Rebuilding Fuel System - Starting Over On My 50cc By straightbangin (Read 5,716 times)

[Alleyoop]

My take on it is nothing wrong with the connections since you have never been in there to begin with. But hey I could be wrong. But anyhows you will have to get at the FLASHER to take it off and take it to the auto parts store OR you
can locate it and see HOW MANY wires it has 2 or 3 then go to the auto parts store and tell them you want a 12v turn signal flasher with so many connectors. Then you can come back and swap them out. Yes the Flasher should be behind the instrument panel usually zipped tied to something so it does not bounce around.

Now how long can your scooter sit without charging the battery DEPENDS on how long you ride it when you do. It takes about 20 minutes of actual riding going 20-25 at least to charge the battery back up after it drained some of the juice for starting ESPECIALLY if you had to crank it over and over to get it started.

So I would hook up the battery charger at least once a week.
Alleyoop

Get a volt meter from Harbor Freight they are cheap and is all you need as a matter of fact this is the one I have.
www.harborfreight.com/7-function-multimeter-98025.html

Also look up harbor freight coupons most are 20% off.

[straightbangin]

Thanks Alley!!

I had a cheap multimeter and it fell apart. yesterday i didnt feel like buying a better one for $20 when I was at walmart because of how much I was already spending there and im more apt to drop dollars when i order online so im ordering this one online today and i can pick it up free ( no shipping charges ) at the fed ex near me. i figure having a scooter and soon to be having a wave runner I should prob invest in having a half way decent one of these. New Multi-Meter Ordered

So next step will be getting into the steering column, get the flasher out, check connections and get new flasher.

Next step I guess will be is buying a new starter. Where is the starter located ( so i can look at it and get an idea of what im ordering ) Thanks!

[Alleyoop]

Here is the starter very easy to get at: BY THE WAY that picture is of YOURS TRULY
Alleyoop

[straightbangin]

thanks. great pic. it brings back memories. i think at one point i had to check the bendix and from what i remember it has a springy thing so it can pop out, or i had to hold it there while something cranked so it didnt pop out.. wow that was like 2 yrs ago i think lol

ill try to get into the steering column and all that tomorrow, supposed to get a cold front in FL again LOL 40-50

i think this is what i need as far as a starter

Starter

[Alleyoop]

Guess we went down there at the right time just before XMAS it was in the 80s drove down to Miami beach along A1A and by the time we got there is was 90
Alleyoop

[twowheeler]

60 days and 7 pages! You got grit!

[Alleyoop]

YES that is the starter you would need.
Alleyoop

[straightbangin]

Thanks Alley. You and your wife or whoever " we " are , are not allowed to come down to my town again without telling me ! Ya its like 45 out. Many buildings in south FL are not built with heat either. Burrr. Ordering the starter. If it turns out to be something else oh well. Im sure if i dont use it now ill use it someday. I have a huge kit full of spare parts / nuts / bolts / brackets etc.. from all over the place and its amazing how many thing from there that I need in the future

Ya twowheeler its a saga.

[Alleyoop]

COOL! but you could test the STARTER take if off and put 12v to it and see if it hangs up. Also it could be full of OIL and needs a little TLC. But they are cheap enough and just much easier to change them than take them apart. After you install the new one when you are bored with nothing to do you can take it apart and check the inside of it out but do it over something to catch oil just in case it is full of oil.
Alleyoop

[straightbangin]

Good idea. Thanks Alley. The multimeter I ordered arrived. It looks nice, cant wait to figure it out. Starter still in transit to me

[Alleyoop]

Very cool, you will need all the tools anyway when you get your Wave Runner
Alleyoop

[straightbangin]

Sorry I have been MIA. My new starter has been sitting on the counter forever waiting for me to put it in but I have been crazy busy. Being pushed around on a far too packed bus today inspired me to get this thing fixed. quick question though for the turn signals that are not working in the front or the back is it just one relay I need? and is it this? I know it could be more but I think this is where I need to start .

www.ebay.com/itm/160986557502?nav=SEARCH

PS - if you want to delete this whole thread soon that's fine. ill try to keep the topics specific and short next time.

[Alleyoop]

Yes that is a turn signal flasher, now before you go get one look at yours and see if the PLUGs are the same. Yours may not have a plug that the one you put up. Yours may have the connectors on the bottom of the flasher and the wires plug into each connector. But you know you could go to an auto parts store and get one, just take yours off and tell them OLA CHICO me wants one of THEEEESSSE
Alleyoop

[straightbangin]

thanks. lol its a 30 min bike ride to an auto parts store and ill be mad if I get there and they don't understand, even with the part in hand. ive brought electronic parts to radio shack and due to the lack of English they just looked at me puzzled lol. I really wish my scooter came with a manual in English. lol. is there a generic chineee scooter manual online somewhere? I have a lb50qt6 . I googled it but couldn't find a manual I have to figure out how to get into the steering column

[Alleyoop]

HAHAHA, I know you had mentioned you had that problem some time ago, thats cool just order it then no biggy. Just remember when making a turn use your arms to indicate your turning until you get the flasher in the mail so you won't get a ticket for no signal.
Alleyoop