I forgot to mention a another thing Uncle Mike from Bikebug.net helpfully advised me with. Below is part of an email to him. He's helpful and encouraging with my wobbly first steps to prepare the Bikebug. I had a extended business trip between my first attempt at starting it and writing this. I'll have a go at starting up the bike bug in the next few days. Gotta fix a bike belonging to one of my halflings first.
I'll end this intro thread and restart it in another part of the forum... Thanks for the positive vibes!
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...I unscrewed the spark plug, it looks like new, never used and turned the roller. The piston moved with it, it's all sparkling clean except for one of the three screws on the pump fixing plate. The black paint on both clamp brackets is peeling off.
I removed the engine shroud, and opened and removed the air filter which was like cream cheese. Used some paper towel to plug the carburator air intake and then removed the chunks of sticky powdery goo that was the air filter. Having traced its outline first, I cut and carved a kitchen sponge to a similar shape for the air filter replacement.
I then removed the fuel line at the primer and sucked and blew into the line. It seems to blow in the direction out of the tank towards the engine, but not
sucking (back to the tank) .... OK so far
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to be continued... on another topic in the forum....
Skypalace