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[Vamps]

Stepsons scooter has been off the road for a couple of weeks, won’t start.  I have been too ill to sort it. Anyway just decided to summon up enough energy to put a new plug in it, it’s a scooter so working blind through a small access hole.

Plug has to be lined up central so is a little tricky, anyway dropped the dam thing and can we find it, no way. Lifted and shook the bike but no sign of the plug.

Left the poor lad, who knows not one end of a spanner from another, with a socket set trying to get a couple of side panels off. That or a new plug next week. There are some jobs that you wish you had never started.  :-/

Bloomin scooters, never had this problem with my Honda SS50

[markey mark]

 

[Vamps]

Panels off, still no sign left him looking and feeling, it has to be somewhere
Bless him, he has just called be to the garage, said he has found this hole thing that it might have fallen into.  Yes, Kris, that is where the plug goes, no it has not fallen in the engine, if it were there you would feel it It's keping him busy.

[JamesV6CDX]

I used to love working on my old Honda City Express - it used to eat spark plugs for breakfast

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Stepsons scooter has been off the road for a couple of weeks, won’t start.  I have been too ill to sort it. Anyway just decided to summon up enough energy to put a new plug in it, it’s a scooter so working blind through a small access hole.

Plug has to be lined up central so is a little tricky, anyway dropped the dam thing and can we find it, no way. Lifted and shook the bike but no sign of the plug.

Left the poor lad, who knows not one end of a spanner from another, with a socket set trying to get a couple of side panels off. That or a new plug next week. There are some jobs that you wish you had never started.  :-/

Bloomin scooters, never had this problem with my Honda SS50

Is it a 2-stroke..............always loved plugs if memory serves.....at least your SS50 ................was a 4-stroke.

[Vamps]

Stepsons scooter has been off the road for a couple of weeks, won’t start.  I have been too ill to sort it. Anyway just decided to summon up enough energy to put a new plug in it, it’s a scooter so working blind through a small access hole.

Plug has to be lined up central so is a little tricky, anyway dropped the dam thing and can we find it, no way. Lifted and shook the bike but no sign of the plug.

Left the poor lad, who knows not one end of a spanner from another, with a socket set trying to get a couple of side panels off. That or a new plug next week. There are some jobs that you wish you had never started.  :-/

Bloomin scooters, never had this problem with my Honda SS50

Is it a 2-stroke..............always loved plugs if memory serves.....at least your SS50 ................was a 4-stroke.

No, it's a 4 stroke and the plug is still missing.
On 2 stroke, can you get them these days, thought new emission rules had put paid to them.

[Martin_1962]

I could change a piston on my 100 in about 20 minutes - 6 nuts 1 2 circlips

[Vamps]

Well swmbo and myself spent ages searching today, big lights and searched the bike and garage area, no sign at all I am happy to buy another new one, and I bet any money that as soon as I do the original will turn up

[tmx]

2 Strokes still exist Piaggio Zip's etc theyre all 50's

[doog]

Stepsons scooter has been off the road for a couple of weeks, won’t start.  I have been too ill to sort it. Anyway just decided to summon up enough energy to put a new plug in it, it’s a scooter so working blind through a small access hole.

Plug has to be lined up central so is a little tricky, anyway dropped the dam thing and can we find it, no way. Lifted and shook the bike but no sign of the plug.

Left the poor lad, who knows not one end of a spanner from another, with a socket set trying to get a couple of side panels off. That or a new plug next week. There are some jobs that you wish you had never started.  :-/

Bloomin scooters, never had this problem with my Honda SS50

you may be doing him a favour
i have  found people who have fathers who are "handy with a spanner"  and can turn their hands to most things  often turn out to be completely handless with tools as  they have never needed to touch tools as dad always done it

I know that i am like that  i cant stand to watch someone else do something  I must get involved and usually i take over.

so it may not be a bad thing   taking things apart  is the sorting them is the best way to learn.

Doug

[Andy B]

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so it may not be a bad thing   taking things apart  is the sorting them is the best way to learn.

Doug

Is it not the putting back together?      

[Vamps]

Well, the law of sod kicked in today. Went and bought another plug, said to the Guy that you can bet your life that I will find the other one now.
As soon as I started to put in the new one I sussed where the other one had fallen, side cover off to a cooling fan and hey presto.

Put the new plug in and he presto, fired straight away. Will finish off putting the panels back tomorrow.

[Welung666]

Well, the law of sod kicked in today. Went and bought another plug, said to the Guy that you can bet your life that I will find the other one now.
As soon as I started to put in the new one I sussed where the other one had fallen, side cover off to a cooling fan and hey presto.

Put the new plug in and he presto, fired straight away. Will finish off putting the panels back tomorrow.

Sod it, make him ride it half naked

[Vamps]

Well, the law of sod kicked in today. Went and bought another plug, said to the Guy that you can bet your life that I will find the other one now.
As soon as I started to put in the new one I sussed where the other one had fallen, side cover off to a cooling fan and hey presto.

Put the new plug in and he presto, fired straight away. Will finish off putting the panels back tomorrow.

Sod it, make him ride it half naked

I told him I would do it At lease I will save some money on a Friday evening, he will be out when tea is delivered.

[Vamps]

Well, the law of sod kicked in today. Went and bought another plug, said to the Guy that you can bet your life that I will find the other one now.
As soon as I started to put in the new one I sussed where the other one had fallen, side cover off to a cooling fan and hey presto.

Put the new plug in and he presto, fired straight away. Will finish off putting the panels back tomorrow.

Sod it, make him ride it half naked

I told him I would do it At least I will save some money on a Friday evening, he will be out when tea is delivered.