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by bowman2
Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:58 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: 86 Spree lost top end
Replies: 18
Views: 6944

Lost top end

Go up on plug hotter or lower. Sounds simple but it worked for me. Fuel will burn differently at different altitudes even in a combustable motor. One of the reasons private planes crash. The don't perform the same at different altitudes and humidity.
by bowman2
Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:05 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Won't take throttle??
Replies: 8
Views: 3403

Need Help

Has anyone here ever done any business with Mopedman from this Forum??
by bowman2
Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:53 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Won't take throttle??
Replies: 8
Views: 3403

Need Some Help

As far as I know injection.

What difference would it make as long as it was 2 cycle oil?
by bowman2
Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:38 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: How to free a seized piston.
Replies: 4
Views: 2395

How to free a seized piston.

What is the best way to free a seized piston? And can you use that piston again?
by bowman2
Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:14 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Won't take throttle??
Replies: 8
Views: 3403

Won't take throttle??

Need some help. 1985 Spree was running great and suddenly wont' take high speed. It has a new gas tank. New petcock new gas lines rebuily carb new plug clean filter Ran it for about 10 days then it started to sputter and died. I cleaned the carb real good but it still does the same thing. Idels but ...
by bowman2
Wed May 31, 2006 1:33 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Petcock Test
Replies: 9
Views: 4126

Petcock

The gas doesn't pour out of the overflow. If I open the bowl drain screw it keeps flowing. If I disconnect both the gas line and the vac line from the carb the gas continues flowing out of the gas line. I have cleaned the petcock with carb cleaner the best I could but the gas still keeps flowing. Do...
by bowman2
Tue May 30, 2006 7:33 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Petcock Test
Replies: 9
Views: 4126

Petcock Test

Can anyone tell me how to check to see if the petcock is working. I think I need a new one but am not sure. If I disconnect the fuel line and the vac line from the carb the gas just pours out of the fuel line. Likewise if I connect them to the carb the gas just keeps coming out of the carb drain por...
by bowman2
Tue May 30, 2006 6:45 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Fuel gauge help
Replies: 3
Views: 2067

Fuel tank

I had that problem with mine. The wires were shot so I bought another sending unit on eBay for $5.00
by bowman2
Tue May 30, 2006 6:29 pm
Forum: Performance Technical
Topic: Rapping sound in motor???
Replies: 7
Views: 4683

Piston Rap

Thanks for the info guys. One other question. I checked the petcock and fout it to be leaking. Well let's put it this way. If I open the drain plug for the carb gas just keep coming out. When I disconnect the gas line and the vac line the gas just keeps flowing. Can I assume the petcock is gone and ...
by bowman2
Sun May 28, 2006 5:16 pm
Forum: Performance Technical
Topic: Rapping sound in motor???
Replies: 7
Views: 4683

Rapping sound in motor???

I have noticed a sound in the motor when I let up on the throttle or at high speed. The best way for me to describe it is to say it sounds like when you put a popsycle stick or closepin in your bike spokes when you were a kid. Dosen't really souind like a knock or a definite rap but it there for sur...
by bowman2
Sun May 28, 2006 5:06 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: 1985 Spree---Boggs Down
Replies: 32
Views: 10043

Exhaust

Thanks for the tip. Something else to check.
by bowman2
Sun May 28, 2006 11:19 am
Forum: Performance Technical
Topic: Tuned performance pipe for Spree...
Replies: 150
Views: 57035

Lifting Spree

What is the largest size wheel and tire you can put on a spree. may be able to raise it that way. One inch might do it.
by bowman2
Sun May 28, 2006 11:15 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: 1985 Spree--Need Detter Speed Help
Replies: 22
Views: 8163

Side of the road.

In MA we can ride on the bike paths on the side of the road. No side walks or riding on recreational ways. (Paths in the woods.) Still the state considers the Spree and anything under 50 cc a mororized bike and must be registered as such. All they do is give you a sticker to put on the back where th...
by bowman2
Fri May 26, 2006 8:25 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: 1985 Spree--Need Detter Speed Help
Replies: 22
Views: 8163

Spree Needs More Power

You put an Elete 50cc motor in the Spree. What kind of modifications did you have to make to do that?
by bowman2
Fri May 26, 2006 6:55 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: 1985 Spree--Need Detter Speed Help
Replies: 22
Views: 8163

More Speed

Tell me what you did to get 35mph on the flat and I might just be satisfied with that. I don't mind the 25 uphill so much.