1984 spree with 31 miles on it

cookiemonster131 · Post by **cookiemonster131** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:12 pm

okay i bought an 84 spree with 31 miles on it. stuck a NOS tank on it and rebuilt the carb and new petcock. got it running like a top straight to 28 mph BUT after 1/2 mile or so it dies out. if i start it in the shop and let it idle for 2-3 minutes it dies out. sometimes it will fire right back up but most times not. gotta let it sit for 1 minute or 2 and it starts right bacvk up. petcock is new and fuel line and vacuum line are new. got any ideas?

cookiemonster131 · Post by **cookiemonster131** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:13 pm

oh yeah new battery and new air filter also

mopro logan · Post by **mopro logan** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:23 pm

Sounds like the carb is not filling with gas I would check the float level

cookiemonster131 · Post by **cookiemonster131** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:28 pm

thats what i thought also but i thought these floats were non adjustable since they are plastic...?

cookiemonster131 · Post by **cookiemonster131** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:44 pm

i was wondering if the carb bystarter was acting up?

zuphilius · Post by **zuphilius** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:03 pm

cookiemonster131 wrote:i was wondering if the carb bystarter was acting up?

Disconnect the wires to it and try that. I did with my Gyro which had the same symptoms and it started and ran.

cookiemonster131 · Post by **cookiemonster131** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:05 pm

Will do

Bear45-70 · Post by **Bear45-70** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:17 pm

First off if it ran that long it is not the bystarter. It would more likely be the vent in the gas cap. Loose the cap and run the scooter again and see what happens. Again the students trying to be teachers.

cookiemonster131 · Post by **cookiemonster131** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:20 pm

Tried the gas cap already didn't fix it.

swimmingfree · Post by **swimmingfree** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:48 pm

petcock is it new or new to you??
what kind of flow of gas are you getting ???
is the screen in the tank clog??
if the float gets stuck or the nettle is stuck this may happen and you will running out of gas ???
i no you clean the carb and its wright ??
we all have done it.. dum things
swimmingfree

cookiemonster131 · Post by **cookiemonster131** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:31 am

Tank is new old stock, petcock is brand new as of last night. The flow out the gas line is pretty solid and consistent. As for the internals I felt certain it was clean but I guess I will start there when I take it back apart.

swimmingfree · Post by **swimmingfree** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:16 am

one other thing you may look at is the vac line to petcock ..you may
want to try this and shood let you no the gas in the carb and if you running out.

By freeswimming at 2011-09-30

swimmingfree

zuphilius · Post by **zuphilius** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:49 am

Sorry Bear, but it did resolve my running issue on the Gyro. Although I had more issues than that and Mouse ended up replacing the carb on it and that fixed everything.

SuprasNsprees · Post by **SuprasNsprees** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:49 am

evilone · Post by **evilone** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:27 am

swimmingfree wrote:one other thing you may look at is the vac line to petcock ..you may
want to try this and shood let you no the gas in the carb and if you running out.

By freeswimming at 2011-09-30

swimmingfree

Hey, your motor/carb looks identical to mine!

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