Hello all,
So, I picked her up yesterday. Ok..
The base is in good condition, not too many scratches, labeling good, no cracks or holes, handles bars fine with light surface rust.
Wheels; right back wheel is missing rear plastic cover plate.Tread is pretty good on all. Something seems to be rolling around in the left back wheel, so I will be getting them off for a gander. Maybe the ball bearings have died? We shall see.
Looked inside the muffler, no real scoring to be seen, no crap inside the crankcase, again nice and clean. Top starter oring (big one) though, while still being nice and flexible with no cracking, appears very slack and it seems oversize for where it is supposed to go, is this normal?
Sparkplug looks in good condition, black, with no hint of brown. Seems to be plenty of compression. No wobble or movement underneath from the blade plate.
I haven't taken the head off. I plan to get it in operating condition and seeing if it starts before I do that. However...
The starter cord does not retract. I already knew that, so that is on the list to do. I have a general idea of how to do it, so will report back on progress.
Now for something else I would like your opinions on; The throttle control does not move back to the stop position, only so far as 'start', and it is very difficult to move too, very creaky, not smooth like my Tornado controls. I am assuming this will have something to do with the throttle cable and the carby, so that will be my next area, a carby teardown, check and hopefully find out what the issue is.
