Hammerhead GTS 150 Year ID | DIY Go Karts

Does anyone know how to know the year of a GTS 150? This is my VIN. Menu AllthewayHome ForumsHome What'snew Login Register What'snew Search Newposts Searchforums Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install AllthewayHome ForumsHome BuildingPlansAndAdvice GoKartDiscussion Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. HammerheadGTS150YearID Threadstarter BrotherTurtle Startdate Aug7,2020 B BrotherTurtle Member Messages 31 Reactionscore 0 Location Gadsden,AL DoesanyoneknowhowtoknowtheyearofaGTS150?ThisismyVIN.   Attachments 861EE102-8A6F-4B39-9AC4-E0995BEAB079.jpg 196.7KB·Views:8 itsid Moderator Staffmember Messages 11,564 Reactionscore 105 Location Ruhrpott[Germany] Sure.. 2014 butit'sMODEL-yearnotnecessarilyyearofmanufacturing. (soa2014modelcanbemadeasearlyasjune2013andaslateasseptember2015) it'smadeby ShanghaiHowhitMachineryManufactureCo youguesseditinShanghaiChina(1699Shuguangroad) modelcodeisDB1509 Ddesignatingmodelyear 'sid   Lastedited:Aug9,2020 B BrotherTurtle Member Messages 31 Reactionscore 0 Location Gadsden,AL Thanks!Howdidyoufindthat?Isearchedforaboutanhouranddidn’tseeitanywhere.AndHammerhead’swebsitedidn’thaveanythingeither.   itsid Moderator Staffmember Messages 11,564 Reactionscore 105 Location Ruhrpott[Germany] oops,miscounted...2014(fixedabove) it'seasyactuallyonceyouknowthatchinesefunvehiclesusepropervincodes firstiscountryoforigin,(Lischinainthiscase) that'spartoftheWMI(worldmanufacturerid),(L6KisshanghaiHowhit) followedbytheinternalmodelcode(DB1509) followedbymodelyearcode startingin1971with1;numbers,thenletters,rollingoverevery30years I,O,Q,UandZaredismissedtopreventambiguitywith1,0,0,Vand2 so123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPRSTVWXYmeansyourDiseither1984or30yrsyounger2014 andfinallyarunningserialnumber (notallnumbersneedtobeused,canincludeamanufacturingweekforexample) whichinyourcaseisnotentirelyunlikely..10thweek(makesitamarch2014) butonewouldhavetoaskhowhitforexactdetailsthere. 'sid   B BrotherTurtle Member Messages 31 Reactionscore 0 Location Gadsden,AL GY6EngineID IthoughtallGY6engineswerebasicallythesameandpartswereinterchangeable.Butsomeonetoldmetheyhavedifferentvariants.IsthereanengineIDnumber?Ifso,WherecanIfindit?ThisisonahammerheadGTS150.   K Karttekk Well-knownmember Messages 1,510 Reactionscore 165 Location Elizabeth,PA https://ncystore.com/blog/gy6-engine-code   B BrotherTurtle Member Messages 31 Reactionscore 0 Location Gadsden,AL Thepicturefromthatlinkshowstheenginecodejustbelowthebeltcover.ButmyenginedoesnothaveacodebelowthebeltcoveroranywhereelsethatIcanfindit.ThepicturefromthatlinkisascooterEnginebutmineisonagocart.Maybethereisadifferencebetweenascooterengineandagokartengine?   itsid Moderator Staffmember Messages 11,564 Reactionscore 105 Location Ruhrpott[Germany] IIRCallHammerheadsweremadebyHowhitinShanghai postpartsofyourVINifyouwanttoknow (firstfivelettersdestinctmakeandmodel) tenththeexactmodelyear(therearedifferencebetweenthemodel-years) withthatwecanIDallengineparts 'sid [EDIT] Ohwait https://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=44271 THATone? •MERGED• findtherelatedpartsmanualattachedbelow   Attachments GTS150-Parts-Book-2013-2016.pdf 7.8MB·Views:1 B BrotherTurtle Member Messages 31 Reactionscore 0 Location Gadsden,AL Iwashopingtofindanenginerebuildkit.IcanlookupallofthepartsintheHammerheadpartlistseparately,butIthinkitwillbemuchmoreexpensivethatway.   itsid Moderator Staffmember Messages 11,564 Reactionscore 105 Location Ruhrpott[Germany] wellyouknowyougotahowhitengineandtheexactmodelisstampedontheenginecrankcase (unlessaPOhasreplacedtheenginewithagenericone) thereisnosuchthingasarebuildkit,sincethereisnosuchthingas"therebuild" youmayfindatopendrebuildkit(piston,cylinderandgaskets) butthatwon'thelpifyourvalvesarebent.. youmayfindavalverebuildkit(valvesandsprings) butthatwon'thelpifyourvariatorfellapart youmayfindavariatorrebuildkit(rollerswashersandsprings) butthatwon'thelpifyourcrankjournalsarewornout Ithinkyougettheidea,right? listALLindividualpartsonpaperthatneedtobereplaced. findtheHowhitenginemodelnumber andstartsearchingforspares, ifyoufindakitthatcoversafewofthepartsonyourlist..great! ifnot..individualpartsitis. ifyouwanta"nobrainer"solution,bitethebulletandbuyanewengineinstead. (makesureit'sthesamemodelthough!) 'sid   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link AllthewayHome ForumsHome BuildingPlansAndAdvice GoKartDiscussion Top