conked out scooter

[poshman]

crusing along at 40 mphon my twist n go suddenly scooter stopped, what could be wrong a million thnigs i suppose

well ive found the spark plug and cleaned it, it was very hot !
apart from that dont know anything about scooter

any helpers please PM

 

[HERTS P&D]

Did you run out of petrol?

Andy

 

[poshman]

no plenty of petrol

 

[HERTS P&D]

I'm sure John Burnerman will be on here within the next couple of hours. He will answer ALL of your questions.

John where are you?

Andy

 

[Belle427]

the dewberry firkin sounds shot to me

 

[Burnerman]

Away at the seaside retreat
Try a brand spankers plug - they can fail with no apparent symptom either internally or externally.
Next, try for a spark by laying the plug down on a metal part of the engine and trying the kick start / electric start......if its difficult to see, try this in the dark!
Next is to check for fuel......on the bottom of the carb float bowl there should be a screw which allows the bowl to drain - take this out and see if fuel is present.
Post back if no joy!
John

 

[Mursal]

Have a little water at hand when dealing with spark and fuel.

As above, next have a fiddle with the stop switch as they sometimes go faulty.

 

[Nige F]

crusing along at 40 mphon my twist n go suddenly scooter stopped, what could be wrong a million thnigs i suppose

PM

Throttle cable broken . Pull the broken middle wire out of the sleeve and yank on it while riding

 

[Nige F]

well ive found the spark plug and cleaned it, any helpers please PM

You`re about 40 years too late for the plug to have whiskered The 2stroke oil today is brilliant

 

[poshman]

Thanks for replies, RAC guy sorted it while i was at work, apparently spark plug cable was loose or out i didnt notice that when i took it out to clean

 

[Nige F]

Ah - the old loosen the plug lead trick (@ the coil end ) that and swapping the leads over on the old Brit twins happy days

 

[rgr33n]

i run a motorcross HT cap on my lambretta (as do most of our club with tuned engines). damn thing shakes so much the original was no good when i uprated the engine to a TS1

give one a try