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i picked up an attex 300 from my buddy for a golfcart with no motor it has no tires or rims no motor no headlights axels are there transmission is there floor panel back engine cover pretty much everything is on it except for gas tank headlights controls tires and rims so im digging into it even though i promised myself no more thanb 1 project at a time since im already bulding a banshee...but i need to have this attex done by deer season and if i work at it little by little i should have it done...first things first i have an 18 hp twin craftsman engine out of a lawnmower and it is horizntal shaft so i was wondering if it would be a good engine? second i herculined the body and it looked awesome but after sitting in the weather for a month and a half it degraded and dull looking so im hoping if i put it on thicker it will hold...another thing should i pull the frame to built the engine mounts or do it inside the attex then pull the frame for painting? anybody got parts laying around for this they would wana sell?
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If your gonna do any amount of welding in it, i would prolly pull frame N stuff to avoid burning up the plastic ABS body. Lucky you for having a spare 18hp 4 stroke motor.. im trying to dig around for one for a winter project. I have the 400 attex and its insanely fast..kinda to fast if you ask me for cruzing in the woods. anyhow, im sure everyone here will chime in on "do's" and "Don'ts". You'll find that everyone here is super nice, Very Creative, and extremely intelligent.
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it looks like a pile right now but sure why not ill get some pictures of it up the body is all solid no holes in it i think the herculiner will work good on it when i put another thicker coat on it im just hoping it lasts a while of running over brush and stuff but if it needs touch up it doesnt take much to throw some more on...i even thought of pitching the body and building an aluminum diamondplate body around the frame but im just gona use the original...if all else fails i can just get a different body for it they cant be hard to find theres a parts one right down the road from my house and another one for sale an hour awayOriginally posted by mustangwagz View PostComment
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im also powdercoating the frame when i get all the engine mounts and everything inComment
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Hey Midwest...
If the Craftsman engine you're looking at installing into your 300 is a Briggs Vanguard (V-twin), or a Briggs flat twin you're in good shape. Neither of these engines will fit under the factory engine cover on a 300, though. The 300s have a pretty narrow hull, and the engine bay is pretty small. Of course, you can do it; it just means more fabrication. If you do decide to install either of those engines (if that's what you have), I would recommend building an engine mount with the frame in the body. You can get 99% of it done without having to weld (or with minimal welding) inside the tub. On top of that, you'll be far more likely to get all your clearances right, and get the drive belt lined up the first time. If you must weld inside the tub, just fill the bottom with a few inches of water so that the plastic is protected.
The bedliner you put on may add quite a bit of resistance to the machine's ability to slide over obstacles. The material has little to no impact resistance, and really doesn't have the greatest abrasion resistence when compared to the tub, either. If your plans for the machine include a lot of rough-terrain where you'll be sliding over rocks, stumps, logs, etc., you'd be in better shape to line the bottom with a piece of polyethylene, making a skid plate for the machine. Poly is readily available and is used as liners for dump truck beds all the time. It's a lot more difficult to install than painting on bed liner, but it'll actually protect it much better. Impact resistance, and the ability to slide over obstacles will be substantially better than stock, and leaps and bounds better than bedliner.
There are quite a few folks that may be able to help you with parts. If there's something specific that you come across that you need, post a wanted ad in the classified forum.sigpicComment
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