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So. Changed my gear oil successfully. Piece of cake. Thanks for the help.
Now. About the valve adjustment. I had the valves exposed and was going to take the cover off of the timing belt so I can get the engine in Top Head position (or what ever it's called, name isn't coming to me right now). Well, the one of the two screws for it came of easily. The other is the one giving me hell. It is an inch from the frame. I can't get my ratchet in there. A 8mm wrench fits fine. But keeps slipping !!!! I went to the auto place and got a "ratchet wrench". Pretty cool thing. Didn't work. Kept slipping. It appears that that screw was already stripped. I CAN NOT get it off.
Also, I do not have a screw driver big enough to take the black CVT cover off. It's dreadfully tight and my nubby is not suitable for that. Soooo everything is going bad. So after getting frustrated with this dang scooter, I put the valve covers back on and everything how it was supposed to be. I had my battery charging while I was at work. Put it on, and tried to start. Very weak again. I believe it may be my spark plug. Hopefully not the starter.
This scooter is getting to become a burden rather than enjoyment. 75% of the time I spend with it is just to get it up to par. The other 25% I'm on it wondering why it's running the way it is.
Only thing stopping me from doing the valve adjustment is that one dang stripped and VERY tight and hard spot to get to bolt. Now I have to use Public Transportation :/ I'm trying to hang in there. It's I get one thing fixed and then it's suddenly another thing...
So any suggestions on getting that bolt of of the timing chain will be greatly appreciated as always.

Okay that cleared up some confusion. I was looking at the GY6 valve adjustments and was blown away when I tried to do mine. lol
After cleaning a carb.. Do you have to manually put gas into it? I believe my carb is getting no gas at all and my scoot will not start at all I think trying and trying may have led me to have a weak battery now or even a going bad starter. Maybe a bad spark plug. By the way, where is the spark plug on this thing? I would like to examine it and potentially get a new one. I am willing to give this scoot another shot. Just might need some help. Trying to keep the good spirit going! ;D

Alright guys. It's check up time

Well, cleaned my carb and I can feel the difference. My pick up is quite amazing now. Next, I still have problems with my idle speed! The A/F mixture is good (I think) because I'm idling at 2,000 rpms! I've tried adjusting my idle screw, and nothing is happening. I've turned and turned and turned and turned. I stopped turning because I was thinking I was taking something loose or I'm going to make my carb blow up (silly me). I'm not sure as to how much turning it needs so I stopped and thought I'd better get some advice before I mess something up. I would turn it slightly, and wait. Nothing at all. Turned some more, waited, nada. I was like ummm ok? Turned a little more, waited, nothing again. Turned MORE. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. Still was idling high and tire spinning like crazy. But today my scoot was idling at about 1900 - 2,000. The weather has had a sudden plumet and I hate it now Love the cold, but hate starting my scoot!! Took me ten cranks and playing with the throttle to get it to stay on and idle on its own!! Very ridiculous and embarrassing as people ask me if it's going to start or why does it keep shutting off....... So I'm going to do that Autochoke test that Alley told me to do. Quick question: Would this one work for my scoot?
www.roketapartsonline.com/electric-choke-assembly-for-chinese-250cc-engines-p-10093.html
I am going to order one, just want to make sure that it is the right one. Plus, adding to this, I have to turn my throttle a couple short times BEFORE I try to crank it to get gas moving. I have tried to crank it without doing this and my eyes blew out from rage LOL. And tonight, when I got off of work at 11 pm. With the temp as 40, it would try to idle low (with my help of course) and when it was about to shut off a couple of times, I would really give it some good throttle, and it would suddenly come on again. Like I just gave it gas. Probally just proves the fact that I need a new choke!!

