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Post by yelloscoot on Mar 12, 2016 8:52:46 GMT -5
That's a nice looking set of bags, JR , and painted to match. Now I see how you can make those long road trips. You have plenty of room to carry supplies and gear.  Even for around town your top box looks like it would hold a helmet with room to spare. Also,... what are those two "gauges" that you have on the left side of the cockpit? The they both look like they would be large enough to cover up the holes my "S tereo [ROFLMAO!]" would leave behind. That thing is hideous.  I've used my helmet at the grocery store as a shopping cart. Whatever fits in my helmet and my hands is what I could carry on the bike. Now, with the new bags, maybe I can actually use a shopping cart.  I'm looking for an affordable quick-release topbox, or bag, that will my hold helmet at work. I work around a lot of small sheet metal parts and have to take great precautions to keep it from getting all scratched up. But, then again, I may have to do the same for a topbox.  I did find your video, this morning, for the 244cc Valve Adjustment for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. Loren |
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Post by JR on Mar 12, 2016 10:01:23 GMT -5
yelloscoot I put a extra cooling circulating line along with small computer cooling fans to help on those long hot trips, one of the gauges is a digital temp gauge on the line, the other gauge is a digital volt meter. I'm a nut about cooling even have a oil cooler on my  Chevy Silverado and at 170k it still doesn't use a drop of oil and runs great. JR
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Post by yelloscoot on Mar 12, 2016 21:03:37 GMT -5
Please bear with me, we had a terrible loss today and our minds are occupied with everything other than scooters. My stepson whom I'm closer to than a natural-born son passed away. He was only 55, in athletic condition and just passed a major physical for his work with flying colors. Just this weekend we were talking over long-term plans for the future. He was estimating a job for his company and just passed away sitting in his truck. We're still in major shock, and disbelief. He was a good role-model for any fellow to look up to, and leaves his sweet Wife and a marvelous Son. We were very close and he will be sorely missed. None of us are promised tomorrow. With that in mind, RIDE SAFE! Sincerely, Leo (sad, and comforting the missus) in Texas I'm very sorry to hear of your loss, Leo. It's one thing to know that it is coming and be able to prepare, as in, my Mom's case and cancer. But, it's another, to lose someone so suddenly that it blind sides you on a beautiful day and brings in a storm. I'm not very good at these kind of things and have a hard time even coming close to know what to say. But my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Sincerely, Loren |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 13, 2016 0:50:42 GMT -5
Loren,
Thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers. It IS hard to comprehend someone so young and healthy, just passing an intense physical to simply pass away. He had just had lunch with a client and was to drive to the site to finish business. He never arrived, and was found deceased in his truck.
Betty and I are both taking it hard, but we're Christians as was he, and we know he's in a far better place now, and we will be with him again pretty soon.
Thanks again, and as always, RIDE SAFE!
Leo
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Post by rockynv on Mar 14, 2016 1:12:39 GMT -5
Condolences Leo.
Too many young people are doing that lately. Had one consultant we used go missing for 4 months without a word. Heart attack got him but those with him gave CPR and kept him going till the paramedics got there. Had to have a quadruple bypass at 50.
Don't lose track of who is ultimately to blame for this according to your Christian beliefs.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 14, 2016 23:02:43 GMT -5
Rockynv,
ABSOLUTELY! Have a bone!
Yeah, we know the miscreant behind this stuff, and he doesn't run around in red Long-Johns with a forked-tail and a toy pitchfork... He's a lot slicker than that...
Thanks much!
Leo
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Post by urbanmadness on Mar 15, 2016 16:42:40 GMT -5
Leo,
I just saw the post where you lost your step son. Sorry for your loss.
--Ray
and The UrbanMadness Team
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Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 15, 2016 23:02:44 GMT -5
Leo, I just saw the post where you lost your step son. Sorry for your loss. --Ray and The UrbanMadness Team
Thanks so much. He was a very, VERY good man. We are not promised "tomorrow". When it's over, it's over. We need to remember that every time we leave the house.
Ride safe!
Leo
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Post by yelloscoot on Apr 9, 2016 21:43:14 GMT -5
oldchopperguy JR rockynv urbanmadness Well, I'm back in business again. I came down with the flu a couple weeks and for a couple weeks. Also, lost my job over it. Oh well, onward and upward. Back to work now and enjoying the nice weather. Thanks for your link Leo, Adding LED LIGHTS: A few things to pass on to others. I think I found and ordered the same switch harness that you posted about. This should really help with getting the driving lights hooked up. I received the first set of driving lights, that I ordered in white, but they arrived in black instead. I would have kept them and painted them white, but, these things are really not what I expected. Each time I powered them on/off they would change from Hi/Lo/Flash and then repeat. You can't set them for one or the other. So I sent them back and ordered a different set in white. They arrived just as ordered this time.   These worked out much better for mounting also. I opted for the front fender instead. I still have not wired them in yet, but, soon.  
Now, something else has come up.
