More Maytag Mayhem

"I hope to wind up with a leisurely putt-putt that is so radically different, that I stand back and think where in the dang heck did this come from!"

That is such a cool feeling and usually the best works. When your "Muse" comes up with stuff.

Fascinating build and really enjoying watching it unfold,CB.

I was telling the wife about your build and using our push, vert shaft, mower to illustrate. She looked me dead in the eye and said "No, no, no!" lol.

Trust me, no matter what you end up doing with this build it will be radically different. That's what makes it so interesting and engaging... it is different. I realize it is your second Maytag build, but the drive line challenges are different and keep you on your toes figuring your way along. Lot's of creative staring and daydreaming with this one, I imagine. For me that is both the frustration and the fun.

Sitting where I am in the peanut gallery is fun for me to watch this build unfold as you share your thought process and every now and then look up to the peanut gallery and ask for our opinions. So we get to be part of both the right turns and the wrong turns, the stops and the starting over again. And if a brain fart happens now and then, well that's how it is with a bunch of onlookers eating peanuts.

I think I understand and can relate to something in common with you, sir. Not talent or knowledge for sure, as mine will fit in the tea cup dipping into your full bucket worth. No, it is wanting to do things that are different... a different look or engine or number of wheels or jumping from gasoline to electricity. Embarking on something you haven't done before (and maybe something nobody else has either) involves problem solving and the very great pleasure in accomplishing what you set out to do in a way you perhaps had not initially imagined. Satisfying, eh?

Fasteddy shares this trait, wanting for his next build to be radically different from his last one. I'm not suggesting there's anything wrong with doing a number of similar builds so long as it remains fun. That's the problem for me in that I start to get bored and need to step back and do something else. It is also why I like having more than one project going at a time, so that when one gets a little tiresome or frustrating I can switch my attention over to another one for awhile.

Lots of different guys here on the forum with lots of different ways of going about things. You, sir, are always top notch entertainment for the boys in the peanut gallery. Thanks for letting us look on. Now, what are you gonna do next? Does the frame get altered? Or is a fresh brain storm brewing?
SB

I think this sums up why we're in the DIY shelves. Exploration and execution of a concept.

We could all buy a kit, but there's no adventure to that; the uncharted route has both dead ends and grand views, instead of safe uniformity.

Ben

The carb looks perfect, like a factory option.

Nt

That was a good idea with the copper foil! Nice the carb fit right on there. Makes a guy suspicious when things fall into place without a hassle. You'll be the only kid on your block with one of these. That might move along better than one would expect and even just a walking putt putt would be just fine.
SB

CB2

The "Enjon" does look better in the central position. "Apparently" you are "confident" of your drive system "BB" (By Ben). Am still on the edge of my chair!

Lookin "gooder" everyday.

NT

Sicks munfs aggo, he cudan evan spel enjinear. Now he arr wun!

Too cool, CB. Uber Goldberg.

I looked up Rube Goldberg. We had Rowland Emett producing such things as this:

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Predating either, there was W. Heath-Robinson https://allencentre.wikispaces.com/Junior+Heath+Robinson+Machines :

CB2

I remember my grandmother`s gas powered Maytag washer in the wood shed with oily flex exhaust pipe going thru the wall, think the hole was oily also !! lol Lots of smoke. It had the kick starter. Think Maytag may have sold patent to Cushman Scooter Co. ha ha

The belt will go to a shaft running a friction roller against tire sidewall ? Will your rope starter notched pulley be on the front, or a double pulley on flywheel, one groove for driving shaft and other notched groove for starting and a clutch ??

All your past FD`s have worked very well. The scissor clutch you fabricated was perfect and no parts to malfunction.

NT

cannonball2 said:

Wow! Looks like a hard way to peel potatoes! I guess its the trip as they say and not the destination!

Well I had T totally forgot I told my wife the get me some of the cheap little planters next time she went where ever cheap little planters were. Just got handed these. This was/is the intended gas tank. Now the first tank is just a learning experience and a good one at that. Maybe for another project. Now I gotta go buy some more PVC stuff just to get another screw top! Just love the galvanized finish!

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That's cool, too, but I really liked the can tank...
SB

I was gonna say the same thing. (oddly enough, I call them SB tanks. first one I had seen was your's)

Dunno CB. 1st one was really cool looking and fitting. LOL, like ya asked.

I have a Kohler oval tank off a 4 hp,and also a bigger one off 7 hp??...........Curt

Cylindrical mower etc tanks are still fairly cheap over here. Whether these links are any use to anyone in America or, indeed, anywhere else, I don't know, but it's all there to be looked at:

http://www.mopedland.ukfsn.org/spares.html
http://www.classicmopedspares.com/