Kicks over, won't start

[Stu]

I would be drying the plug/plugs out as you won't be getting a decent spark with wet plugs

or better still replace

[Mr Fro]

If you're changing the plugs it might be worth upgrading to NGK iridium. Mine was a slag to start until I fitted a set of those. Now it starts no problem and they last a lot longer than standard.

[hardleydavidson]

Thanks guys,

Will be spending most of tomorrow in the man cave with the aim of getting this damn thing going. I'll recheck everything...

Fuel

Jets

Float Height

Air

Compression

Spark

Battery

Earth

Gaskets

Valves

Leaks

Electrical shutoffs

I'll also change out the plug and check it's not flooding, hopefully by the end of the day I'll have a video of a running engine.

[ThePhatomfart]

Is it the Mikuni VM carb on yours

[hardleydavidson]

PZ19 manual choke

[ThePhatomfart]

This could be of help to you.

http://www.pocketbikeplanet.com/129-4stroke-midbikes/79638-pz19-carb-tuning.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[hardleydavidson]

Thanks for that some really good info there.

[hardleydavidson]

I am officially an idiot.

Old tank was rusty so I removed it an fitted a new tank with new petcock, filter and lines. Fuel flows freely to the carb and I have all the things I need to get it to start and it doesn't. Removed the carb carefully so as to not spill any fuel over myself, again removed the bowl carefully and put to one side without spilling any fuel. cleaned the jets and checked the float height, reassembled carefully and reattached to the bike, still nothing. Charged battery, checked plug, removed air filter, still nothing. No shutoff issues either.

It's working now, can you see what I missed?

[hardleydavidson]

At no point did I drain the carb bowl, old fuel was sitting in there. Grrrrrrr, lesson learnt.