Someone mentioned the rubber shaft bumper could be purchased on Amazon but I looked and didn’t find them. I was going to purchase from Marlon in Chula Vista but I don’t think MZ Motorsport is still in business so will keep looking and get 2 or more when I do find them.
I’ll top off the tranny with 90W fluid first thing and next pull the motor and clean the brushes and commutator and then pull the input shaft, bearing and gear so I can check the play in the motor to see if one of them needs replacing. If those are ok, I’ll do it again later to put the rubber bumper in.
You know, I’m kicking myself for not getting the 2015 with bad batteries which was down the street for sale 2 months ago for $4500… And I was told it did a steady 32 MPH even up hills with good batteries while this 2002 only does 22 MPH going up a slight hill with new batteries and take a while to get to 25 MPH on the flat. That 2015 with the battery replacement and final cost of ~$5500 was something I shouldn’t have passed up. But I do like fixing things… 