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Post by gy6girl on Apr 9, 2013 21:23:09 GMT -5
No fuel enricher?
How is it being choked?
Since your are a machinist, build a manual choke. You wouldn't be the first. It's been done.
Also... Valves? Come one... Check the valves.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 9, 2013 21:15:18 GMT -5
Sounds like the gas flow.
There has to be air going into the fuel tank or the gas can't leave.
That may be the bubble action you are seeing.
There is vent on the tank somewhere.
Some actually have a float, an air pump, and are hooked to carbon filter, and then going into the air filter.
I had a scooter with all that on there, and I got rid of it because Texas doesn't care.
My other scooters just have a tube coming off of it.
But if that is clogged in any way, it would be like turning over a bottle of water and letting it pour out.
The water gurgles as it comes out. But if you poke a hole in the bottle, the water flows smoothly.
Try running the scooter with gas cap off and see if it still does it.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 9, 2013 21:05:16 GMT -5
How is this possible?
If the solenoid isn't getting power, how is the starter motor running?
I have a DC scooter probably exactly like what you have.
If you want me to look or check anything on mine, I will be happy to.
So is your starter turning or not?
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 9, 2013 20:16:47 GMT -5
Oh.. and I think me buzzing the starter like that was what was completely draining the battery.
I guess I'll find out soon.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 9, 2013 20:14:35 GMT -5
Okay.. I figured if I posted here, I would then walk out and solve the problem immediately.
Maybe I did.
It seems that it wasn't so much draining the battery, as it was just draining the peak charge of the battery.
The wire for the electrical system, coming off of positive, wasn't making good connection.
It seemed to be making connection, just not good connection.
When the battery was fresh, from a charge or just not being used, it had enough power to work.
But when the battery lost it's peak, it wouldn't.
When you pushed the ignition, you could hear the buzz of the starter trying to work, and it's 100% brand new. As is the solenoid.
That is because that's what I thought the problem was at first... it wasn't.
This scooter also has a battery gauge on the dash and I could see the voltage, and I could watch the voltage drop.
So I pulled that lead wire from the main cable and reattached it securely.
I plugged the battery back in and my battery gauge was higher than I had ever seen it.
Tried to start it and it had no problem.
Kept starting and stopping taking the peak charge away and it still worked better than ever.
So I am hoping that was the problem.
Reminds me of an old mustang I had.
If the battery cables weren't bolted down so much as the pieces fuse together, it wouldn't start.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 9, 2013 19:29:50 GMT -5
Something is acting weird with the scooter and it just started.
My battery keeps getting drained.
It will be just fine, go all day long no problems, then all the sudden the battery will just drain.
If I put another battery on there, it works fine, but will drain that one at some point.
It's an AC scooter, and if I pull the battery wires while it's running, it stays running.
So the stator is working.
Not sure where this problem could be at.
Any suggestions before I go testing everything?
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 9, 2013 12:37:16 GMT -5
Probably the valve stem like gatekeeper mentioned.
Put me down as one that has had to replace a few valve stems because the rubber rots away.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 9, 2013 12:30:27 GMT -5
A cheap gps cell phone pay as you go tied in to the bikes electrical system and hidden under the fairings. Just buy some minutes if the bike is stolen and locate it. Poor mans LoJak. Now there's a neat idea!! Have you ever done it? |
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 7, 2013 12:15:10 GMT -5
Also depends if you want to go fast or have power. You can't have both, the best you can do is have a compromise.
Heavy rollers or sliders will give you faster top end.
Lighter rollers or sliders will give you better low end.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 7, 2013 12:08:57 GMT -5
You take it off, note it's position, connect it to the battery, wait 15 minutes, then check if it has moved.
I just go buy a new one. They're pretty cheap.
If it's running lean, you may look at bigger main jets.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 7, 2013 11:36:05 GMT -5
Unplug the rear lights. Hook the leads up to a volt meter, turn everything on and hit the brakes.
See if there is current going to the lights. That's step one.
If there is current going to it when you hit the brakes, the problem is in the lights.
If not...
Next check the lever switches at the brakes. There will be two leads going to the switches, one must have current in it.
If no current is there, it must be way back at the source. Follow that back to the battery/stator system.
If there is current...
It must be some where from the brake switch to where it plugs into the brake lights.
At this point it could also be that both brake switches are bad, but that's unlikely.
I'm assuming you have a mult-meter.
Just keep eliminating places the problem can be at.
You can also disconnect the battery and use the resistance setting to test these things.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 7, 2013 11:16:27 GMT -5
Jump the wires, on the key posts, to see if everything is working past the key switch.
There may be problems past it that is making it look like the switch is the problem.
You can also disconnect the battery and use the 'resistance testing' of a multi-meter to test if the posts on the switch?
You wouldn't believe what my scooter did the other day electrically.
I fixed it, but I am still trying to figure how in the world that even did it.
Almost like the everything became reversed. It was weird.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 7, 2013 11:05:53 GMT -5
Were you trying to shoot an MTV music video? Slow the camera movements. Sounded great, but as soon as my brain interprets what it's seeing, the camera is spun around some where else. It looks like you did something cool and I want to see. The best I could see with that video is it looked like that scooter had two engines on it.  Show more please.  |
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by: gy6girl - Apr 6, 2013 1:06:29 GMT -5
Post by gy6girl on Apr 6, 2013 1:06:29 GMT -5
Okie-Doke, just as long as you know the inside of the muffler is going south. What isn't on a used chinese scooter? |
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by: gy6girl - Apr 5, 2013 20:13:26 GMT -5
Post by gy6girl on Apr 5, 2013 20:13:26 GMT -5
I was agreeing with you.
Here's the funny thing. The noise I was hearing was the lose decorative plate.
That was the noise I was hearing while riding.
The noise on video I can't hear while riding.
So I guess never mind.
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