Now, update on the bogging and shutting off. Bogging is still there. From complete stop or hitting the breaks then going, it still bogs down pretty bad. After cleaning my carb I am concluding that my valves definitely need to be adjusted. Talked to the original owner, never had them done. Bought the scoot at 1600 miles and now have 2100. It's time for a good adjustment. With the carb clean though, after the bogging goes away, I take off like a rocket! Bogging isn't AS bad as before, but still pretty bad.

Thanks for all of the help guys! I'm going to donate here soon! this place is just awesome!

So guys, any input will like always be greatly appreciated
Also, do I need special tools to do the valve adjustment myself? Seems like a pretty big job to do, and I'm not sure if I have the tools to set my valves at 0.004" ... Seems VERY tiny to me and I'm not sure if my RULER will read that ;D ;D ;D ;D

Well scoot has been running OK now. No electrical problems at all! People say my lights are bright as heck now
Only problem is that my scoot really isn't running up to code. It seems to bog down really bad at times... Mainly when I'm at a complete stop and hit the gas to go. It will bog for 2 or 3 seconds and then finally go at a slow pace, then eventually the engine will "catch up" and I'm flying! I believe there are possibly several causes to this:
1) The gas in my scoot is farely old. My scoot was out of commission for 3 weeks. It had a quarter tank of 2 week old gas in it before I put 2 gallons of new gas in it. So all in all I'm running on a mixture of 3 week old gas. Could be a problem?
2) My carburetor. My RPM is actually PERFECT. It idles nice and strong. It's just that I need to adjust my idle lower. When my scoot is on its big stand and warming up, my back tire is spinning like crazy! Causing EXCESSIVE vibration through out my scoot. I will be adjusting that soon. My air to gas mixture seems to be pretty good because of the high rev. I believe I need to clean my carb though! I believe this may be a problem to my bogging downness.

Also, this bogging downness is getting very annoying. I have to hold the gas down while my scoot is stopping in order to prevent it from shutting off! (I let my scoot warm up for 15 mins now, before it was around 2-4). After bogging down to go, I will eventually have to stop, and when I hit my breaks my RPM/idle odometer shoots down like crazy! So down it will shut my scoot off! Like I said I have to hold the gas down to prevent the shutting off, and my scoot sounds horrible doing this! The bogging is loud and deep, kinda embarrassing.
Thing is though is that about 3 months ago I had my scoot serviced for a "tune up" at a scoot shop. I do not believe the mechanic cleaned my carb or did anything! My scoot ran the exact same as before I put it in the shop. I bought this scoot from a good family friend who said he had it sitting around for 10 months. I went and got a tune up and I had the same problems.
Would cleaning my carb and adjusting my idle and/or air to gas mixture help heal my bogging and harsh shutting down, and harsh starting? To actually get my scooter to start is no problem, the weather is cooling down at night lots and it only takes me 3 tries to get my scoot to come on! The only problem is keeping it on. It will randomly bog down (drop rpm) and shut off. To prevent this, I hit the gas (this is all just to warm it up). Once it's warm enough, it will hold its idle strong, but then my tire starts to spin like a maniac! I also am going to change my gear oil. I'm not sure if this was EVER done. I'm scared to see what is in store for me.

Alright. So I guess my overall question is:
After cleaning my carb, properly adjusting my idle and gas to air mixture, putting good clean fresh high quality gas, and changing my gear oil give me a performance boost? I'm not 100% concerned about a performance "boost." Rather would it eliminate my dreadful bogging down and potentially make it easier to start/warm up?

Thanks for all of your help guys!
Saving so much money doing stuff myself rather than taking it to a shop!
This place is awesome!!

I got my scoot fixed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D I'm so happy!!! Lights are bright and solid! Fan comes on perfect and I even installed a liscense light My scoot runs a lot better now!! And I feel better about it because I hooked it up the way it is and I know what the problem could/could not be from now on!! Thanks a lot everybody for helping me out so much!!!!

Tears of joyy!!

That's cool. I'll replace it. Be getting it tomorrow Thanks guys! Hope it's just a little fuse problem !