I've never ridden my 2c since buying it 2 yrs. ago in the dead of winter. I wanted to get 'er going.....but alas, it was not to be. Pressured up the tires, installed the new battery, did a full light and safety check. 12v system and Powerdynamo ignition all seem good. new fuel in, plugs regapped..... Then....the starting drill commenced! Or lack of starting drill!
Problems found:
1) single enrichener cable wadded up internally.
2) one of the "double" enrichener cables broken!
3) cable boots missing from carb slide and enricheners
4) clutch cable shredded internally.
Made all new soldered end cables and installed them. bought some nice rubber booties for them cables.
Try again? it will start....but runs only on the right cylinder at idle! after ~ 3K, left cylinder will kick in. WTF??? Tried carb sticks and air was pushing back out the intake manifold ports I installed!.
OK. a few deep breathes....GOTS to be crank seals.
Strip it down to the left side seal is only a 15 min. task thank goodness. What do I find? a shredded 7mm wide 47x20 seal walking its way out of the bore. the center of the seal was gone..
its a wonder it ran at all.
Anyone have a US distributor part number for a 10mm wide, 47mm OD x 20mm ID seal???
Problems found:
1) single enrichener cable wadded up internally.
2) one of the "double" enrichener cables broken!
3) cable boots missing from carb slide and enricheners
4) clutch cable shredded internally.
Made all new soldered end cables and installed them. bought some nice rubber booties for them cables.
Try again? it will start....but runs only on the right cylinder at idle! after ~ 3K, left cylinder will kick in. WTF??? Tried carb sticks and air was pushing back out the intake manifold ports I installed!.
OK. a few deep breathes....GOTS to be crank seals.
Strip it down to the left side seal is only a 15 min. task thank goodness. What do I find? a shredded 7mm wide 47x20 seal walking its way out of the bore. the center of the seal was gone..
its a wonder it ran at all.
Anyone have a US distributor part number for a 10mm wide, 47mm OD x 20mm ID seal???