Post by jacoblong09 on Apr 2, 2019 8:22:29 GMT -5
Now, I don’t profess to be a professional mechanic, but I know my way around a carburetor pretty good. So I’m pretty confused as to where to go from here. Recently I got my frankenstrada 50cc 4T scooter back up and running. I still have to install a big bore kit, but the main issue was it wasn’t charging the battery while running. So I removed the stator, which was destroyed and unfixable. I would have left it but it lost spark shortly after the chargin system died. I replaced it with a new one yesterday and managed to get it running and revving for a good minute or two, enough to see the voltage staying up. But after that, it just stopped starting up. I cleaned out the carb multiple times and it made no difference. At first the slide was stuck WOT, I fixed that (the jet wasn’t pretty well clogged), but still the same. If I put a jumper pack onto it and cranked it, I would get a pop about every 30 seconds but it would never get going. I’m stumped. The only other thing I could think of was this morning I topped off the tank with a gas can I filled about two weeks ago. I cleaned some rust out of the tank last week and figured I should coat the tank in some gas to keep it clean. What I think happened is either the gas is bad, or my spark plug is fouled and/or bad. I used a different plug to test and it has good spark. But the plug that’s installed is a pain to remove because I have to remove the fan shrouds. I’ll try cleaning the plug I have installed tonight. Any input would help. Thanks.
