Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Now I bought a new spark plug and this didn't seem to help. I am at a loss as to why the engine will not fire. I know it has fuel, and spark. Is it possible the timig culd be off?

If the timing is off then wouldn't the engine still fire every once ina while if I was to hold the starter button down ...

ok thanks for the help everyone! This is what I have done...

- cleaned out the carb again and the bowl WAS full of fuel.
- I can not see through the little orfice/tube between the main bowl tube and bystarter tube, should I be able too? carb cleaner doesn't seem to elp if its clogged.
- checked ...

Alright so earlier today mousewheel gave me some advise to get my starter working properly for my 86 spree. Now its installed and seems to work fine but I still cant seem to get the spree to start. I put some fresh gas in, have good compression and spark, cleaned air filter, and cleaned the carb a ...

that seems like a deal to me. Just a couple days ago I bought a 85 an 86 spree for $90 for the pair. Neither run but I am fairly close to getting the 86 to run. both supposedly have under 1200 miles but I doubt this. But the spree you bought looks better than the ones I got judging from the pics ...

[quote]In fact, someone offered my friend a half pound for his car trailer, and he don't even as little as smoke cigarettes. He really got annoyed for that one./quote]

:thumbsup: I would have bought the trailer from my friend then called the dude w/ the half and made the deal :rock:

But lets get ...

Mousewheels thanks for the input. I just swapped cans and now it I have a starter that spins clockwise as it should. I am thinking that the starter that used to spin the wrong way and the kickstart parts that are opposite from what they should be must be from a different year or model. Tomorrow I ...

So here is my first post on this forum!

So I just bought two basket cases of sprees. I have been working on one and found out the starter spins backward and obviously the bendix doesn't engage. The other starter seems to be burnt out as it doesn't turn to often. Although sometimes once it gets ...