After trial and error, the combat wombat seems to be shifting fine. I really appreciate everybody's helpful advice.

Marty

Thanks for everyone's input. You folks are a wealth of helpful advice. The shift arm adjustment bolt is where you make adjustments, is that correct? I noticed that the bolt seemed loose, so I tightened it down. As I said earlier, this caused me to lose 2nd 3rd, and 4th gears. So then I loosened it b...

I tried adjusting the shifter arm and now I have no gears between 1st and 5th. What kind of special tool do I need to replace the shifter springs on the control shaft?

Does anyone know what might cause a combat wombat to shift into neutral from 3rd to 4th? It will down shift into 4th from 5th gear, but most times on the up shift from 3rd to 4th jumps into neutral. Very frustrating. Got any advice?
Thanks, Marty

Does anyone know what would was cause a combat wombat to go into neutral when shifting from 4th to 5th gear? Sometimes, as you accelerate it will jump into 5th abruptly, but as you let off the throttle it goes back into 4th.
Thanks, Marty

Thanks Laurie. I hope Barbers will have the motocross back in 2015.
Marty

Just wanted to thank everybody for the helpful input.Amanda, the filter was oiled and cleaned, looks good. Laurie and Darrell, I think you are right. I ordered the tune-up kit w/ points, condenser, and plug. Thanks again, will keep you posted on the progress. Hey Laurie, are you coming to Barbers? L...

As far as I can tell, it has good spark even when sputtering. The points are not new. My mechanic friend had me look for sparks coming from the points while engine is running. It did occasionally spark from the points, but only a little bit.
Marty

Hello everybody, sometime ago I posted that I had found a combat wombat that had sat in a dark shop for a long time. I am pleased to day that she is running again, but I think there is some kind of electrical issue with the bike. She runs like new for about 15-20 minutes, then there is some kind of ...