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Post by joebob on Jul 22, 2018 16:34:55 GMT -5
license plate bulb fix ... at some point, possibly due to either poor assembly or poor fit, the license plate bulb and socket must have fallen out of the housing, started cooking things and eventually blew. the rubber bulb socket was too melted/deformed to stay securely in place and, not having a replacement socket i did a bit of a ghetto fix. took a hacksaw and gently cut a shallow groove around the circumference, then found a suitably sized circlip, widened the ends a bit, and squeezed it into place. it's in there quite solid and i am calling it a good fix.  on to the other end of the scooter, which had an annoying squeal from the front wheel whenever i manouevered it back wards. removed brake caliper, sprayed rotor with brake cleaner, wiped clean, sanded both sides of the rotor until i was satisfied, another spray of brake cleaner, another wipedown, re-assembly and ... no more squeal. good thing i came across this taotao because i have run out of things to do on my BWS (things that don't cost a bunch of money, at least). still not sure what to do about the clear-coat; some panels are real good and others are flaking BAD. should probably not fuss over it as these things don't command much money when all is said and done. |
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Post by joebob on Jul 31, 2018 10:30:41 GMT -5
FORK CHROME HORROR ! still waiting for my flywheel puller to come from china. meanwhile, looking for suggestions on how to deal with this rust. it's actually worse than it looks in the pic. i am referring to the forks, not the piece that holds them together at the top. any suggestions ?  |
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Post by 90GTVert on Jul 31, 2018 12:30:52 GMT -5
You could clean a lot of that up with a wire wheel and then clean and paint as far as the steering stem. If the fork tubes are pitted and rough in any areas where they see travel of the fork legs you should replace them. Pitting and roughness wouldn't be good for seals. Should be fairly cheap on eBay/amazon if you take and check measurements and pics.
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Post by joebob on Jul 31, 2018 20:17:42 GMT -5
well, the clean-up actually went fairly well. there is still some light pitting in the areas that will travel past the seals, but not too bad. i keep forgetting how cheap it is to buy parts for these chinese scooters, so if i do have to replace them i will be out less than $100 canadian, but i think they will be fine for a while .  |
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Post by joebob on Aug 1, 2018 16:10:43 GMT -5
following 90gtverts excellent youtube video regarding PAIR system removal, i wound up with a vent tube coming from the top of the fuel tank which was unaccounted for. i decided to run a vacuum line from there to the vacuum nipple on the side of the intake manifold. is this going to work ?  |
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Post by kagetenshi on Aug 1, 2018 17:42:52 GMT -5
That's not quite right. Connecting that tube to the intake manifold will allow the engine to slurp gas/fumes. I would close off that extra hole.
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Post by joebob on Aug 1, 2018 18:08:28 GMT -5
that makes complete sense.
so i will cap off the nipple on the intake manifold as per the video, but what should be done to the tube coming out of the gas tank. can it be capped off too, or does it need to vent to the atmosphere ?
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Post by Moat on Aug 1, 2018 18:23:09 GMT -5
Yes - if that's indeed the fuel tank vent, it must be vented to atmosphere. Just mount/zip-tie the hose somewhere up high and dry on the frame, stick a filter/fuel filter on it with another few extra inches of hose on the end (pointing down to keep rain/water out). Should be good.
Bob
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Post by joebob on Aug 1, 2018 19:17:42 GMT -5
bob ... i am assuming that it is a vent ... don't know what else it could be because the other tube goes to the petcock (i had the sense to tag it) so i will go with your plan. thanks.
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Post by joebob on Aug 16, 2018 22:47:16 GMT -5
so my flywheel removal tool finally came from china today (i would gladly have bought one locally but nobody seemed to know what i was talking about). gas-powered chinese scooters don't seem to have taken hold here yet. it seems like electric scooters are a bit more common. not sure why this is; as soon as a 500 watt scooter and its rider meet their first hill the love affair is over.
anyhow ... equipped with the proper tool that flywheel came off in seconds; i highly recommend it. none of my assortment of automotive pullers would do anything other than distort the flywheel. in fact, i found out AFTER i ordered the puller that ebay sellers are packaging an entire "no-spark" repair kit ... flywheel puller, stator, pickup coil, ignition coil and cdi. if i had to do it over again i would go that route. normally i don't like 'parts-tossing', but given the ridiculously low price of this package, the fact that another ignition part is likely to fail before long, and the lack of any real specifications to go by, i really think that it makes sense with these scooters
so, not seeing any obvious issues such as physical damage to the stator or wiring, and having confirmed there was an issue with both cranking voltage and resistance, i have ordered a stator from china. project taotao resurrection moves ahead ... albeit slowly.
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Post by joebob on Aug 27, 2018 19:51:33 GMT -5
FINALLY !!! after a LONG wait for the flywheel puller (you have to have one of these; it turned an exercise in frustration into the worlds easiest job) and an equally long wait for the stator, the taotao 150 is running (okay-ish), all the plastic is screwed back on and all the electric stuff works. performance-wise, my 2 stroke 50cc bws was probably similar off the line, but the 150 taotao gets me an extra 17km/hr top speed.i feel that it can do better; the carb is not quite right ... i have to set the idle well below spec because the idle will creep up on its own. when i had the carb off and in my hands i wasn't too fussy about cleaning it because the inside of the float bowl was spotless. i guess i will have to pull it off again and really get into it. the brakes on the bws were substantially better. ride quality ... again, similar to the bws but with one HUGE difference. on the bws i was constantly having to resist sliding forward on the seat; others have noticed this too. on the taotao you sit comfortably. oh, and plenty of room on the floorboards for my average size feet. on the bws, foot placement was awkward. looks nicer in the pic than it really is because you can't see all the peeling clearcoat but i am not complaining ... it was free !  |
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Post by joebob on Feb 8, 2019 15:04:42 GMT -5
update ...
never could get my carb to run right so i ordered a new one from china.
finally received it, eventually got around to installing it and guess what ?
it didn't work !
no matter how hard i prayed to the baby jesus no fuel would pass through to the intake.
not wanting to roll the dice on another new carb i decided to take a shot in the dark ... removed the jets from the NEW carb and installed them on the OLD carb; it worked ! bike now starts easily. drops down to a good idle as it warms up and has good power off the line. without insurance i could only take it around my block so the top speed i reached was a little under 60kph. not sure if there was anything more to be had after that but will truck it out to a longer, safer stretch of pavement to see what it tops out at.
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