StrangeTechnician9
New Member
66 cc bought w/ the racing carb. Ran very well while I was breaking it in... rode it in the rain one time (im not sure if that has anything to do with anything)
anyway, after a few weeks it ran terrible.
you could sit there and watch all sorts of fuel spitting out where the air filter goes.
I could ride maybe 2 minutes at most before the filter was soaked and I had to either take it off or pedal to keep the engine running.
Adjusted the float over and over and over again for weeks until the carb broke from trying to tighten it enough to keep it on the intake.
YAY to get rid of this eyesore in the shed I bought a new carb... some SHA clone that they have on pistonbikes.com for way too much money, I bought the exact same one from 1977mopeds.com and got a $15 deal go me.
Put the new carb on and it started right up... at WOT it seemed to have almost 1/2 the power I expected it to have. after running it with the rear wheel off the ground for a good minute and a half, the performance dropped, and after about 5 min trying to adjust things, it wont even stay running for 5 minutes at WOT, half throttle, Idle... It just doesn't matter what I do.
I've been trying to get it to run at least "ok" so I can sell it, for about a year now.
Can anyone help me? I've heard some things about reed valve kits, but I'm not familiar with them nor will I pay an additional $100 or more for one to have this engine run like its "SUPPOSED TO"
Thanks in advance
anyway, after a few weeks it ran terrible.
you could sit there and watch all sorts of fuel spitting out where the air filter goes.
I could ride maybe 2 minutes at most before the filter was soaked and I had to either take it off or pedal to keep the engine running.
Adjusted the float over and over and over again for weeks until the carb broke from trying to tighten it enough to keep it on the intake.
YAY to get rid of this eyesore in the shed I bought a new carb... some SHA clone that they have on pistonbikes.com for way too much money, I bought the exact same one from 1977mopeds.com and got a $15 deal go me.
Put the new carb on and it started right up... at WOT it seemed to have almost 1/2 the power I expected it to have. after running it with the rear wheel off the ground for a good minute and a half, the performance dropped, and after about 5 min trying to adjust things, it wont even stay running for 5 minutes at WOT, half throttle, Idle... It just doesn't matter what I do.
I've been trying to get it to run at least "ok" so I can sell it, for about a year now.
Can anyone help me? I've heard some things about reed valve kits, but I'm not familiar with them nor will I pay an additional $100 or more for one to have this engine run like its "SUPPOSED TO"
Thanks in advance