Post by hellspigeon on Dec 7, 2013 16:19:44 GMT -6
So Thanksgiving was shaping up to be nice. Football, food, family, what more could happen? Well I get to my uncles house, and he says, lets take a look at your scoot and see if we can't figure out what's wrong with you dim headlight. We take off the front cover, and the first thing I see is that my front turn signals were bolted to the inside of the front fairing. No biggy we just moved them around so that I could see my turns signals outside the body. I had already put on some bicycle Leds in the front so that I could see at night and some red bicycle lights in the back for running lights; they're water resistant and work ok, so I'm good on that for now. The week before I installed my new K&N air filter. It looks very badass and will certainly keep my motor clean, but if your thinking about doing the same for performance, I would suggest doing something else first. But it will definitely look badass. Anywho at my uncles house we noticed some fuel leaking from the petcock. Turns out there was little crack in the tank near the petcock. I ordered a gas tank from "partsforchinesescooters.com" for 70 bucks (This purchase kept me from buying a new Naraku CDI unit I wanted but oh well next paycheck). I would not recommend these guys considering they sent me the wrong tank; the picture in the description matched mine exactly; however, the tank they sent me had a different type of mounting for the fuel sending unit. No biggie I jimmy rigged a cap out of an old air filter and wedge it in where the fuel sending unit belongs. I wouldn't recommend doing this either, but I'm in a pinch, and I need a ride for work and school, so it'll be this way till I get a sending unit for it. Also just as a precaution I purchased from Home Depot (gotta love HomeDepot) some yellow tape used for sealing gas lines in houses and so forth and put it around the threads of where my petcock screws onto just to make sure I don't have any further issues with that area. The scoot is running smooth again, and I'm back on the road. Aside from that Thanksgiving was very filling to say the least, and I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday. And there are photos below to see what I was doing.
Head lights (they're actually bicycle Leds but they work)
rear running lights (also for a bicycle but again they work)
The gas tank. It was originally for an Ventro Triton R4. The picture on the website matched my tank exactly, but unfortunately it had a different style mount for the fuel sending unit when I opened the shipping box. Oh well I'm in a pinch and made it work for now.
Made a cap for the fuel sending unit out of a chrome bit from an old air filter
here's a pic of the old fuel sending unit that I thought was going to work for my new gas tank
I found my front turn signals hiding in the front fairing
three dollars at Home Depot got me some yellow tape used to seal gas leaks in homes. I put it on the threads for where my petcock connects as a precaution
and last my new K&N air filter. Very badass, but I doubt it gave me any performance. In case your wondering. It's a K&N RC1250 air filter. The K&N was a little big for the carb, so I had to use a portion of the other filter (the rubber ring bit where the filter attaches) I had on it to make the K&N fit snug onto the carb.
Head lights (they're actually bicycle Leds but they work)
rear running lights (also for a bicycle but again they work)
The gas tank. It was originally for an Ventro Triton R4. The picture on the website matched my tank exactly, but unfortunately it had a different style mount for the fuel sending unit when I opened the shipping box. Oh well I'm in a pinch and made it work for now.
Made a cap for the fuel sending unit out of a chrome bit from an old air filter
here's a pic of the old fuel sending unit that I thought was going to work for my new gas tank
I found my front turn signals hiding in the front fairing
three dollars at Home Depot got me some yellow tape used to seal gas leaks in homes. I put it on the threads for where my petcock connects as a precaution
and last my new K&N air filter. Very badass, but I doubt it gave me any performance. In case your wondering. It's a K&N RC1250 air filter. The K&N was a little big for the carb, so I had to use a portion of the other filter (the rubber ring bit where the filter attaches) I had on it to make the K&N fit snug onto the carb.
