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SchwinnAlloySeven_GT5
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Prologue
Well, I was out on a ride the other day,and all of a sudden there was a *pop* and the motor started decelerating. I hit the clutch and look down and my sparkplug is missing! Must have gotten loose and quickly unscrewed itself. I stop and backtrack and it's nowhere to be seen!
"That puppy must be in lower-level orbit" I think to myself. No biggie, I always carry a spare. However, upon installation, I find that the plug wire boot won't snap on! Seems that the plug had eloped with the contacts from the inside of the boot
5 miles from home, but this time that North wind is pushing me. Next day, I locate a new wire from the local motorcycle shop , install it, and all seems well...
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My Grubee GT5 starts quickly and idles well, like it always has. But now, when I try to accelerate, all I hear is bog. With no load, it will bog, too. The throttle does not respond very well and the motor seems to "4-cycle" at any RPM but idle. The motor acccelerates very slowly when you goose the throttle off idle, too.
I've checked all connections and bolts, tried another plug, another wire, different gas, all 4 settings on the Dax carb it's using, and the only time I noted a difference was on the lowermost setting. IIRC, that is the richest setting possible, and it ran slightly quieter at lower RPM - over 4000 RPM and it was worse. I put it back to the second setting.
Now the odd part: If I take the time to accelerate over 32MPH, the engine has power again and quits "4-cycling". What in thunder is going on? Carb? Magneto? CDI?
Please guys, I need help
Well, I was out on a ride the other day,and all of a sudden there was a *pop* and the motor started decelerating. I hit the clutch and look down and my sparkplug is missing! Must have gotten loose and quickly unscrewed itself. I stop and backtrack and it's nowhere to be seen!
"That puppy must be in lower-level orbit" I think to myself. No biggie, I always carry a spare. However, upon installation, I find that the plug wire boot won't snap on! Seems that the plug had eloped with the contacts from the inside of the boot
5 miles from home, but this time that North wind is pushing me. Next day, I locate a new wire from the local motorcycle shop , install it, and all seems well...
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My Grubee GT5 starts quickly and idles well, like it always has. But now, when I try to accelerate, all I hear is bog. With no load, it will bog, too. The throttle does not respond very well and the motor seems to "4-cycle" at any RPM but idle. The motor acccelerates very slowly when you goose the throttle off idle, too.
I've checked all connections and bolts, tried another plug, another wire, different gas, all 4 settings on the Dax carb it's using, and the only time I noted a difference was on the lowermost setting. IIRC, that is the richest setting possible, and it ran slightly quieter at lower RPM - over 4000 RPM and it was worse. I put it back to the second setting.
Now the odd part: If I take the time to accelerate over 32MPH, the engine has power again and quits "4-cycling". What in thunder is going on? Carb? Magneto? CDI?
Please guys, I need help