Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Ok, sorry I haven't wrote back in a while, I've been very busy at work and had not had a chance to work on my honda. What I found is I removed the piston and found a cracked ring. I ordered a new ring set but can anybody tell me which ring goes where. Also what is the little hexagon wire ring, it ca...

Sweet, I will try it next weekend. Thank you so much for the idea. I was about to give up.

Evilone, actually the person I bought the scooter from had the piston done. It has excellent compression but I am not sure about the ring?? If the ring was upside down, what does that do to it? Thank you guys for your input..!!!

Alright this thing is close to getting the s*** beat out of it...here is what I have done: cleaned every part of this bike, it has new piston and ring (excellent compression) new plug, new carb and I cleaned it too, cleaned the oil pump and tank, filled with fresh clean oil, cleaned the gas tank and...

Ok, I bought a new carb but it has kind of an dried oil coating (don't know how to explain it better) its kinda like cosmoline (if you know what that is) Anyways I will take it apart an clean it. What am I looking for when I pull the reeds out? I've never had a reed problem and don't really know wha...

Any other ideas?? How can I tell if the choke is working ?

I have tried putting a little gas down the cyl. But it just popped a little, kinda like it tried to back fire.

Also the spark plug is dry, it was getting oil but now it seems completely dry.

Yes I have spark, and yes there is fuel in the carb. That's why I'm so confused.

I am in need of a little help. I recently purchased an older 1987 honda elite 50cc scooter. It had been sitting for a long time so I went through the whole thing. It has a new ring and piston with great compression. New plug. New Carb. Clean oil and oil tank. So I have spark and compression. Not rea...