Motor not engaging, new to this, PLEASE HELP

bluegoatwoods said:
When you do try turning your pedals and see if the piston goes up and down easily. If the answer is no, then that'll be a good indication that there's been damage in there.
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Feel for compression. if I'm going too slow when I drop my clutch, my back tire skids from the resistance from compression in the engine. Can you feel the resistance? back tire skid, or just slowly coming to a stop, like dragging your feet. Probably the easiest compression test.

I can't speak for running out of oil in these specifically, but Ive seen quite a few 2 strokes survive without oil for a bit. No guarantee its shot yet. Ive had some really boned compression readings on engines that will still run. This is a fine engine to learn on, parts are cheap, operation is simple. You'll be a pro in no time and back on the road.

Best I can tell from your pic, is that someone used better hardware on your head, and maybe not better connectors for your magneto.

maybe I missed it, but regarding your choke... take off your air filter, have a look. You will see your choke. When "on" the intake will be blocked or partially blocked. FWIW, I have not needed to choke unless its <40 F As I remember up is off down is on.
 
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The choke is said to be 'on' when it is closed, lever up. If the choke is 'off', it is open, lever down.

Tom
 
No sooner did I post that lame joke using Google Translate, than did I get a Chinese advert: THANKS GOOGLE! (and now: back to your regularly scheduled thread)

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