Post by merlindad5262 on Aug 28, 2016 14:20:44 GMT -6
Hello all....it's been a bit since I was here and I have hit a wall, so to speak, with my Tao Tao 50cc Scooter. After many months of sitting in storage - I have had some health issues that prevented me from using the machine - I regained my 'healthy' status per my PriCare Team at my VA Clinic and decided to drag my scooter out of storage and begin the chore of getting it serviceable.
As always happens, the time that it sat in storage reeked havoc on the electrical system. I had removed the battery prior to storing the machine and I purchased a new one and installed it. Trying to NOT be cynical, I could not start the engine because there was NO ELECTRICAL POWER at all! So, I began my career again as a Spark-Chaser, and started the vigil of determining the Root Cause.
After checking the fuse that is in a fuse holder inside the battery well for defect, I was sorely disappointed to find that it was in perfect working order AND that there was continuity through the wires in BOTH DIRECTIONS. Onward I continued and finally, after disassembling all of the body panels, and many attempts to discover the problem(s), I came to see that there is NO GOOD WIRING SCHEMS AVAILABLE via a dealer who serviced and sold Tao Tao Scooters OR on the Web.
Therefore, I decided that I was going to start at the obvious part - the ignition switch - and begin testing from that component. I became so frustrated at the design of the electrical system in total AND the fact that my only key broke off inside the ignition switch, I decided to re-engineer the system.
The first attempt at 'shooting the connections' from the 5 pin Male Connector to the ignition switch proved to me that there was/is, a problem with corrosion. Having had a key ruin a switch I elected to replace said component without buying another one, and use the existing wiring to support my mod. That is where the real fun began.
I am going to stop this rant at this point and I shall return after I have created a viable, wiring schematic of MY SCOOTER!! I shall include the colors of each wire that is a part of the factory harnesses. Please standby for more information.
'Nuff said.....
As always happens, the time that it sat in storage reeked havoc on the electrical system. I had removed the battery prior to storing the machine and I purchased a new one and installed it. Trying to NOT be cynical, I could not start the engine because there was NO ELECTRICAL POWER at all! So, I began my career again as a Spark-Chaser, and started the vigil of determining the Root Cause.
After checking the fuse that is in a fuse holder inside the battery well for defect, I was sorely disappointed to find that it was in perfect working order AND that there was continuity through the wires in BOTH DIRECTIONS. Onward I continued and finally, after disassembling all of the body panels, and many attempts to discover the problem(s), I came to see that there is NO GOOD WIRING SCHEMS AVAILABLE via a dealer who serviced and sold Tao Tao Scooters OR on the Web.
Therefore, I decided that I was going to start at the obvious part - the ignition switch - and begin testing from that component. I became so frustrated at the design of the electrical system in total AND the fact that my only key broke off inside the ignition switch, I decided to re-engineer the system.
The first attempt at 'shooting the connections' from the 5 pin Male Connector to the ignition switch proved to me that there was/is, a problem with corrosion. Having had a key ruin a switch I elected to replace said component without buying another one, and use the existing wiring to support my mod. That is where the real fun began.
I am going to stop this rant at this point and I shall return after I have created a viable, wiring schematic of MY SCOOTER!! I shall include the colors of each wire that is a part of the factory harnesses. Please standby for more information.
'Nuff said.....
