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Well one of the problems I had with the Tessy was the original bolt that held the kick starter on was missing when I bought the scooter.
Someone had stuck a bolt from the hardware store in to replace it and it hardley worked. I tried to use a modified clevis pin which worked well for a short time but quickly failed.
Anna was able to find an original and get it to a machine shop to have some replicas made. Wow the set up fee was huge!!! She had 5 made at a cost of over $200 US dollars. So the price per bolt was quite high. I thought only the Pentagon paid that kind of money for simple things LOL :-)
Today was a warm winter day so I went to the garage and installed the kick-starter.
And then I started her up!!!! (VIDEO)
To be continued.......
Hello!
ReplyDeleteI am currently trying to restore a Tessy i have in the basement, that has a good and long story. It belonged to my grandfather in Angola, Africa. There she have been modified to i don't know what, but i know that it wolud help in the harvesting fields... In about 1990 the scooter came to Portugal, bought my father. Deassembled everything, reconstructed the frame, because of the mod... So... i just remember it as a pile of bolts, because i was only 4 years old.. Nowadays i'm myself trying to put every thing back together...
My slightly problem is, i had never seen one engine built, so, i'm having problems with the clutch, the electrical circuit (only have one coil, and i think it should have two), and the carburator (don't know if i have all the pieces)...Do you have photos of these? You have an electrical scheme?
Thanks,
Miguel