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Carb stripping and rebuild is fun, just a puzzle of pieces. Take photos at every stage so you can refer back to what goes where afterwards. You...
I usually strip mine down and soak in redex but carb cleaner spray is great as long as you remove and avoid all rubber gasket bits as it rots the...
Cleaning the carb is always worth doing but more importantly is working out whats wrong with your fuel mix. You can clean your ar$€ but it wont...
Because then they can invite you back in for a plug change for £60.
The carburetor is a fuel and air mixer. Air comes through the air filter and fuel through the fuel line where it sits in a small float bowl much...
Thread size in mm much like a nut and jet hole size is your 100, 104 etc.
Re oiling your sponge filter, many people wash and dry the sponge then spray some filter oil on. This is a very sticky oil that traps fine dust....
Dont mistake the idle screw with being a fuel air mix screw. Idle screw adjusts the throttle setting by basically adjusting the throttle...
Fleabay is good for jets, just choose a reputable name and opt for a small selection rather than one size jet to enable you to size up or down if...
Lovely, thanks. Any idea what the clearance between top of piston and head should be so I can fit the right thickness of gasket? Ill do the...
Sounds like jetting or needle setting needs changing.
So my gilera dna50 engine was stripped for a water impeller replacement , whilst split I fitted new bearings, crankshaft and piston top end. It's...
If its sparking then electrics sound good as long as the spark is strong enough, I can't recall the colour coding but probably a blue spark is...
Did you check the piston ring gap? Maybe when it got hot the rings expanded and ends lifted? The reason for the arrow pointing to the exhaust port...
All sorted, I realised my technique was wrong as I was pulling the ends apart and not twisting, lesson learned. New rings needed a fair bit of...
Reed valve on top of waterpump? Is it your main reeds where the carb joins the engine block? If so then its a very simple and cheap job.
My thought exactly. Ordered new rings so ill try again.
I snapped one fitting it onto the piston, tried holding one e nd in the groove with my thumb and rolling my other thumb round to push the ring but...
hi i bought a new cylinder head and piston set for 50cc scooter. Despite watching a few youtube videos i managed to snap both piston rings when...
hi ive reached the point where i can start to rebuild my 50 cc engine. Im aware of using heat and cold to fit the bearings into the engine housing...
