1980 Honda 185 needs rebuild

[Dekker1257]

Hey new to the forum.I just bought a 1980 Honda 185 3 wheeler not sure if it's an S or not.but paid 300 for it it's all there in good shape to but she smokes alittle.so I'm trying to find where I can get a top end rebuild kit for it?I have a place to send the jug already but can't seem to find a top end rebuild kit for it haha.

[HoldMyBeer]

I'm not saying it's exactly the right thing to do but I've had good luck buying new rings for the stock piston and honing the jug a little bit. No smoke, good compression. Just clean the valves and adjust them properly. Of course I'm kinda tight and I do things on the cheap...

Try Beatrice Cycle at www.dratv.com they're really good

[Dekker1257]

K thanks.how do you tell if it's a 185s or standard 185 ?

[shortline10]

Their all the same , doesn't matter , 1980 was the only year the plain 185 was made and it's pretty rare .
You can bore your cylinder out to accept any atc185 / atc200 piston kit your cylinder can safely be bored up to 66.5 mm .

[jasbret]

1980 185 was the first year ATC's came w 25" tires and 9" wheels. 81-83 185s has 22" tires, 8" wheels and a bit smaller/lighter frame.

[Dekker1257]

Cdi box took a cap today on the lake but should have new one tomorrow.it's funny if I smack the box the rote way it will work but if I tap it again it will shut down

[Russman1986]

Cdi box took a cap today on the lake but should have new one tomorrow.it's funny if I smack the box the rote way it will work but if I tap it again it will shut down
Make sure the spark advance is tight and not missing any springs it's a 10 mill bolt make sure the lobe is clean and the pick up coil gap is set. The pick up coil is the little black box. I set the gap to about the thickness of a playing card. Lastly take the cap of the view hole place the fly wheel on F for fire and line up the frame of the whole thing to the lobe. Just a friendly reminder the lobe can go on the advance 180 degrees in the wrong direction be mindful of that if you take it off to clean it.

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[Dekker1257]

It runs mint but when the cdi gets cold I have to warm it up and hit the cdI then bam it work great have used it a few times now pulling portable on lake.I have no cdi coming tomorrow.I checked all the inlgnition timing and cam timing everything is perfect still.just need to adjust the valves yet.

[Russman1986]

Did the new cdi box do the trick? Mite have had a short. If everything else is in order I'm sure it's defective.

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[Dekker1257]

Ordered a cdi from some place and didn't work then found a place that sells oem ones? Said on the box anyway now she purrs like a kitten

[350for350]

I had the same thing happen with my 1980 185. It had a bad cdi when I got it. I ordered a cheap one on ebay. After I found out that it didn't work,I checked the resistance and one reading wasn't in spec. I bought another one that said it was for a 1980 Atc185 not just that it would fit it like the first one said. I checked it before installation and it was good. It has run fine since. I guess just because it fit, it didn't mean it was right. Now this could be only for the 1980 models and the rest could be the same.