Purchased a complete what looks to be a 49cc qingqi (pronounced chin chee) scooter for $100. They are very popular in china and the middle east, partnered with yamaha they make reliable parts, not so good body plastics. The motor is NOT locked up because I can sping the flywheel and hear it compress. When I try to kick start it doesn’t seem to catch on anything, it feels very light when kicking it and it does spring back up. Battery was dead so I jumped it with a car battery. Everything seemed to work like it should (horn turn signals, gas gauge, oil warning light ect..) but when I hit the start button after turning the key to the on position nothing happens… I haven’t had a chance to dismantle the trans to see what’s up with the kick starter but I’m hoping to save some time by getting some ideas. Thanks
2 stroke scooter won’t start, kick start just spins, electric start won’t engage?
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It seems that your crank is not engaging onto the fly wheel. You will need to open the crank to find out the prob. If the springs are corroded a little penetrating oil should work (you will need to loosen them by hand). About the starter, try jumping the starter solenoid. Be sure your battery is charged. On the starter you’ll find the starter solenoid, both terminals are positive. Get a short piece of wire and touch both. This should activate the starter w/ or w/o the ignition on. If it works this way, the prob could be the ignition switch.
The kickstart mechanism is fairly straight forward, a pivoting lever attached to a spring (to return the lever to the upright position) and a gear that engages the crank. The kick starter on that size engine is not gonna have a whole lot of pressure anyway.
as for the electric start, like the other person said, find the starter solenoid and take either a heavy piece of wire or a screwdriver and lay it across the terminals. If the starter engages, then it could be 1) a bad solenoid, a bad wire going to/from the solenoid 2)a blown ignition fuse 3)a bad wire in the ignition switch.
Get a manual for the scooter and start diagnostics as outlined there.