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Post by scooteroy on Apr 26, 2011 22:45:07 GMT -6
So I took it to work today and opened up to full throttle with no bogging issues. One question I have with regards to the tank vent is it should have some sort of valve on it, correct, otherwise wouldn't the vapors create a potential combustion issue with gas fumes escaping from the tank unfettered?
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Post by scooteroy on Apr 25, 2011 22:54:07 GMT -6
Whoo hoo, 1400th, like those round numbers. I'll take it to work tomorrow and test it out. The clear hose with the broken nipple goes into the canister so I glued the nipple back on and reattached the hose. So the connections go as follows:
1) Clear hose - one end to the airbox, the other to the canister. The nut holding the canister is welded to the frame! In my pic, it is right under the zip tie. I note that there were a bunch of black pellets in the clear hose which I cleaned out before reattaching.
2) One black hose is connected to the top of the fuel tank and it appears that there is some other filter prior to going into the fuel tank. Of course the other hose still goes to nowhere as I couldn't find an empty nipple.
I'll see how it runs when I open this bad boy up. I'm hoping that the cracked hose to the fuel valve solved the problem and the canister issue is nothing. I do note that it seems to idle smoother after fixing the hose to the fuel valve. Thanks again for all your insight. The next repair is replacing the horn button which only works intermittently, only when I test it and not when I need it!
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Post by scooteroy on Apr 24, 2011 18:14:07 GMT -6
Hi All, new to this board but I've had my Eaglecraft Spider for a couple of years now. www.eaglecraftmotors.com/Spider.aspx I've had a pretty persistent problem with it bogging down when I open up the throttle all the way, basically it just has no power until I pull over and let it sit for a few seconds. After that, I don't go over half way on the throttle and works better but was concerned about not being able to throttle up. Knowing nothing about motors I decided to check the small stuff like hose fittings, etc. so I took out the helmet compartment under the seat to expose the motor. I found a cracked hose at the fuel valve so I cut off the cracked part and reattached it. However, as I continued my inspection, I found this part with one hose going to the fuel tank and the other hose going to nowhere meaning it wasn't attached to anything! The clear hose on the other end goes to the air intake compartment. What is this part and should the hose going nowhere be attached to something?? Attachments:
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