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Post by gy6girl on Apr 20, 2013 2:58:21 GMT -5
In Texas it's very common to buy scooters without titles. I have bought three.
This is what we have to do, maybe it will help.
First I go down to the main DMV office. Not the DOT, but the DMV. They will look up the scooter's VIN and check to see if it's reported. If not, they will give you a form for a title.
They will also check to see if the type of scooter is in their files.
If it isn't, I have to get the scooter appraised by either an insurance adjuster or a motorcycle dealership.
This is all for tax purposes.
Once I got that, I fill out all the info and bring everything back to the DMV all to get rejected.
Once I am rejected, I then take that form to an insurance company and get a bond, which costs about $100.
Then I take the bond, my rejection, and all my paper work downtown where you register vehicles.
Pay the taxes, pay for the license, and the plate, and I get the title in the mail a week later.
I don't remember how long you have to wait, but as long as no one makes any claims on it in a certain amount of time, it becomes final.
If someone does, the bond takes care of that.
Hope that helps.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 19, 2013 10:43:45 GMT -5
So you got it to run with a different CDI? And how does this not solve the issue?
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 17, 2013 11:52:43 GMT -5
Did you check the connection up front where everything plugs in?
It might not have anything to do with the work you did.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 17, 2013 11:50:45 GMT -5
Replace the starter?
I have had to twice, out of three used scooters.
It's just an electric motor and electric motors have brushes in them that wear out.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 17, 2013 3:05:31 GMT -5
Is it coming from the fuel pan seal, fuel hose, or from the air intake above it?
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 17, 2013 2:59:53 GMT -5
Hmmm... Well... So there is a sufficient spark and it won't ignite anything. For fire to exist there must be fuel, heat, and oxygen. You got the fuel. The spark is the heat. So logic would point to no air?  Still seems weird that you can't ignite the fuel, even when you pour it right in. Maybe it's the gap in the spark plug? I am just throwing things out to maybe stumble onto something.  |
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 16, 2013 20:29:14 GMT -5
Yep.. done that before. I locked my keys in the scooter before... how about that?  I got in there. It's not bank vault. Where there is a will there is a way. I eventually got all the parts I could away, preyed up the seat as much as I could, then got a screw driver in there to hit the lever that the cable pulls. |
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 16, 2013 18:46:51 GMT -5
To help you get some help... Cleaned the carb, but then noticed it had no spark, replaced the plug, replaced the coil, replaced the CDI, and still nothing. Still no spark, or still no engine turning over? or both? |
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 16, 2013 11:26:40 GMT -5
Did you try draining the carb to see if there is gas in it?
Forgot if you said you did or not, just replying to your no gas smell.
If you don't know...
The tube with the screw on the end, usually has a spring around the tube as well, it's down by the CVT, that drains the carb.
If you open the screw and gas comes out, your carb is getting gas to it.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 16, 2013 11:21:19 GMT -5
This happened to me...
I was baffled myself.
The answer...
I had some components plugged into the wrong plugs.
When you turn the key on, do you hear the starter motor turn for half a second?
Mine did.
That would be my guess... something is hooked up wrong.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 15, 2013 13:06:31 GMT -5
A weak spark can be keeping it from igniting.
Replace the coil as well as the spark plug.
Plus, if he is spraying in starter fluid and it still not getting a pop... again, weak spark could do that.
It might not be the problem, but it could be and it's something that at least needs to be eliminated.
If he can hold his finger over the spark plug hole and feel a suction and pressure, then the piston rings aren't blown and they are doing their job.
I don't see it as a compression problem.
It still could a manifold leak, or like said above, could be the muffler clogged.
But my guess, if it can't ignite starter fluid, which is heptane, butane, propane, and either all mixed together, then something is wrong with your igniter.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 15, 2013 11:33:30 GMT -5
From the way he talks, the compression seems fine.
If it's drawing in, compressing, sparking, and exhausting, and still not running, logic would point to the fact that what it's drawing in is not flammable. It could be that the air/fuel mixture is wrong.
Check around the manifold. Maybe it's leaking there and just drawing in mostly air.
Even though you are getting a spark, and it's strong enough to shock you, it still not be right.
I had a scooter that was hard to start after it was warm. It would start cold perfectly, but after running it for awhile, then killing it, and trying to restart it, it wouldn't. No matter what. I had to let it cool down to start it.
Like you I checked everything and everything seemed fine. I couldn't figure it out.
So I just started replacing things. The thing that I replaced that fixed the problem was a new coil and spark plug, and I had a spark to begin with.
So even if you have a spark, it still might not be enough of one.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 13, 2013 19:18:05 GMT -5
Could be the cheap chinese light bulbs as well, unless it's something new.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 13, 2013 16:55:42 GMT -5
AAAAAHHHH!!!!  Well good grief!! I found the real problem, it was stupid, and staring right at me the whole time. I recently took scooter apart to paint it, and when I plugged the headlights back in I noticed there were two of the same plugs there. So I guessed, I plugged it in, and it worked no problem. It never registered until now... errr... It's an AC scooter, the headlights shouldn't come on until I turn the scooter on. The plug I have it plugged into is an auxiliary and the other plug was for the headlights. So I have been riding around with my headlights being powered by the battery and running it down. Changed the plugs... and why yes!! Yes it was.  Now, to try to not feel too stupid... I do own a DC scooter where the lights do come on at the key and they shouldn't have two of the same damn plugs there. |
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 11, 2013 4:44:56 GMT -5
I would check the fuel line and filter.
If it runs when you close off the air, that means the air needs to be low because the fuel is low, and there has to be that proper ratio.
Increase the fuel and the more air you are going to need.
Plus, it seems logical that something could settle in the fuel over the winter and make clog it up.
It could be anything from the vent hole in the tank, to the screen on the tank, to the fuel lines, fuel filter, fuel pump or valve, all the way down to the float sticking on the carb.
That's my guess any way.
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