The past several mornings have been cool here and when I'm warming it up and getting ready for work, I've had a loud clatter coming from somewhere in there. It seems to quiet down or disappear when I rev the motor some, but then back to the clatter at idle. After a couple miles it also seems to disappear completely. I have pulled the CVT cover, not the variator yet, and all looks well. But, still not even sure if it is the CVT. It sounds like Morse Code.  This is a video from the other morning before going to work. It pains me to even watch this video.  Beyond the noise everything still runs and idles just fine. My fuel mileage may be suffering some, but, that may have been from a low/flat tire that I didn't know about. I usually park on the center stand so I didn't see the flat until I used the side-stand the other day. I'll go to Lowes in the morning to get an impact socket for the variator, 20mm or 21mm, and get that pulled to see what may be going on inside. Also to check the weight of the rollers, because I have no clue, as to what size they are. Any thoughts or suggestions would be great. Thanks Y'all Loren
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Post by JR on Apr 10, 2016 10:22:13 GMT -5
yelloscoot check the valve adjusters and the valve settings. If all is well then pull the CVT cover and remove the belt and start it and see if you still have the sound. We got to isolate the area it's coming from. JR
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Post by yelloscoot on Apr 10, 2016 11:26:50 GMT -5
Thanks JR I picked up a 21mm impact socket this morning, pulled the CVT cover, started it up and nothing but a nice regular idle. Temps are in the lower 60's this morning, whereas, when I was getting the clanking sound the temps were in the lower 50's. Engine temperature seems to have something to do with it. Anyway, I wasn't able to pinpoint the location this morning so I just put the cover back on and started it again. No sign or sound of trouble. I know of the Valve Adjustment Video you have posted. This would be my preferred way of doing it just so I don't have to pull the whole back end off to get to the cam mark as in the video below. That is the procedure that Dollartwentyfive had mentioned messed up the exhaust valve adjuster and recommended doing it by the manual procedure with the engine off. That suggestion has made me leery of doing it that way.  I just don't know what could have caused the failure on the exhaust adjuster.
A couple of weeks ago, knowing an adjustment was needed sooner or later, I happened to come across this video. (starting at 8:00)....I just don't want to screw something up....I can be prone to that sometimes.  But, as of now, everything sounds to be good. I just know that's not the case. Thanks, Loren |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Apr 11, 2016 0:10:27 GMT -5
Yelloscoot,
Those lights look great! Mounted that low, they can light up a LOT of real estate without blinding oncoming traffic! I'm just now getting back to "normal" and tonight, I finished wiring up my lights. I also mounted the lighted "goose" on Minnie's nose... I wired it to the factory running lights with an external switch so it doesn't run all the time the headlights are on. I love it, most riders younger than 65 will truly hate it... LOL! But heck, it's a GENUINE late forties PACKARD "swan".
That eBay wiring harness is pretty sweet. Lots of "hookups" though... I ran a 12 gauge hot-wire from the battery up to the nose area. That connects to the fused main wire of the harness. The little switch also needs power and a ground, but it's super-light duty. I spliced it into the factory running lights so it can only be activated when the headlight is on (and the headlight/running lights are on whenever the ignition is on... no switch). I then grounded the switch and main grounds to the heavy main factory ground wire. Now, I need to insulate the considerable new wiring, relay and fuse from any possible contact with the hot radiator (I'll surround all with pieces of heavy auto radiator hose). Then bolt her all back together and see how she works.
I listened to your video, and the source of that metallic tapping escapes me. I do hear what sounds like a "belt-thump" but mine does that too when cold, as did every Kymco 250, 300 and 500 I looked at. That seems to be normal. The tapping though, sounds like maybe something in the variator or clutch that gets "sticky" when cold.
Even with the belt-cover on, you can take a big old screwdriver and place the tip here and there, with the handle against your ear, and almost certainly trace the AREA the noise comes from... Like the crankshaft/variator location, or the clutch. It's an old-school trick I learned more than 50 years back, to find which cylinder in the car had the bad wrist-pin... LOL! Poor-man's stethoscope.
Riding season is right around the corner, and I just love that scoot of yours (of course, I'm prejudiced since it's a "kissin' cousin" of Minnie Mouse). I really hope you get these last bugs fixed for a great spring and summer of riding!
I'm glad you got over the flu. And especially glad you're working again. Jobs are as scarce as honest politicians...
My best guess is that metallic noise is likely a sticky roller, or even a defective one from the factory. If not, maybe a reluctant part in the clutch. Only a guess though, you need to find where the noise comes from.
Ride safe!
Leo
PS: I'm almost afraid to ask, but did you check to see that the new lights don't hit the body-plastics with the forks depressed and the bars turned? You won't often hit a bottom-out bump with the bars turned, but it could happen rolling it off the center-stand. You'd be less than happy it the lights mashed into the plastic behind them.
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Post by yelloscoot on Apr 13, 2016 21:32:22 GMT -5
Yelloscoot,
Those lights look great! Mounted that low, they can light up a LOT of real estate without blinding oncoming traffic! I'm just now getting back to "normal" and tonight, I finished wiring up my lights. I also mounted the lighted "goose" on Minnie's nose... I wired it to the factory running lights with an external switch so it doesn't run all the time the headlights are on. I love it, most riders younger than 65 will truly hate it... LOL! But heck, it's a GENUINE late forties PACKARD "swan".
