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Post by biscuit on May 11, 2014 12:16:19 GMT -5
It's getting quite irritating and I do not want to further mess the scooter up. I'm NOT a mechanic and I'm by no means an expert, but I don't feel comfortable drilling out something in my carb. I can't afford to screw it up and have to order another.
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Post by alleyoop on May 11, 2014 13:51:10 GMT -5
Well you either drill it out or buy another carb with the fuel ratio screw available no two ways about it. You cannot mess it up if you drill it out. All you do is get a 1/16 drill bit and wrap tape 1/8 from the end of the drill bit and drill in the center of the plug up to the tape then get a pointed screw and screw it in and probably while screwing it in the plug will also turn and pull it out. Take a picture of the LEFT SIDE OF THE CARB on the side of the CVT, To see the type of carb you have. Now to test if the parts you got are good very easy to test. Take the Spark plug out OR IF you have a spare one just take the BOOT CAP off the one on the motor stick the spare plug into the BOOT CAP and hold it against the VALVE COVER and crank the motor over and see if it is SPARKING IF SO CDI is good. As far as the brake not working has nothing to do with not starting all that does is work your brakes and when squeezed sends voltage to your brake lights and SOLENOID that is it. To test your ENRICHER it is held on the carb with two screws take the screws out and move the C clip to one side or pull that out of the slot in the enricher and lay it on its side. If when you pull it off it looks like this IT IS BAD ALREADY EXTENDED NOT FEEDING FUEL FOR COLD STARTS:  IF IT LOOKS like this RETRACTED DO THE FOLLOWING: THEN cover the hole with your thumb and hold it there and try and start the motor holding your thumb over the hole, IF the motor starts hold it there for 3-4 minutes and see if it extends out like the first picture.  Alleyoop |
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Post by william42 on May 11, 2014 15:49:08 GMT -5
First off, I didn't mean to sound like I was implying that you said anything about my ability. I apologise if I did. But I was simply telling the truth when I said I was no authority on your problem. Because I am not. But there are people on here that are and I think that you should stick it out to see if they can help.
Troubleshooting is tricky business. That I know first hand. I am in charge of 32 machines and got called in to work not long ago and queried my night guy as to the problem. When he was done with his explanation I asked him a point blank question and he said "yes it was". Knowing that the probability that his answer was correct was about 10%, we undid what he had done to try to fix the problem, which entailed putting the motor that he thought was bad back on the machine, and tested it. It was not doing what he said it was doing. His analysis of the problem was incorrect and his answer was wrong. Had I not known the machines as well as I do I could have been looking past the root of the problem had I relied on his answer as fact.
That problem was easy for me because I could see and touch the machine in operation. Your problem will be tough for these people because you are there, with the machine, and they are not. You have to be their eyes and ears and they have to rely on your answers as fact whether they are or not.
To get an engine to run it needs three basic things. Air, fuel, and spark. It's of course somewhat more complicated than that but if one or more of those basic needs are not being met than your engine will not come to life.
If I knew more than I do I would tell you how to go about looking for those items and in what quantity and at what proper time. But I do not. But I can read and I am a troubleshooter and you said that it worked after you replaced some parts and now it's not working again so experience tells me that it was electrical issue especially since you also have other electrical issues with your brake lights, which apparantly have nothing to do with your problem. But it's still an electrical issue. So that's where I would start. With that said-
The first question that needs to be answered is; "Do you have spark at the spark plug and what test did you do to arrive at your conclusion?
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