Project Microtrac

Zeep

Adventurer
Current exhaust route, looks like you'll have eye's and ears full of fumes! :smiley_drive:
 
Was like that on the Motodog too and didn`t seem to be that bad.

Thought about rerouting the exhasut a lot but couldn`t find any good solutions. Will do it for sure if i have some good ideas how to do.
 
Worked on the gas pedal today. First i made a mount for the cable:

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Then i made a lever to go on the pedal:

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Brazed it on:

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This is how it goes together:

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Mounted a spring to take some load of the carb and the cable:

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And made a skid for it. Don`t like the idea of it catching something and going full throttle:

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And mounted:

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Thanks a lot.

I can`t stop thinking about building it like a ratrod or Mad Max style thing. But i just can`t come up with ideas? Do you guys have any ideas?

Made a mount for the brake cylinder today:

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And mounted it:

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Then i removed a broken screw:

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To mount a shielding plate so the brake fluid won`t get cooked:

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Then i started building the chain idler and soon realized that i messed up before. You can only shorten and put a chain back together every other link. Of course i missed that when i mounted the rear axle:

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So i cut the mounting plates off:

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And welded them in in the right place:

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Then i pressed a bearing into the idler sprocket:

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Milled a mounting block:

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And tacked it on:

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**** it, i try building a rat rod out of this...

First i stripped it back down:

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Had a look at the scrap bin:

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Lowered the upper strut:

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And bend up a bonnet:

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Was a bit short, so it put on another piece:

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Cut the sides:

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And welded them back on:

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In case you where wondering why i pull watering cans out of the scrap bin:

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Bend up a strip of sheetmetal today:

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Cut some shapes out:

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Tacked it on:

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Welded it up:

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And ground it down:

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Then i soldered a pipe out of copper:

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This is how it goes together:

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Thought about a cow catcher too. Not sure if it would be too much?

Don`t think i`d have any chance in that competition.

I think this thing needs a grill, so i started thinking:

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Milled some slots in a piece of sheetmetal:

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Bent it up:

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Welded it:

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And ground it smooth:

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Made a hinge for the hood:

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And a nice cone for the rear:

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Then i cut a hole in the hood:

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And put in the tank:

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Brazed the heat sink on the exhaust:

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And put it together:

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Brazed a big hydraulic fitting in the gas tank:

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Brazed on some mounts:

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And made a filler cap:

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All together:

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Mounted a couple hood fixtures:

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Put on the shifter for the second gearbox:

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And made a linkage for the first one:

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Put on some headlights:

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And a total:

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Anyone able to photoshop this with some John Deere colours? Think this`d look good, but not sure about all the copper and brass...
 

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