That eBay wiring harness is pretty sweet. Lots of "hookups" though... I ran a 12 gauge hot-wire from the battery up to the nose area. That connects to the fused main wire of the harness. The little switch also needs power and a ground, but it's super-light duty. I spliced it into the factory running lights so it can only be activated when the headlight is on (and the headlight/running lights are on whenever the ignition is on... no switch). I then grounded the switch and main grounds to the heavy main factory ground wire. Now, I need to insulate the considerable new wiring, relay and fuse from any possible contact with the hot radiator (I'll surround all with pieces of heavy auto radiator hose). Then bolt her all back together and see how she works.
I listened to your video, and the source of that metallic tapping escapes me. I do hear what sounds like a "belt-thump" but mine does that too when cold, as did every Kymco 250, 300 and 500 I looked at. That seems to be normal. The tapping though, sounds like maybe something in the variator or clutch that gets "sticky" when cold.
Even with the belt-cover on, you can take a big old screwdriver and place the tip here and there, with the handle against your ear, and almost certainly trace the AREA the noise comes from... Like the crankshaft/variator location, or the clutch. It's an old-school trick I learned more than 50 years back, to find which cylinder in the car had the bad wrist-pin... LOL! Poor-man's stethoscope.
Riding season is right around the corner, and I just love that scoot of yours (of course, I'm prejudiced since it's a "kissin' cousin" of Minnie Mouse). I really hope you get these last bugs fixed for a great spring and summer of riding!
I'm glad you got over the flu. And especially glad you're working again. Jobs are as scarce as honest politicians...
My best guess is that metallic noise is likely a sticky roller, or even a defective one from the factory. If not, maybe a reluctant part in the clutch. Only a guess though, you need to find where the noise comes from.
Ride safe!
Leo
PS: I'm almost afraid to ask, but did you check to see that the new lights don't hit the body-plastics with the forks depressed and the bars turned? You won't often hit a bottom-out bump with the bars turned, but it could happen rolling it off the center-stand. You'd be less than happy it the lights mashed into the plastic behind them.
Thanks Leo, this mounting placement worked out well with the factory fender screw holes. I just replaced the factory screws with a longer ones from Ace Hardware to accommodate lock-washers and rubber washers. Everything is snug and clear of the fairing in turns and front-end dives.  Still have to wire them in, just needing the time and energy, to remove the front end again.  Yes the harness does have several hook-ups. I have more (fused) 8 gauge wire running up to the glove box where I will mount a 4 bay fuse box. I'll just need to shorten the harness up considerably with solder and shrink. So your Better-Half finally has the Minnie Mouse out of the house, and you have, your beloved Swan shining bright. You must post pics. BTW...any photos of the cats and Mouse? As far as the mysterious clatter goes, the last few mornings have been around 60 degrees, and really haven't heard near as much. I do have one of the HF Stethoscopes handy if I get a chance to use it. Either way, I still need to pull the variator to check it out. But first need to figure out how to get the variator off without having anything to hold on to. Yellow had two holes in the variator. I made this tool to hold it in place with the two existing holes.  Yin doesn't have any holes to use my home-made removal tool. I'll check You-Tube University for some ideas to keep it from spinning with the impact wrench. Also, I've been tinkering with a couple other small projects and have pics, but, it's getting late for me tonight. I'll get to those tomorrow evening. Ya'll have a good night, Loren. |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Apr 13, 2016 21:58:06 GMT -5
Yelloscoot,
I'm SO glad those lights DO clear everything... The pix just make them look a tad "close"... Down low like that, they will REALLY light up the pavement, rather than putting a spot down the road.
Sadly, my scoot though wired-up is still apart. My Wife had a stroke and all time is taken up caring for her right now. She is OK, but it's just day after day of tests trying to find the cause, in order to prevent a repeat.
This has been a major-bad year for health for us. As we get old, it happens. We just have to do our best and keep going.
I'll post pix when I get the scoot back together but all my time is spent right now taking the missus for tests.
Ride safe!
Leo
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Post by yelloscoot on Apr 14, 2016 21:02:38 GMT -5
Sadly, my scoot though wired-up is still apart. My Wife had a stroke and all time is taken up caring for her right now. She is OK, but it's just day after day of tests trying to find the cause, in order to prevent a repeat. This has been a major-bad year for health for us. As we get old, it happens. We just have to do our best and keep going. I'll post pix when I get the scoot back together but all my time is spent right now taking the missus for tests. Ride safe! Leo Sorry to hear about the Missus, Leo. Thankfully, with today's technology, so much can be found and prevented. Keep up with the tests and all will be well. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your wonderful Wife. Loren PS: I'll do my project posting and pics tomorrow night. |
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Chevy Silverado and at 170k it still doesn't use a drop of oil and runs great. 
Beyond the noise everything still runs and idles just fine. My fuel mileage may be suffering some, but, that may have been from a low/flat tire that I didn't know about. I usually park on the center stand so I didn't see the flat until I used the side-stand the other day.