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If it helps, the parts scoot was kept in a storage building. If I do try to repair it, I will have the frame sandblasted and then powder coat or seal it myself with undercoating paint. Depends on if anyone around me offers powder coat.

Took my little scoot for a decent ride today - about 16 miles each way and she sat for several hours between going there and coming home. Anyways, she used entire tank of gas. But she ran pretty good, didn't seem to be throttling high or anything like that. Don't think she's running rich because the sound is right and no fuel smell in the air. I'm thinking it was just old gas cause I haven't filled her since I got her, been too cold to ride.

2010 Jonway YY50QT-6 engine which from what I found online is the QMB139. So some questions:
1. Any idea where I can download a manual that will give me all my fluid capacities as well as repair info?
2. Considering replacing the plug, what specific NGK plug do I need?
3. 10W40 oil is recommended but I usually run something heavier in cars. Although most my cars are usually older than my boys (20 yrs old or more) so that is why I usually run a heavier oil. And how much does it hold?
4. I know seafoam is recommended but I have several bottles of gumout fuel system cleaner. Since she probably hasn't been cleaned out in a while, is it safe to run that instead of the seafoam through a tank of gas?
5. speedometer doesn't work but looks like it is attached properly at the wheel, if I understood other posts on here so I gotta pull the covers to check the connection to instrument cluster.
6. How do I access the lights so I can see about maybe ordering LED bulbs to replace mine? Living in the country, I'd like as much light as legally possible.
7. Most my body panels are in pretty good shape but could use new paint. Not sure about the bolt holes though because many panels are zip-tied in place so thinking the mounts for the screws may be gone.
8. What do I use when I drain the tranny and how much?
9. What weight gear oil do I need?
10. What about oil filters on these scoots?
11. Anyone know fluid capacity for a TANK 250DE for oil/tranny/gear and what spark plug it takes?


I tend to do a good tuneup on any vehicle I get if the former owner can't show me receipts proving it was done recently. With it finally getting warmer, I want to give both our scoots a tuneup. I'm guessing 2 qts of oil will do both scoots and get like an 8-12 oz bottle of gear oil?

Also, any ideas on getting a 72cc or 80cc kit to upgrade my little scoot? I know she'll still pass for legal but maybe then she can climb these hills doing more than 15 mph.

No worries Bashan, like I said I'm an old country girl. It's real hard to offend me. When I was a little kid back in the 70's (yes showing my age here) my dad was a firefighter here in Salisbury NC & then Myrtle Beach SC. He told me they used to go to the groc store and buy cases of feminine pads to keep in the firetruck. Now this was way back before paramedics, hard to believe we once didn't have them. Anyways, back then they couldn't do much first aid for people, only basic stuff. But if they got a bleeder, they'd put a pad on it and wrap it tight, he said it kept people alive quite often.

My grandpa was an old country pastor & contractor and I spent lots of time with him during the summer. My dad spent 6 yrs as a firefighter, then the rest of his life working in a siding factory. But my family believed all of us kids should be able to take care of ourselves if we decided not to get married. So us girls learned basic care care, like tuneups and changing a flat and the boys learned to cook a little and sew a little. I just preferred the cars over sewing, but I love to cook too.

I am currently studying "tiny houses" and off the grid living on the net. My older son has moved out and probably not long after he graduates college my younger son will as well. So I won't need a big trailer for just me. Got a friend who can maybe get me an old trailer, maybe a reefer. I want to use it as the base and design my own tiny home, if I can get a reefer, then most the insulating is already done for me.

If it works, then I'll just get me a small piece of land, set the trailer up, put in solar power, get satellite internet, add water and I'm good to go. I'll have the scoot to get around on. Or I may buy me a small motorhome so I can travel, the possibilities are endless.

I browsed a bunch of places b4 considering getting a scoot. I'm an old country girl so I was raised to be independant & plan ahead. Figuring cost of common repairs is actually a factor I consider when purchasing ANY vehicle.

I appreciate all the greetings and look forward to new friends. I do have plans for both mine & son's scoots. I want to upgrade the lights for better night riding or maybe add some. I also want to paint my scoot, I can think of better colors than black. I have even considered the possibility of replacing the wiring, I've heard a lot of these small scoots have cheap wiring. I want to make some kind of luggage rack for hauling groc that doesn't interfere with the gas cap & isn't a milk crate.

Finally got a pix of his scoot:



VIN: 3CG3E2K466******
Engine tag: 250 TK250T-2
Mfg: KTMMEX June 2006

Back in early Feb I traded a pickup for 3 scoots, a running 49, a parts 49 & what we were told was a 150 but instead seems to be a 250. Here's the parts scoot info:

Mfg : Benzhou Vehicle Group
April 2008
The cover for the nose reads Roketa. Side panels read MC-08-50B
VIN: LD5TCBPAX8*******

I can't find a tag on the engine like I found on my little 50, nor is there a tag inside the seat bucket like on my son's big scoot.

I have a bunch of pixs on photobucket, here's the album link, didn't want to post so many here at once.

s67.photobucket.com/user/genseeker13/library/Part%20scoot

I have no idea if this scoot was running or when it last ran, the engine is partly disassembled. My older son has seen the fun me & younger one have & now he thinks he might like one to play around with. I'm pretty handy with tools & I have done 90% repairs to my vehicles for well over a decade, everything from rebuilding carbs to tranny work to engine work. And if I think something is outta my experience, my baby brother has spent the last 20+ years working as a mechanic, both in garages & out. He even works on ATV/2 wheelers for people cause it's hard to find a shop around here. 

Basically, what I'm wondering is does anyone think this might be worth trying to save or should I just use it as my brother suggested - to get experience working on scoots myself? My brother also knows a guy local with a junkyard, we were out there the other day and he has prob 20-30 scoots in various condition that we could get parts from.