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- Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:00 am
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Help with tube in carberateur
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1900
Re: Help with tube in carberateur
I used a pencil. Put the sharpened point into the tube, turn the whole thing upside down and bonk the head of the pencil against your workbench.
- Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Brand New $499
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7363
Re: Brand New $499
Stick with the Hondas. They aren't the prettiest thing, but they run and run, and they start. Once you get a Honda right, it stays right. The metal they use to build the China scooters is low quality. Everything wears out. Meanwhile your nearly 30 year old Honda keeps bubbling along.
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:30 am
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: An easy way to get water out of a spree crank case?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1532
Re: An easy way to get water out of a spree crank case?
If there's water in the crankcase why not take the engine off the frame, take off the head and the cylinder and dump out what you can. Then you could put it in your gas grill, close the lid and cook it dry. Half an hour at low heat ought to do it.
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:41 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Need some help getting a 86 Spree running
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3243
Re: Need some help getting a 86 Spree running
Vacuum leak? Check the hoses and the intake manifold between the carb and the engine. If it idles, will it idle longer than 20 seconds? If not, check the fuel lines for pinches or clogs, or just replace the line. Do you have an air filer and box on it? If it's just wide open then the mixture is just...
- Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:26 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: new to forum and scooters- with problem
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3254
Re: new to forum and scooters- with problem
I use a steel guitar string to poke it clear. You can usually get a scrap from the trash at a music store where they replace strings. Just ask for the thinnest string fragment they have. A piece a foot long is perfect.
- Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:34 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Newbie with Elite Eighty
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4188
Re: Newbie with Elite Eighty
I've hauled quite a few Honda scooters back from the cliff edge of death, and the first thing you should do is take the entire engine out of the frame, take off the rear wheel, and get to work. You can get to every part easily if the engine is on your bench. It's really not too hard to take it out, ...
- Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gyro - general thread
- Replies: 928
- Views: 583536
Re: Gyro - general thread
That Gyro Stream looks like an electric handicap scooter. It would be a grin to motor down the street at 30, waving to the crowds! But, I'll stick with my '85. I just wish it would go up the big hills here in the Bay Area.
- Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:28 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Is a starter "rebuildable" ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4810
Re: Is a starter "rebuildable" ?
Sounds more like a starter clutch than a starter motor issue. I don't know if you have a clutch or a pinion, but what you describe sounds like slippage.
- Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gyro - general thread
- Replies: 928
- Views: 583536
Re: Gyro - general thread
Well, I replaced the bushing and it works fine. I guess that was it. The arm really only goes on one way because the splines don't go completely around the shaft and there's a punch mark on the arm where there are no splines so you can line it up. You need a good flashlight and a mirror on a stick t...
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gyro - general thread
- Replies: 928
- Views: 583536
Re: Gyro - general thread
I've been having a problem with the parking lock. It didn't want to unlock the wheel. The frame lock works perfectly, and I didn't change any adjustments. I took off the right side cover and everything looks OK, the spring is springy, etc. Put it together, still stuck. Took the cover off again, this...
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CH 80 Manual
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1544
- Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:25 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: 2001 Elite 80 no spark - troubleshooting help
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3010
Re: 2001 Elite 80 no spark - troubleshooting help
I have found the connection between the spark plug cable and the plastic cap that snaps onto the spark plug can be a problem. The cap screws on to the cable in most applications. If you hold the cable and unscrew the cap from it it should come apart easily. If its hard to do, stop. They might be mol...
- Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ch150cc
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2794
Re: ch150cc
If you want info about these scooters there is a huge amount at www.ch250.net The 250 is very similar to the 150. There is a ch250 group on Yahoo, and a CH150 group. You should look at www.jacksscootershop.com for info, too.
Bob
Bob
- Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ch150cc
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2794
Re: ch150cc
If you want info about these scooters there is a huge amount at www.ch250.net The 250 is very similar to the 150. There is a ch250 group on Yahoo, and a CH150 group. You should look at www.jacksscootershop.com for info, too.
Bob
Bob
- Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:43 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: It's BACK!!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2637
Re: It's BACK!!
Get out there and give the guy $300 and get a job delivering pizzas.