new to mopeds. brought home a fashion. By zack (Read 283 times)

[zack]

Hello all.
I'm a long time motorcycle guy, (Godwinger and enduros) who bought a 06 fashion in need of a big hug.
I bought the scooter in the hope my lady (who is MC endorsed but doesn't feel comfortable working a clutch or gears) will ride with me. The fashion has enough power to keep up with traffic everywhere except the hiway.
I paid $125 for this scooter not running and in rough cosmetic shape, but it's all there.
I brought it home and got it running long enough to discover the "tee" coolant fitting between the fill neck and the radiator was cracked and pissing coolant. Unfortunately the PO overheated the engine and damaged the piston rings making it smoke like a cold diesel.

So, I've joined this forum for knowledge of what others have found to watch out for on this machine, and to share a good-ol-fashon (lol) tare down and rebuild.
I'll post pics as soon as I figure out how to.

[crwford]

It it were mine I would get a rebuild kit cylinder,piston and rings ,head and gasket, wrist pin, prices really aren't bad on china parts do it right and you will be on road for a long time, But do it wrong be fixing it every day at home or on road your chose.

[zack]

New piston,wrist pin, rings, gaskets, valve seals and water pump are on the way. In the mean time I'm honing the cylinder and lapin the valves. Also I'm going through the cooling system. Greased the cooling fan bearings and cleaned up the comutator. The inside of the radiator was NASTY so I dropped it in my ultrasonic cleaner and also tested the thermo switch. Changed out the cheap hose clamps and added a 120mm pusher fan where the huge horn used to be (relocated to the nose). The extra fan draws .25 amps so there shouldn't be a charging issue.
Here's a pic of the fan, I got power for it from the existing fan circuit.