[Silly Little Cars] Oil in forks on '99 GO-4?
Keith Charsha via Silly_little_cars
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Fri Sep 9 21:00:17 PDT 2016
I'm not sure how to add oil. If the forks are leaking and need to be
rebuilt the seal kit is very expensive and it's a pain in the butt to
remove the forks. There is a posting on the GO-4 owners facebook page
where one of the members hooked up an airbag between the fender cross
bar and the cross brace at the top of the forks. It's supposed to work
great. Check out the page if you aren't already a member.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/445796918961476/
On 9/9/2016 12:26 PM, Mike Wyatt via Silly_little_cars wrote:
>
> 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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> 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 <mailto:daphnevega1 at gmail.com>
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> 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
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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
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> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 8:59 PM
> 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 <mailto:daphnevega1 at gmail.com>
>
>
> Thanks
> Daphne
>
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