Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Hi, i'm rebuilding a honda spree and I need some help. The spree was running before i took it apart, but the battery would always die after using it even if I charged it before (its a new battery), it would smoke a lot and after the winter when I was going to start it for the first time i realized the piston was full of oil, i couldn't even crank. I'm assuming I have a problem with my stator, my oil pump and my piston. I'm I right any ideas? I want to change the oil pump, the stator, the piston , head and gasket. Where you be the best place to buy the head and the piston, are ebay kit good?

What else should I do to make run better..clean the exhaust?

Should a take a bigger piston to have it go a little faster?

Thanks

From what I can see, your piston is fine. Clean it up and reuse it. Just quit using cheap oil.

Either replace the oil pump or use a plug and start premixing. I would replace the pump.

Troubleshoot the charging system. A bad stator will not make your battery go flat. A bad regulator/rectifier can however do that.

No a bigger piston alone will not make you faster. You will need gears along with the piston.

I already changed the regulator and it didn't change anything, what else could it be?
I want to put the 44mm bore kit from ebay, is it a good choice, i just want to have my spree a bit faster a the start.

I see the oil pump fell apart on disassemble (shaft out). Usually that means the seal's shot; failure mode is the seal at the bottom goes out and they start leaking.

Way to check: Remove complete oil pump while still connected to oil tank, hang over a bucket. If there's oil in the bucket overnight you have a leaky pump.

You can try to fix the pump by swaging in a new seal, but that's advanced and iffy. Better to buy a known good one from a reputable seller. Suggest you test it as well in the same manner. Or run premix.

+1 on either lousy oil or way too much of it in the bottom end.

I'm not able to find Tazland001... if I use this kit: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-Sp ... 33677c7cb6

do I need to do any other modification on the carb to have run properly?
Is it a good kit did someone test it before?

lamie2012 wrote:I'm not able to find Tazland001... if I use this kit: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-Sp ... 33677c7cb6

do I need to do any other modification on the carb to have run properly?
Is it a good kit did someone test it before?

That's him but he can't cut you a forum member deal on flea-bay. Try here:

http://www.hondaspree.net/phpBB3/member ... ile&u=9513