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33657
Thanks for the responses on the fuel tap question. However, the two responses I received are contradictory. I have taken apart the fuel tap and I tend to...
mcc_fawkr
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Jun 1, 2008
3:09 pm
33658
The way you describe your tap sounds like it is not right. Get a new tap. They are not expensive. John...
John Collier
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Jun 1, 2008
8:49 pm
33659
Your tap is missing both tubes: Vent and Reserve, GET A NEW ONE! Thanks for the responses on the fuel tap question. However, the two responses I received are...
Dmitry Slootskin
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Jun 1, 2008
11:00 pm
33660
Your tap is missing both tubes: Vent and Reserve, GET A NEW ONE! Thanks for the responses on the fuel tap question. However, the two responses I received are...
Dmitry Slootskin
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Jun 1, 2008
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33661
have just at long last upgraded my 1975 50s with a polini 108 kit but my mechanic now tells me that it is not running properly in that it tends to put put at...
noel_rugman
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Jun 2, 2008
2:19 pm
33662
have you up-jetted the carb to suit the kit at all? timing set correctly?...
the model citizen
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Jun 2, 2008
7:26 pm
33663
A 50s did not have a 19/19 carb stock. What jetting are you running. Did you follow the jetting recommendations that came with the kit? John...
John Collier
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Jun 2, 2008
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33664
So I replaced the exhaust on my 1964 Vespa 90, reattached everything and realized I didn't tighten the rear brake cable. There's too much slack for the...
Enrique Fernandez Rob...
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Jun 2, 2008
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33665
You don't have to remove the rear wheel to adjust the cable. It's a bit of a fiddle but not that bad. John...
John Collier
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Jun 2, 2008
9:48 pm
33666
I'd adjust the adjusting screw all the way in....loosen the cable from the clamp...pull it tight (hold snug with a pair of pliers) &amp; retighten.&nbsp; Make...
Evan Larson
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Jun 2, 2008
10:23 pm
33667
I had a look on Sunday - there doesn't seem to be any ware on the cam, or play. The drum seems to have a fair amount of wear though. Could it be that the...
Campbell Fairweather
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Jun 2, 2008
10:49 pm
33668
yeah if the cam turns too far it'll get stuck, but we're talking a HUGE turn. you can find that over time, an un-lubed cam shaft will wear an oval shape into...
the model citizen
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Jun 2, 2008
11:03 pm
33669
Thanks for that. I'll have another look. I tried lithium based grease, but strangely it didn't seem to last as long as the CRC. ... -- ...
Campbell Fairweather
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Jun 2, 2008
11:10 pm
33670
Gunk make a spray-on teflon number, like CRC and WD40 but my gawd is it slippery with all those liddle teflon balls...great stuff. CRC's white lithium spray...
the model citizen
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Jun 2, 2008
11:37 pm
33671
What is seizing? You should remove the brake cam from the backing plate, clean it out and then apply light grease. If you have to do it every month then you...
John Collier
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Jun 2, 2008
11:43 pm
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I did remove it, clean it and lube it when I changed my shoes 6 months or so ago. I'll take another look and check for the problems TMC has mentioned. Thanks...
Campbell Fairweather
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Jun 3, 2008
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33673
hI again sorry about the carb thing \i think i meant a 16/16 carb, well anyway it is the original that . does this make any difference to my engine not running...
noel_rugman
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Jun 3, 2008
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33674
Hi Scott, sadly I don't have an answer to your problem, but I was wondering how easy it was to fit your DR kit to an early 50? I have one set aside to do my...
sharonvespagirl
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Jun 3, 2008
11:02 am
33675
I put a Polini 75 on my early 50, i just had to take it to the machine shop and have the cylinder milled down to fit the engine case, really easy about 60-70...
iandamnit
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Jun 3, 2008
2:23 pm
33676
The Polini kit would have a come with a manual. In that manual would be jetting recommendations for various set-ups. I would think that you will need a 19/19...
John Collier
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Jun 3, 2008
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33677
I had the same sticking problem while using white lithium grease. I switched to high-temp bearing grease and I haven't had a problem since....
Max
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Jun 3, 2008
3:34 pm
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a 19/19 carb isn't necessary, the 16/16 will give enough ooomph initially until you decide (if) on it's next tune-up... ideally you need to find a scooter (or...
the model citizen
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Jun 3, 2008
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33679
Cheers Max, I'll give it a go....
Campbell Fairweather
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Jun 3, 2008
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33680
Yes you're absolutely correct. My 16/16 carb works fine. Changed the main jet to a 68 which did come with the kit but had got hidden away under a flap in the...
noel_rugman
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Jun 5, 2008
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33681
Sounds like you just might have hit the "reserve" level in your tank, without expecting it. I know it's happend to me more than once. If there still looks to...
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Jun 5, 2008
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33682
I'm thinking of buying a PK125s engine, and using the stator & flywheel for my project 50s that I'll be putting a Malossi 136 kit on. I read somewhere that the...
mixmasterminh
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Jun 6, 2008
12:17 pm
33683
I did the groundwork in India on buying the APL PL170 factory remaining stock in Hyderabad about a year ago. The story was in Scootering a few months ago....
shelvisv
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Jun 7, 2008
12:45 am
33684
What's up Small Frames. Thanks preemptively for the help, looking forward to getting the old bird back on the road! Here's my deal: installing a 135 Malossi...
Julian
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Jun 7, 2008
10:35 pm
33685
Hi ive seen the post on here about smallframe parts does anybody know what asc is?Thanks Andy in the uk....
andy clarke
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Jun 8, 2008
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33686
Maybe: http://www.americanscootercenter.com/ John...
John Collier
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