Hi, I just got a 1963 GS160, and was wondering what is the correct badging on the front legshield. It has a VespaGS badge that appears to have been painted...
great!! thanks..--- In vespa-sports@yahoogroups.com, Gsvespa@... ... Blue/Black....... ... badging on the front legshield. It has a VespaGS badge that appears...
Im rebuilding a 1960 VS5... So i spent all day with the volt meter and 2 different Ignitition switches (one from a GS 160 and one from a VS4 ??) Neither switch...
The GS160 switch, if it has 5 positions, is the correct one. This is a link to my diagram with wire colors: http://www.vespa.dk/pics/pdf%20tegninger/Bat_2.PDF ...
hey thanks for the reply..... but i have 10 poles and not enough wires. to be clear i have a VS5 harness, and a VSB ignition switch. i read somewhere you have...
which Market tailight? There's tons of changes tailight wise for the SS180. Some had the GL style ( similar in size/shape to the GL tailight that is remade in...
Hi Eric I am not a SS expert (150 GS is my buzz) but if, as most certainly it is, a GL style one then they are readily available but not as the metal original,...
Low tire pressure also caused the great loss on power! Here is an updated information. I rotated my tires to equalize tread wear, today. I felt the pressure of...
I own a GS160 mk1. I've recently finished restoring it and it starts and runs very well in low rpm area. Around 70 km/t / 40 mph in 4th gear a strange rattle...
Did you double check the piston direction? The arrow should point to the exhaust port. I have trashed my piston once. You can check the arrow easily by opening...
Hi This is the reason why I never did like the 160 GS which I got new for my 21st Birthday from my Mom and Dad in 1965. I suppose most folk on this site know...
Glyn, Have you ever heard of this with an SS180? I've never heard mine do it. I do have a Lambretta Seres 2 TV175 (sacrilege, I know) that has a rattle...
Hi Glyn Thank you for your reply. Perhaps its just in my mind that I feel the performance change. I hate strange sounds in an engine :o) If my piston is turned...
Hi Well I think the other correspondent was suggesting you may have put the piston in 180 degrees wrong, in other words backwards. Yes, I think it would run,...
Yes, it ran, and made metallic noise at high revs. I posted the picture of my trashed piston (Photo/Miscellaneous/trashed_piston) to show what happened when I ...
Splendid ill try to turn my piston. Tanks a bunch! ... Fra: vespa-sports@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vespa-sports@yahoogroups.com] På vegne af pal_mog Sendt: 25....
By the way the openings of the piston rings which way are they supposed to point? Towards carb, exh., sparetyre or kickstarter or somewhere in between?? /Ole ...
As you can see from my picture, the ring ends should be point to the other side of the exhaust port. (opposite to the arrow points, note the location of the...
Hi all Ok i've pulled it apart. The piston ring stops are at 12 and 3 a clock when looking at the piston from spark plug side. Is this correct? Kind Regards...
My previous post does not seem to reach the forum so here I go again. Read Palmogs mail again and it sounds like my piston is placed correctly. Is an old...
basically just need a glovebox/toolbox for a '65 ss180 vsc1t. it seems to be a style unique to this model only. i've thought about fabricating one, but would...
Hi Trace Well as we know, the 180 was an enlarged 160, but did not seem to suffer the same rattle or certainly not to any degree that ever caused comment at...
Ole sounds like you just have a worn out piston slapping the sides of the barrel at certain revs. I would suggest a first oversize rebore and matching first...
Has anyone ever used one of these cranks? I heard a rumor of the big bearing not getting the proper lubrication. Which really did not make much sense to me....
I agree with Glyn. I might suspect some worn out of the piston pin and/or small end metal and/or big end bearing. Sometimes conrod itself would be bent. And ...
