Since I knew that the bike had spark, I added some oil and gas to see if it would start. I was very happy that neither tanks leaked (the petcock gasket was sketchy). The petcock seemed to do its job well. The oil pump return spring was not doing its job, possibly causing the oil-fouling of the plug that drove me nuts.
The next (up) post will be a short video, showing the bike starting for the first time in probably over 20 years.
The next (up) post will be a short video, showing the bike starting for the first time in probably over 20 years.
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| Cheap Walmart 2 stroke oil |
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| I used a cable tie to drip some oil into the cylinder |
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| Since I had removed the broken clutch cable, I plugged the hole with a vacuum cap |
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| The Champion plug had a short reach, so I replaced it with an NGK spec'ed for a J1TRL |
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| The engine kept fouling the plug with oil, because the oil pump return spring wasn't doing its job |
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