Extra pics.

aaaahhhh isn't it cute. Next to my new P200E piston.

Just needs a tidy up, hopefully.

a common theme is this oily film

Need to find a headlight surround for this, I reckon it could be hard to get.

If you happen to have one that will fit this model let me know.

Delving further.

The news is more good than bad, the carb was full of oil or something that used to be oil, had a funky smell as well. When I dismantled it, it was fine, the gaskets and o-rings need replacing, the needle and mix screws tips are worn as well.
The air box was next to spotless.
The previous owner thought it would be a great idea to cut the wiring from the frame, the upside was he had the sense to leave the colours in the various components which will make wiring it up easier. Lastly the horn was held in place by some pliable stiffer bluetac type material.
More to come.

Goop and off with your head.

 

Here's a snap of the goop, applied with all the love possible.

Ok I just couldn't help myself, I pulled the head off to reveal, in my limited experience, a near on pristine cylinder, you could still kind of see the machining lines from boring, Possible its had a rebore or even a hone, I don't really know, but I did promise the owner I wouldn't go as far as this until this afternoon when he stops by to inspect the bits and we'll split the cases......sorry Anthony.

What a mess!

With the smally in the shop, I wasted little time dropping the engine and begin the task of removing what was in places over an inch thick of greasy mud, took longer than I thought. Scraping and eventually getting it clean enough to pressure wash it, it camp up pretty good. There's some kind of either repair job at the base, someone's been fairly liberal with some kind of putty that has set hard, I suspect it was to stop an oil leak and nothing too serious. The kick start was broken clean in half and was being held in place by the fact the case moulding wouldn't allow it to fall out. The funny thing is the first thing we did when we unloaded it was do a compression test, bloody near on 150, the Sprint only comes in at around 115-120, so that's encouraging. I'll get some more pics through later. Sadly there is one medium sized mean looking spider now in the market for real estate.

Bearing puller

I installed the crank shaft after a bit of swapping and changing some washers to get the configuration right, I used the inner race of an old bearing against the new bearing, a couple of small washers to clear the Cush drive, a big washer on each end of the piece of pipe, a smaller washer for the nut to turn against. Same size bolt with two nuts welded together and presto the crank is home an spinning freely against the repaired rotary pad, courtesy of Hotrod Al in the US. I'm almost at a stand still while I wait for the gears and clutch arm. The small frame engine will keep me busy. The scooter is a 1978 Spanish built 75cc Motovespa. Not sure how many of these are about here in Australia.

A different animal

The new project is a go-er, back story is the guy who I got the parts for the P200E engine, Mark Carter of Carters Classic Scooters, sent me a message a week ago because he saw that someone had put a smallie on eBay that was in the town I live in. So I gave him a call a couple of days later, not to buy the scoot, but to see if he would be interested in trying to get the thing running, with the idea in the back of my mind that once it was going he could get a better price for it or.... or keep it and fall in love with it, ending up a Vespa nutter like me, also someone nearby to talk Vespa stuff with, tinkering and riding and all that. He was kinda keen, but time was the problem, we are all busy, I rode out and had a look at it, the engine turned when kicked and looked to be all there, we chatted a while and I headed home, the scooter was to be dropped off tomorrow for a clean up and to try and get it going. Should be a heap of fun.
It was the annual classic and custom car show in town today so I did two drive bys the first was for a look, the second was carrying a box of beer to show off, I have the wannabe bikies milling around on the footpath outside the pub a toot as I zipped past. Always get a kick out of doing that.

Friday night

Near perfect night tinkering. My homemade crank puller needs some refining, I got some graphics for the side cowl, not 100% sold on it just yet. Didn't get much done except listening to some tunes and a few beers.
Stand by for a potential side project.