paulad
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Post by paulad on Oct 29, 2020 13:19:46 GMT
I've just bought my first vespa. £300 and dead to the world. So I've been staying up late watching YouTube videos trying to work out how to rebuild the engine. A whole new experience!
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Post by ironsloth on Oct 29, 2020 13:56:36 GMT
Hi and welcome. £300 is good, is it all there?
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Post by adrian on Oct 29, 2020 14:58:37 GMT
Welcome to the forum 👋👋👋
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paulad
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Post by paulad on Oct 29, 2020 17:05:55 GMT
Is it all there? I'm going to say: I think so! Along with a lot of soot coating the engine. It's very tired looking - but I quite like that. It's from a friend who needed something reliable so rather than the garage giving him scrap money I said I'd match it, stick it in my shed and start fiddling.
I've now got tools all over the place, a bottle of 2 stroke kicked over and spreading across the floor and a learning curve.
So far it's coming apart with relative ease.
I've gone for a polini 177cc piston kit and 24/24 carb. Is there anything I should watch out for? I'm not new to bikes, but I am new to mechanics and new to vespas.
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paulad
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Post by paulad on Oct 29, 2020 17:25:37 GMT
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Post by scooterg on Oct 29, 2020 18:59:43 GMT
Welcome 🛵🛵🛵🛵
Take lots of pictures,should make it easier to put it back together
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si68em
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Post by si68em on Oct 30, 2020 10:31:54 GMT
Sounds like a real bargain
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paulad
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Post by paulad on Nov 8, 2020 17:37:23 GMT
It's alive!
The engine runs as smooth as - well - I'm not sure what to compare it to as I've never had a 2 stroke before, other than a chainsaw and strimmer... But it's smooth.... Any suggestions?
Carb took a lot of fiddling with. It's impossible to get to mixer adjustment nut when you have an electric start... so it went in and out a few times, and bore some wear because of it.
And I had to take the angle grinder to the first two cooling fins on the cylinder case - again because of the electric start - for the cog teeth on the flywheel. But other than that... Not too bad!
Went out for a little spin today. Lovely day. I think I'm going to enjoy it.
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si68em
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Post by si68em on Nov 8, 2020 17:43:30 GMT
Nice one  You'll be hooked in no time! |
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Post by scooterg on Nov 10, 2020 11:36:27 GMT
Hooked now,by the sound of it
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Post by scooterbooter on Nov 24, 2020 9:46:16 GMT
Chamfer the ports on you polini 177 especially the exhaust . I did a half job with small file and the ring still snagged. It needed a proper job. It flew until then. Welcome.
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You'll be hooked in no time!