Help with timing please!?!?

**blown355nova** · 03-12-2006, 07:08 PM

Hello everyone. This will be my first post here. My name is Sean and I just came into thw ownership of my friends old 1984 Tecate3 trike. Aside from some minor TLC the bike is in pretty good condition with one problem... timing. So far no shops around my home will work on a bike of this age, so I searched the net and found this site. I was hoping someone here could help me figure out how to set the timing on the bike. Any help at all would be great! Thanks alot everyone!

**MTS** · 03-12-2006, 07:47 PM

The is no adjustable timing-to say on a 2 stroke Tecate.....Just moving the stator plate back and forth, a few degree's, Im assuming you have no spark? Common problem with the T3 is the glue that held the magnets on in the flywheel would come loose and fry the flywheel(Magneto whatever) I do belive Rickeystator makes replacement's......What year nova....Pics! haha

to the forum also..

**blown355nova** · 03-12-2006, 07:51 PM

No its getting spark. But it wont kick over. The guys who had this before me said it was out of time, and would need a shop to get the timing set right to start... so Im not too sure whats the deal, it has fuel, and spark... just dont know what else I can do... thanks for the reply! Anything else I can try?

**MTS** · 03-12-2006, 07:53 PM

Wont kick over as in sized? or wont start? Clean Carb i would assume and a new plug? Have you checked the Reeds and what kind of compression dose it have?

**blown355nova** · 03-12-2006, 07:57 PM

Ok it does kick over, it wont start. I replaced the plug, and the carb has been removed and cleaned. What reeds are you speaking of?

**MTS** · 03-12-2006, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by blown355nova

Ok it does kick over, it wont start. I replaced the plug, and the carb has been removed and cleaned. What reeds are you speaking of?

On the intake side, between the rubber intake and the cylinder, you can see them unless you pull the intake..., But if you can find out what the compression is.....Could tell you more, you Got the carb adjusted properly? floats set, A/F screw and the needle?

**blown355nova** · 03-12-2006, 08:03 PM

Well the guys who had this thing before me went over the carb. They have a bunch of quads, and other things. They cleaned it out and reinstalled it thinking it wasnt getting fuel. I know it has good compression, its a *Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited* trying to kick start it! haha. I assume they did the carb good? I just got the thing today, and I would like to start it sometime. Thanks for your help dude!

**MTS** · 03-12-2006, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by blown355nova

Well the guys who had this thing before me went over the carb. They have a bunch of quads, and other things. They cleaned it out and reinstalled it thinking it wasnt getting fuel. I know it has good compression, its a *Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited* trying to kick start it! haha. I assume they did the carb good? I just got the thing today, and I would like to start it sometime. Thanks for your help dude!

Hmmmm....Dose it backfire at all when you try to start it? or just cold turky turns over and no go?

**blown355nova** · 03-12-2006, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by My trike Sucks

Hmmmm....Dose it backfire at all when you try to start it? or just cold turky turns over and no go?

Well I havent even tried to start it yet. haha, think I should try? The mag is off the side cover, so they said to go buy a book and set the timing. My cycle center just closed, Im missing the key to that mag too. Bummer. They said they tried to start it and it just dont fire off. I was told its getting fuel and spark, they think the timing is set wrong so its not firing off.

**blown355nova** · 03-12-2006, 09:05 PM

Do you know where the stator plate should be on the stock setting? Right now the one thats on there sits in the center. Maybe the stator is causing the no start problem? Could a weak spark cause a problem like this?

**200x Basket** · 03-12-2006, 09:18 PM

i no longer have my tecate so i cant be much help. i can tell you that there is a timing mark on the block and the stator plate. you need to remove the flywheel to make sure the magnets are good and that the flywheel crank key is not sheared. if all that is good. line the mark up and try to start it. if you cant kick start try to pull it off. if you get it flooded real bad or alot of oil in the bottom of the crankcase you will never be able to kick start it.

**200x Basket** · 03-12-2006, 09:19 PM

BTW i used to have a 67 tube chassis nova that ran low 8's!!!

**blown355nova** · 03-12-2006, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by 200x Basket

i no longer have my tecate so i cant be much help. i can tell you that there is a timing mark on the block and the stator plate. you need to remove the flywheel to make sure the magnets are good and that the flywheel crank key is not sheared. if all that is good. line the mark up and try to start it. if you cant kick start try to pull it off. if you get it flooded real bad or alot of oil in the bottom of the crankcase you will never be able to kick start it.

Are you talking about the stator side of the engine? I have the left cover off, and the magnets and off, so I can see the stators. That plate they are on is bolted on center.

**200x Basket** · 03-12-2006, 10:00 PM

it should have two screws that hold the stator plate on. you loosen those two and you can turn the plate. i can not remember how it is marked but it is marked. you can adjust it with the flywheel in place. only one of the coils is the ignition stator, the other is the lighting coil.

**blown355nova** · 03-12-2006, 10:10 PM

Does the bike have a kill switch that stock? Or and "on" switch thats stock? Because the old owner deleted all the lights it seems, and any switches that may have been on the handle bars

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