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home made bearing puller No1. got it moving and this far, used a camping cooker to heat the casing.[ATTACH] a small piece at a time and some...
tried a few other methods first, but ended up with this as my home made bearing puller[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] used an M8 roofing bolt as the...
scooter is off the road for a few days and we have sunshine so decided to replace the rear wheel bearing and driveshaft bearing.
patience is a virtue.
Surprisingly not, though afterwards (reading the manual and wiring diagram) I found out the lighting is on a seperate live from the regulator, and...
my battery reads 19 volts across the terminals, I have smoke coming from the ignition block my cdi cuts out then it starts straight away again. my...
I don't know what the standard size is and only used to 50cc piaggio. so wouldn't like to say. but would say try it with the 75 or whatever you...
looks like youv'e got a good bit of work ahead of you then, but if you have the picture then I know you will get there.
decided to invest the massive amount of two pound forty five on a spark tester, its one of those tools you do without, and wish you had at the...
used my aunties bicycle wheel spindle for an exhaust mounting bolt when the old one fell off.
yeah, I didn't notice how old the thread was before and just replied. lol. If you were getting excess air and bad compression, then you would...
where was the crack in the engine. and managed to find your thread again. :)
this thread may hold the record for the longest gap between posts, but the man needs help anyway. though should probably start a new thread. :)
do you have a good constant spark. or maybe you adjusted carb settings while not having as serious a leak.
no response from a test on the autochoke, doesn't warm up and no movement, resistance reads 600 odd ohms, :) ordered a new one hopefully back on...
I see some people post here and elsewhere about squish, compression and gaskets. the advice is always to adjust the base gasket which would affect...
scooter wouldn't start this morning, found a stripped stud on the cylinder head, took it out, re cut the thread, turned it the other way up and...
as long as its the same gauge or slightly bigger there would not be a problem, thinner wires can overheat due to resistance and increase voltage...
ask away, really glad to help, I got the piaggio in August last year, you are as me when it comes to restoring, I have posted a few pics of the...
yeah, I blocked off the one from the engine with some sponge which still allowed the transmission to breathe and cool, it was a catalytic system...
