You are right. Longer shock does stretch the carb rubber and moves the air box rearward under the frame slightly.HxPaul wrote:If you put a longer shock on the back the carb rubber would be stretched even more.
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- Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:31 pm
- Forum: Vespa Tech
- Topic: Trouble removing air box cover
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Re: Trouble removing air box cover
Cheers. [emoji106]
- Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:29 pm
- Forum: Vespa Tech
- Topic: Trouble removing air box cover
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Trouble removing air box cover
If yours has a fuel gauge,then it doesn't have a reserve,just "on and off " Hi. That's what I thought but the previous owner has confirmed that it does have reserve. To be honest it's been a while since I have been out on it but I am sure I have ran it with the tap in the on position 12 o...
- Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:01 pm
- Forum: Vespa Tech
- Topic: Trouble removing air box cover
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Cheers. Sounds about right then. I think there is about a third of a tank in there.hat wrote:Tends to hit reserve on not much less than half a tank, mine will genrally be at 3-4 litres full from an 8l max when it goes onto reserve. One less problem to fix!
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:01 pm
- Forum: Vespa Tech
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Just dawned on me! Maybe I don't have enough fuel in the tank. Even though the fuel gauge reads a quarter of a tank. Is this right or could the tap be blocked for the "on" position? [emoji16]
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:49 pm
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- Topic: Trouble removing air box cover
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Re: Trouble removing air box cover
Hi Folks, many thanks for the comments and observations. After a bit of time spent I ended up disconnecting the lower shock from the engine. This allowed the body/frame to drop which in turn moved the air box clear of the frame allowing the cover to be removed with no problem. It would appear that t...
- Wed Mar 15, 2017 11:10 pm
- Forum: Vespa Tech
- Topic: Trouble removing air box cover
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If you remove the throttle screw, it looks like it should come off. Thanks. Does the throttle screw come out? Does it just unscrew. Might just give enough room. Yes, first screw it in as far as it'll go but make a note of precisely how many turns that is. Then just screw it right out. When you come...
- Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:34 pm
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Trouble removing air box cover
Looking sat that I'd say the rear shock is allowing the frame to sit too low. You can see where its been catching on that back corner when you're sat on it and the shock is compressed. There should be plenty of room to get the carb box cover off, they're a standard size regardless. In fact, looking...
- Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:30 pm
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Thanks. Does the throttle screw come out? Does it just unscrew. Might just give enough room.storkfoot wrote:If you remove the throttle screw, it looks like it should come off.
- Wed Mar 15, 2017 12:26 pm
- Forum: Vespa Tech
- Topic: Trouble removing air box cover
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Trouble removing air box cover
Hi folks, Quick question hopefully someone may be able to shed some light! I have been doing some maintenance and getting to know my scooter lately. One job I wanted to do was clean the air filter and carb etc. However this is where I have hit a bit of a problem! I can't get the air box cover off. T...