Post by FACE PLANT FOR LIFE on Jul 16, 2014 19:06:00 GMT -6
Good ol' Jon referred a man to me that had a 150cc scooter that would bog when given too much throttle. So the guy brought it to me yesterday, and you should have seen the look on my face when this rolls up the driveway: 
Good lord, that's not a scooter! Or, well, maybe it is. A very big scooter. It even has a radio.
So the owner says it runs, but unfortunately it doesn't even try to run, yikes! One valve adjustment and an extreme carb cleaner later, the bike runs! Hurray! Too bad the battery is bad and the battery ground broke off (I had to redo the battery ground cable). Either way, battery is shot on it so i can only kick it, but no biggie.
So now it's bogging just like the owner said it was, like MAJOR bogging and stuttering. It sounded really bad!
But wait...why is there a plume of smoke in my garage after I started the engine? WHY DO I SMELL BURNING STUFF? QUICK, TURN THE IGNITION OFF!! Oh dear, the custom exhaust pipe was touching the plastic engine shroud, YIKES. I ended up cutting a lot of the shroud away, because there is no way I'm bending metal!
Okay, so now I checked the oil, and...it's low. Very very low, barely on the dipstick. I ended up changing the oil out.
Okay, so now it's not smoking, and it's running, hurray. But now it's bogging still...but wait, I remembered something from when I took the carb apart:
IS THAT A 140 MAIN JET? HOLY SMOKES BATMAN.
I put a 108 main jet in it and now it runs like a dream.
Repair complete!
Good lord, that's not a scooter! Or, well, maybe it is. A very big scooter. It even has a radio.
So the owner says it runs, but unfortunately it doesn't even try to run, yikes! One valve adjustment and an extreme carb cleaner later, the bike runs! Hurray! Too bad the battery is bad and the battery ground broke off (I had to redo the battery ground cable). Either way, battery is shot on it so i can only kick it, but no biggie.
So now it's bogging just like the owner said it was, like MAJOR bogging and stuttering. It sounded really bad!
But wait...why is there a plume of smoke in my garage after I started the engine? WHY DO I SMELL BURNING STUFF? QUICK, TURN THE IGNITION OFF!! Oh dear, the custom exhaust pipe was touching the plastic engine shroud, YIKES. I ended up cutting a lot of the shroud away, because there is no way I'm bending metal!
Okay, so now I checked the oil, and...it's low. Very very low, barely on the dipstick. I ended up changing the oil out.
Okay, so now it's not smoking, and it's running, hurray. But now it's bogging still...but wait, I remembered something from when I took the carb apart:
IS THAT A 140 MAIN JET? HOLY SMOKES BATMAN.
I put a 108 main jet in it and now it runs like a dream.
Repair complete!
is the new avatar? And what happened to Freeky?