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You need to get access to the back side of the key lock. You'll probably have to take the body panels off on that side to do it. Once you get to the back side of the lock you can grab the cable end with a pair of pliers and pull while holding the outer part of the cable. Once you get the latch unlocked there should be an adjustment on it to take out some of the slack in the cable.

At least that is how I would do it on my Bali 250. Hope this helps.

It is bolted to the frame on the right side. I'll have to double check tomorrow but I believe it sits under where the battery compartment is. Battery is under the seat. Now this has just reminded me that when I pulled the seat bucket out there was a hole melted thru in the bottom of the battery compartment. How in the h*ll did I forget to connect the two?!?

I've only had it for a week. I picked it up cheap for something to work on as I have wanted to get a 250 but can't afford a new one this year. I do know that it runs and all the electrical seems to work fine while idling. I wanted to tear it down and give it some long overdue maintenance that the PO neglected to do before I started using it. The PO did give me a new R/R with it. He said when he first got it 3 years ago, it had a charging problem and he was told to change the R/R. He did but that didn't fix it so he put the old one back it and it started charging again and has been charging ever since. I'll look tomorrow and see how many pins it has.

Just got off work. Sorry to hear that you issue isn't solved yet. I'm betting there is some crud in the carb that is messing with the fuel flow. On the Bali I just bought, the previous owner was convinced it needed a new carb because even though it ran, it would leak gas from the carb when it was shut off. After hanging my head in agreement and paying a nice low price I took it home and opened up the carb. The bowl had bits of rubber in it from the fuel line. The float needle valve would not drop out on it's own, it was stuck open in place and I had to pull it out. Now the carb works as good as new.

Would cleaning your carb fix the issue? IMO, probably. Should you buy the new carb and install it? At that price, definitely. The experience you'll gain in maintaining your scooter will be worth way more than the cost of the carb. Once the new one is in place and everything is working as it should you can take the time to tear in to the old one then you'll have a spare and that never hurts. (Or if you can't bare to look at it anymore you can always send it to me! ;D)

As for the easyouts, I don't know if there is one small enough in that package to work on those enricher clip screws (the 1/8 inch one might) but they are something that is always handy to have around.

Would have chimed in sooner but the gates wouldn't work on autopilot today

That's good because I've found they respond best to a gentle touch. But then there are those times when a bigger hammer is needed!

That is all correct. But turning the air screw counter-clockwise will only increase the idle to a point. Once you go beyond that point, too fuel heavy of a mixture will start to flood the plug out and idle will drop off and if allowed to continue the engine will stop running.

I usually set mine so that the wheel will not spin while the enricher is open on a cold start then as it closes the idle drops a little more. Yours is probably ok as long as you have stock springs in the clutch. Stiffer springs will let the rpm's climb higher before the clutch engages and starts the wheel spinning.

That canister in your one video is to collect fuel vapors instead of letting them vent to the atmosphere. That little piece in between the big canister and the gas tank is a one way check valve. Vapor from the tank, thru the check valve and into the big canister for storage. When the engine runs, vacuum is supplied to a valve on the big canister. the valve opens and the suction of air coming thru the air filter draws the vapors out of the big canister into the air intake side of the carb to be burned. If it works as designed, great. If not, some people choose to disconnect all of it. I say if it is working leave it be.

Probably more than you wanted to know.