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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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.
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On 9/9/2016 12:26 PM, Mike Wyatt via Silly_little_cars wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">How do I add oil to the forks on a 1999 GO-4? It's
riding rough.<br>
I know it's been on the blog before..<br>
Mike<br>
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2. Re: requesting advise (Charley via Silly_little_cars)<br>
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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 17:59:35 -0700<br>
From: Daphne Vega via Silly_little_cars<br>
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Hi- I am looking at a Cushman Truckster that is for sale and
would love<br>
some advise. I really need to be able to travel between SF
and the East<br>
Bay. I am fine with figuring out all surface street routes
but I would need<br>
to take it across the bridge. If anyone out there would be
willing to chat<br>
with me about their experience with upgrading or mods, and
whether or not<br>
it can me made legal for highways (I think the bridge is
considered a<br>
highway?) I would greatly appreciate it.<br>
<br>
I have been wanting one of these for a while now and I know
I could go the<br>
way more practical route and just get a truck- but I just
love these silly<br>
little cars!<br>
<br>
Please email me directly and I can share my number.<br>
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Thanks<br>
Daphne<br>
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 06:54:49 -0400<br>
From: Charley via Silly_little_cars<br>
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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 -<br>
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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.<br>
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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?<br>
<br>
Do you do your own vehicle repair work?<br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Charley<br>
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From: Daphne Vega via Silly_little_cars<br>
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Subject: [Silly Little Cars] requesting advise<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
<br>
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!<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Please email me directly and I can share my number.<br>
<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:daphnevega1@gmail.com">daphnevega1@gmail.com</a><br>
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<br>
Thanks<br>
Daphne<br>
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