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Post by retiredff on Mar 10, 2015 18:54:05 GMT -6
My 50cc scooter has just developed this issue. When I depress the brake handle to start the scooter, the fuel gauge drops to empty, the scooter will not turn over and I have no head or tail lights.
Any ideas what may be wrong. Your help is greatly appreciated. Ed
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Post by Alleyoop on Mar 10, 2015 19:10:46 GMT -6
Sounds like your battery is dead. Put a 2amp charger on it and see if it will turn over.
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Post by jct842 on Mar 10, 2015 21:41:36 GMT -6
Yup
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Post by Bashan on Mar 10, 2015 22:08:43 GMT -6
The guys are probably spot on. If what they say doesn't get it you probably have a bad ground and we'll need to do some multimeter testing,
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Post by adamhoyer on Mar 11, 2015 7:40:17 GMT -6
I had the same problem with one of the break lights not working. My scooter would not start and the fuel guage would drop down and nothing would happen.
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Post by retiredff on Mar 11, 2015 8:27:14 GMT -6
Battery is fully charged. Bad Ground sounds like it could be the problem. How do I check for that? Thanks everyone!!
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Post by cyborg on Mar 11, 2015 8:38:52 GMT -6
Chase down the negative cable to frame from the battery and the grounding strap from engine to frame,,, that's where I would start,, you'll probably find it with those locations,,, check the battery terminals also,,,
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Post by jct842 on Mar 11, 2015 15:48:33 GMT -6
Put the volt meter leads on the battery terminals, not on the cables and try to start it see what it reads then.
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Post by scooterfan1954 on Mar 12, 2015 10:36:17 GMT -6
I'm working on the scooter as we speak the voltage at the terminals are 13.8
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Post by scooterfan1954 on Mar 12, 2015 10:38:53 GMT -6
still have not located my problem the gauge goes down when I squeeze both brake handleshave check my ground wIres as they seem to be attached very well
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Post by scooterfan1954 on Mar 12, 2015 10:40:53 GMT -6
I am retired firefighter Do not know why it changed to scooter fan 1954 I am posting this from my cell phone
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Post by mike932 on Mar 12, 2015 13:31:39 GMT -6
Do what I did. Connect your car battery to your scooter battery using jumper cables but DO NOT START YOUR CAR ENGINE. See if you scooter starts. If so, your scooter battery is bad.
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Post by jct842 on Mar 12, 2015 15:32:07 GMT -6
Kind of figured there would not be much voltage on battery when you put a load on it.
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