No more Scooters I said and it Ain't

[milly]

Dry day so time to put wood preservative on the shed. Hunting for gloves and only found one in my shed, knew I had at least 2 pairs in my garage if not 3. Found 1 glove same handed as the one I had. Thought bugger it needs sorting. Everything chucked outside then done shed then sorted garage..

Surprising what you get done when trying to give up smoking ☺️

Everything has it's new parts on it rather than scattered all over the damn place now.

[FrankenMech]

That is what I need to do but fixing fence took everything out of me today.

I am just to old and weak. I used to be active, now I can't move. Diabetes and Metformin has killed me.

[aeroxbud]

It certainly takes its toll on me now too. The last engine I removed, stripped and rebuilt then fitted in a day was way too much. I could hardly move at the end. 😔

[milly]

Same here I am with you two with the aches and tiredness this evening, tiz time for bed.

[milly]

This evening after putting up a post on the Ceredigion Bikers Group re Suzuki problems a person mentioned something so tried it and still the same. As I turned the petrol off I noticed it draining out the drain screw and will not seal on the new carb so back that goes to fleabay.

In another saga so to the Hyosung build thread in a bit as I am going to post on there 😭

[aeroxbud]

EBay carbs are such a lottery. I've given up buying cheap carbs now.

[milly]

Sept 21, 2024 14:46:06 GMT -5 aeroxbud said:

EBay carbs are such a lottery. I've given up buying cheap carbs now.

To right I am going to get a Mikuni carb rebuild kit for the old carb and find a way to seal the drain screw with something. Appears to be metal to metal contact that makes a seal.
God knows if any chemical sealer will work with petrol and ethanol

[FrankenMech]

Try checking the needle and seat and see if you can figure out what causes the leak. Some valve lapping compound may help. As far as sealers the only good one I know for fuel and ethanol is Permatex aviation form a gasket. If there is a nipple for a hose on the valve you could always find a hose that has a valve at the end. Many scoots have them.

Those cheap carbs on eBay and Amazon are often rejects or leftovers from a production run for some batch of scoots etc.

[milly]

FrankenMech you're a star! Why didn't I think of that. Might even have one here.🙂

[FrankenMech]

Thanks, I try but fail most of the time.

[milly]

Nearing the end of my ability to suss the electric fault on Owens bike. Carb temporarily/ permanently sealed with Araldite Metal resin which is meant to withstand petrol and also cleaned out, battery charged and earth points partially dismantled to clean up tomorrow.

Last hope saloon will be the kill switch if all else fails.

[FrankenMech]

Take a breath, step back a day, and actually FIND the fault rather than just guess and throw parts at it. Use that troubleshooting tracer light and THIMK (spelling intentional).

[milly]

Today is groundhog day. For the Suzuki I shall do 2 more jobs then it's off to a expert in the field of electronics.

Next job whilst the garage is closed. Belt and gasket on the Lambretta.

[FrankenMech]

Electrickery has you beaten. Electronic expertise is not needed on these old simple beasts. Only the new pieces of shit with EFI, electronic fuel injection, controlled by computers require electronics and you can teach that electronic expertise to trained monkeys. They had to train monkeys because monkeys could not understand carbs. Even back in my day they were running out of people that understood carbs. I worked with them but it wasn't until I had to actually teach an automotive mechanics course in college that I actually understood them. I had a very good professor back in college. I saw him R&R an engine with a complete engine teardown wearing a suit and tie and never get anything but his hands dirty. It was amazing, I wish I had had more time with him. He continuously challenged me to thimk outside the box and use my knowledge of other fields, chemistry, math, physics, biology, etc to apply to things. That training came in useful.

Have you ever taken a basic electrical course online? Basic electrics are just switches, loads, and continuous circuit paths. Batteries and mains power for basic circuits can be thought of similarly, you need a complete circuit... Except for those little black boxes like the CDI, where the electronics are, the rest is just basic circuits and switches. The voltage regulator has very crude electronics and the little black, gray, or white, relays are just electrically activated mechanical switches. Thimk about it, don't let it get to you. You are my Hero.

[milly]

Thank you FrankenMech 😊. Well the Suzuki is still the same except petrol now leaking from the carb gasket but luckily the permatex gasket goo you suggested has just arrived so that can be cured when I get back to it after a few days break from it.
All the earth's were cleaned only the kill switch left now.
Then it was onto the Lambretta belt change which went well and now no more juddering.