My Spree broke already!

MaskedJellybean · Post by **MaskedJellybean** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:19 pm

I had my Spree running fine for about 8 hours. (not continuously of course) Then as I was driving it on a dark street, I ran over a large pothole. Immediately afterward, I started to lose speed and power, finally the engine and lights just completely shut off and I rolled to a stop. I later got it to start up again, but now it can't seem to get above 10 MPH. I cleaned out the carb (following the directions on this site) and checked the air filter, but it's clean. I played around with the air intake and throttle adjustments on the carb, but that didn't make a difference, so I put them back where they were. Since I didn't know how to do anything further, I took it to a repair shop (I know I should have posted before I took it in) and I'm still waiting for them to call me. I really hope it's not something serious, but I suppose it is. Does anyone have any ideas of what it could be?

vette76 · Post by **vette76** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:58 pm

my spree died after riding off a curb and it was my rings. which also destroyed my piston. i dont think that is what is wrong with yours if it starts again tho. when that happened to me i had 5psi of compression.

MaskedJellybean · Post by **MaskedJellybean** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:40 pm

Was that expensive to replace?

vette76 · Post by **vette76** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:45 pm

about 60. but it destroyed my piston, so i head to get a new piston too.

Davcon · Post by **Davcon** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:34 pm

I did that once and it turned out to be a wire popped off the coil. Plugged it back up and it's all good.

MaskedJellybean · Post by **MaskedJellybean** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:50 pm

Wel,l I hope it's not a piston, but on the other hand, I hope it's not something as stupid as a wire popped off, since I sent it to a mechanic. lol.
Oh well. I'm supposed to find out tomorrow since they still haven't gotten around to looking at it.

vette76 · Post by **vette76** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:58 pm

lol. thats how it goes

Farfignugin · Post by **Farfignugin** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:45 am

when mine stopped running for a bit at first it was as simple as the gas hose being kinked, then it went to it overheating.

hondaman · Post by **hondaman** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:59 pm

happened to me several times. I checked the most obvious first and i was right. The spark plug wire was not seated all the way on the plug.
You said this happened right after you rolled over a pot hole. It could have jarred the plug wire loose. Always check the simplest answer to the problem first before you take it to a money hungry mechanic or scoot shop. A shop not far from me charges 75.00 to check out a carb.
I am definitely in the wrong business.

Davcon · Post by **Davcon** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:22 pm

Mine was one of the wires off the coil. Still ran (arcing) but bad missfire at open throttle. (Go figure

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MaskedJellybean · Post by **MaskedJellybean** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:15 pm

Yeah, I'll have to check all those simple things if it happens again. And they still haven't even looked at it. aaaah.

MaskedJellybean · Post by **MaskedJellybean** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:55 pm

Turns out, when I hit the pothole, some dirt went up into my muffler. They had to blast it with a blow torch to get it out. So my Spree worked fine for an hour, and now I have a completely new problem! Yes!

As I was driving, I just suddenly lost all power. Now I can't start it at all. Not even with the kick start, it won't go down. When I do the electric start, all it does is make a clicking noise and the back lights go out for a split second. Could it be the spark plug? Because isn't that part of the ignition process?

All I can say is I'm getting pretty * at my spree. It left me without any power in the middle of a ghetto, and I'm a skinny white guy. Does anyone else seem to have some sort of trouble every time they drive somewhere, or is it just me?

MySpree · Post by **MySpree** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:12 pm

you spark plug thingy prolly came of!

MaskedJellybean · Post by **MaskedJellybean** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:28 pm

no it was on. I took it off afterwards though to look around town for a replacement and of course nobody had one in stock.

hondaman · Post by **hondaman** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:30 am

As far as your spree just dying as you drove it could be several things.
1 Thats what mine did when spark plug wire jarred loose.
2 Could be your carb is plugged with a little particle of dirt or debris.
3 Could possibly be a bad or dirty plug.
You also say you can"t kickstart it and makes a funny sound with electric start.
1 Make sure your battery is charged or hook up charger to it while trying to crank it over with electric start.
2 If your kickstart seems jammed then you will have to take kickstart cover off and see what the problem is.
3you may have a bad starter or starter pinion gear.
4 Check to make sure there are no disconnected wires.
5 If you haven't downloaded th spree shop manual i would do so now.
It will definitely come in handy if you want to work on it yourself.