Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

I got the same problem with my 85 spree. If you figure it out, please post cause its driving me crazy too.

Please tell me, I can't figure it out.

Your muffler or exhaust port were plugged.

The part about 'put in a new one' is making me guess (well twice, leaving a third swing for suspense)
Crankshaft seal? Damaged and leaky gasket at the case/reeds?

You can have all the topend compression in the world but it wont run if it cant pump the bottom end into the combustion chamber. I test em by pulling the plug and listening while I crank it over, should hear a pop every time it hits BDC.

You put faith in the Lord-Almighty and he blessed you with scooty goodness?

I'm guessin the reed cage.

A stripped keyway can do that, sometimes it can be very obvious if it backfires out the carb.

Believe it or not I found that I had the same problem, just tighten it down as good as possible with some red loc tight. Runs like a champ.

huh?! maybe thats what my problem is. But what is that key-way you're talking about?

i just put that new 44mm bore kit in, i have compression, spark, and fuel(in the bowl atleast) When i hold the throttle WOT it will fire a lil bit. I spray WD40 into the carb from the air filter side, it'll fire a lil bit.

But i'll let the throttle go, and burn up all the WD40, and nothing, it'll pop everyonce in a while, but it will not start, i've been working on it all last night, the night before that, and from about 12 noon today, and nothing.

Any help IS SOOOO appreciated!

Greetings:

This was an interesting puzzler, CGJ. One I confess I didn't guess. The question now is How/Why did it happen?

The keyway is the slotted portion behind the mag. The mag-side of the crank will look like this, with a small little metal piece that looks like a half-moon inserted into it.



So you can slide on the mag (magneto) that is cut like this.



If that little halfmoon keyway piece is stripped or missing, then the position of the mag will be off in relation to its timing.