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An ambitious and worthy project. I can't help much but I'm rootin' for you!

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KMcC succinctly says:

I grease gaskets

Good 'nuff for me.

Greetings: I don't intend to use a gasket- maker as a preservative. I have used Yamabond and Hylomar for other applications as a temporary replacement for a missing gasket, but I can see lots of Bad Things coming from using it with a gasket. Just a few kernels of pre-hardened material will prevent a...

Greetings: Some members of this Forum are riding scooters that have bodywork composed of Honda's best plastic that is over 25 years old. Not surprisingly the stuff gets brittle as it ages, and to make matters worse, the fit is tight and a Noob like myself might manhandle the stuff pulling it off. I ...

Greetings: Just another picture of the fabricated center panel with plastics mocked up: http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/2850/aerorearfsi4.jpg http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/aerorearfsi4.jpg/1/w640.png I could do a better job folding and molding. Have another Al. sheet to trace and try again... :)

Greetings: I had a half-inch hole in the vinyl. P.O. probably used the saddle to hold his cigar in the workshop & let it burn. :( Duct tape kept the rain out of the foam temporarily but it sort of spoiled the look. I got a Vinyl Repair Kit by Prematex at Wal-Mart. It comes with 6 small tubs of d...

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Throw 'em on here!

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I spent a few minutes visiting Dan's Motorcycle Repair Course:

http://www.dansmc.com/MC_repaircourse.htm

Lots and lots of Good Stuff in there for anyone wanting to learn to wrench on a Scooter. Throw a couple bucks at him to help maintain the site if you like.

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Thanks for that. Googled Permatex. Just about everything they have is Blue - from threadlockers to RTV gasket substitutes. Which specific product did you mean?

I also Googled "Gasket Dressing" and will read more.

Greetings: Now, what have we learned about volatility , Class? Sorry you're going through this, especially since I was one of the ones who encouraged you to take Tomos inside. Always ready to make things right, I offer the following options: Plan B: Tell the family you're wearing an exciting new fra...

Greetings: Aside from being a cheapskate, gasket sources for these 20+year-old scooters are dwindling. I know enough not to try to re-use a head gasket. There are other less heat-intense gaskets I would like to try to preserve if/when I disassemble. Examples include the reed block, rear tranny case ...

Greetings: You mentioned hitting a bump. I surmise that you think this precipitated the "epic-style" failure. Do tell us more. If the scooter is where you left it, I'd try one more time to start it. Let it warm up 5 min. or more. If it won't, wheel it home and report your findings. I suspe...

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And Thanks, KMcC. BTW what's up with that placarded penguin?

Greetings: I'm glad you have this matter well in hand , with a firm grasp of the facts. Not to milk this dry, but I feel that it's important to keep a breast of what the kids are grappling with these days. OK, I'm out of sophomoric innuendo. (And out the other.) :oops: Fondly, Wheelman-111 PS: T.C. ...

Greetings: It may be difficult to get the scooter running well with standard carb jet, cooling and plug. The forced-air-cooled engine just can't reach operating temperature unless steps are taken to address this. You Forum members from the Great White North: what do you do if you want a winter Scoot...