Wolfie65
Active Member
Brand new engine, brand new everythjng, in fact.
Carb needle at factory setting, which is 2 notches from the top, iirc, idle screw turned in 1o times, getting fuel.
Engine fights me pretty hard when dropping the clutch, so no lack of compression and plenty of buddah-buddah sounds, so piston's moving well.
Visual inspection of magneto reveals no issues, it is, as stated, new, never got wet or dirty. Blue wire goes to blue wire from CDI, black to black, CDI also new - tried 2 different ones, in fact - also tried 2 different spark plus, the kit one and the NGK. Hard to tell if I'm getting spark, haven't been able to check it in darkness yet.
Electrical connections may not be ideal - not soldered - but they should be solid enough to at least start the bike. I did not want to chop off the white wire, but I do have the end taped and tucked away from everything else. The green wire from the kill switch goes to blue, the black&white wire to black, but it doesn't seem to make a difference if I even have the kill switch hooked up. Ohm meter shows resistance at all points.
Got $ 2 worth of regular, a little over 1/2 gallon, mixed with about 1.6 oz of 2-cycle oil, which should give me a mixture of roughly 1:30-something, should be close enough.
So far maybe 100 tries and no start.
Carb needle at factory setting, which is 2 notches from the top, iirc, idle screw turned in 1o times, getting fuel.
Engine fights me pretty hard when dropping the clutch, so no lack of compression and plenty of buddah-buddah sounds, so piston's moving well.
Visual inspection of magneto reveals no issues, it is, as stated, new, never got wet or dirty. Blue wire goes to blue wire from CDI, black to black, CDI also new - tried 2 different ones, in fact - also tried 2 different spark plus, the kit one and the NGK. Hard to tell if I'm getting spark, haven't been able to check it in darkness yet.
Electrical connections may not be ideal - not soldered - but they should be solid enough to at least start the bike. I did not want to chop off the white wire, but I do have the end taped and tucked away from everything else. The green wire from the kill switch goes to blue, the black&white wire to black, but it doesn't seem to make a difference if I even have the kill switch hooked up. Ohm meter shows resistance at all points.
Got $ 2 worth of regular, a little over 1/2 gallon, mixed with about 1.6 oz of 2-cycle oil, which should give me a mixture of roughly 1:30-something, should be close enough.
So far maybe 100 tries and no start.