or mods, and whether or not
it can me made legal for highways (I think the bridge is considered a
highway?) I would greatly appreciate it.

  I have been wanting one of these for a while now and I know I could go
the way more practical route and just get a truck- but I just love these
silly little cars!

  Please email me directly and I can share my number.

  daphnevega1 at gmail.com

  Thanks
  Daphne

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