Justin4250
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Hi All! New to the forum.
I recently bought my son a used American Sportworks Black Widow 3171. It has a Predator 212 engine.
All was well until he started it in the driveway a few days ago and it took off on him. It drove into my garage, used the upside down wheelbarrow arms as a ramp to launch vertical up onto my toolbench! Thank goodness nobody was hurt but now I'm trying to figure out what happened. At first I thought the throttle cable or return spring were frozen because he was drifting around in the snow. I ordered a new cable and made sure that the throttle returned to idle properly. I told him next time we'll put the parking brake on to be sure. Well... while i was snowblowing yesterday he (without my knowledge) started it up and it took off again. I started looking into potential torque converter issues but thought I'd ask you all for advice. Currently the drive belt is slack. For the week leading up to the incident it unexpectedly stalled occasionally and when you tried to pull start it the wheels would try and turn. I pushed started it once or twice but looking back now I suspect that has something to do with my current issue. What is the most likely cause? Thanks in advance!
Justin
I recently bought my son a used American Sportworks Black Widow 3171. It has a Predator 212 engine.
All was well until he started it in the driveway a few days ago and it took off on him. It drove into my garage, used the upside down wheelbarrow arms as a ramp to launch vertical up onto my toolbench! Thank goodness nobody was hurt but now I'm trying to figure out what happened. At first I thought the throttle cable or return spring were frozen because he was drifting around in the snow. I ordered a new cable and made sure that the throttle returned to idle properly. I told him next time we'll put the parking brake on to be sure. Well... while i was snowblowing yesterday he (without my knowledge) started it up and it took off again. I started looking into potential torque converter issues but thought I'd ask you all for advice. Currently the drive belt is slack. For the week leading up to the incident it unexpectedly stalled occasionally and when you tried to pull start it the wheels would try and turn. I pushed started it once or twice but looking back now I suspect that has something to do with my current issue. What is the most likely cause? Thanks in advance!
Justin