Thanks for explaining the vent setup. I noticed the kicker was really far out on the shaft and fixed it today, it still doesn't seat fully but much better than in the photo.

Nevermind I think, it looks like this is just a piece of hosing that was convincingly original for my untrained eyes. I do have a more useful question though, I was wondering what you guys do about battery spilling with those unsealed lead acid batteries. Mine seems to leak a bit probably just becau...

Here's the grip and pedal.

The grip on my Wombat's kicker pedal is getting worn out and I want to replace it, but all the replacements I see on the hodaka-parts.com schematics are not the same grip. Anyone know what grip I have on there currently and where to find it? Or should I just replace this one with the one in all the ...

Update on the compression and other stuff. After about 7 kicks the highest reading I got was 130 psi. Seems fine to me. Not sure how tight the gauge needs to be in the plug hole but it was only hand tightened, so it might have leaked a bit. Spark plug looks great according to the reference pictures ...

Ok, good to know. Thank you for the assessment and help.

As far as I know, fine. It seems to have decent power and the engine has plenty of resistance when kicked. I'm not sure if I ever compression gauge tested it. Probably not since I can't remember the numbers.

Well you would be right that once it is warm the choke kills it. So I suppose it idles weakly. It does have enough power to move in first with closed throttle though (and not die). So overall I'm happy with the idle. The point of the video was that ticking/clacking noise that you hear by the cylinde...

So I recently finished up the light issues and small things on my Ace 100 B+ with the Wombat engine inside. Now, I want to be able to ride it but I am a bit worried about wearing it out since the engine makes a noise that I think isn't normal. Since I know almost nothing about engine noises (and my ...

So I was wondering, does the nitrogen gas leak out of the shock over time and inevitably destroy it? I would think that whatever seal is used would be rotten by now and just let everything out. It seems like a decent amount of people keep original shocks on their bikes, so I would assume a considera...

Thanks for the bulb info, I'm still unclear on the battery stuff though. Do you think this would work?
https://www.amazon.com/Motobatt-MBT6N4- ... 09&sr=8-26

Thanks for the help everyone, I was able to get most of the parts I need from Bruce Young (road toad limiter, brake switch, fuse link). I've been hung up on actually finishing the project for a while because of school, but I'm planning to get it done soon for spring. However, I need a battery and ha...

Ok, so here's the story of what happened today. I got it working with those 12v bulbs. Remember, I still have no battery. I think this may play a role in what happened, I just don't know what that role is. Everything was fine, the bulbs were perfectly bright, EVEN at idle. But, then when I went to r...

Thank you for the explanation Jpark. Now that I got a better look at the stator from some pictures (I haven't opened up my engine) I am understanding better. When is the switch combining the output of the two coils together? In the DC or AC position? I'd think the AC because, of course, the DC posit...

Hosk1956, I'd show you but I don't know how to post pictures. My best description is that it looks mostly normal (like before blowtorching it), there's a little flange on the back of the reflector dish and that is where the solder between the bulb and reflector was. As far as any damage, the only di...

By the way, if anyone could help me understand the meaning of the layout of the keyswitch on this diagram, http://hodakapartsidaho.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/SCAN-4.pdf it would be greatly appreciated. I can only understand the simple parts of the diagram, and whatever is going on with the keysw...

Thank you guys for the help once again. A) I think my bike is missing the brake switch for the rear. Luckily I can test the circuit still because I found the wires a while ago when looking things over. Thanks for telling me about the correct location of things. B) Al, I will email you. I'm a bit con...

So, today I was working on the lighting on my bike, and as I made progress I noticed some weird behaviors when it came to the taillight and when it does/doesn't turn on. For context, I have an Ace 100 B+ with a Wombat engine. My keyswitch, as far as I'm aware, has these positions from left to right:...

Thanks for the help all, I could have sworn I already posted a reply on here but I guess I hadn't (today I was checking back). I have made decent progress so far. The old bulb has been removed from the headlamp with a blowtorch, and there is next to no damage (a tiny amount of this "bubbling&qu...

I want to add to this the discovery I just made when researching on the Hodaka-parts website, I guess the bulb unit inside was actually from a Wombat 125 or something because it uses bullet connectors and someone wrote the 949341 PN on the back. I'm thinking this means that I need the Wombat bulb be...

Hello, I don't know how active this forum is but I thought I'd join to see if I could get some advice for my situation. I am a HS senior and I recently bought a 71 Ace 100 B+ with a Wombat engine in it. Today while putting together the light system (which wasn't hooked up), I couldn't get the lamp t...