You ain't kiddin' man, mine has developed a nasty kickback recently. I think it could easily break a foot or ankle. Watching him kick that thing with those sneakers on was giving me anxiety, I'm afraid to kick mine even with boots on!
Go for it man! Great quads and pretty easy to learn how to work on them. Get you a shop manual and just do it. You'll learn as you go and the second time will be a cake walk. Or you could always sell the locked up one to me...lol. I have more powerful quads but for some reason I LOVE the old 250x.
Joe I found your channel about 7 months ago and subscribed. Dude I can’t stop watching it. I just got a 87 250x project on Craigslist about a month ago. This video is going to really help me out. Keep up the great work👍
For those Honda style valve adjustments, I've found a red robertson screw put into a dowel works great to turn them. The screw head is exactly the same size.
This is why i hate kick starts! first time 13 tries. second time 21 tries. third time 5 tries. fourth time 4 tries. fifth time 4 tries. sixth time 45 TRIES for a grand total of 92 tries.... It reminds me of a horrible chainsaw i had. Haha. Keep up the good work and can't wait for the next episode!
If you know the proper method for kick starting there is no problem. All the new bikes with leave you stranded in the woods if you have a battery problem. I'll take a kick start anyday
I used to have a 1991 and it used to have the same problem. Get the coil and a cdi box for it. It may come as a package deal. Most of the time the cdi goes with the coil. If it ends up stalling out while riding when it get hot it’s the cdi box. Just a warning ⚠️! Great work tho
If you use a c clamp or vise grips to press the piston back into the caliper,but first you have to use your wd 40,I know you have it,lol,it should help
Yep! That's why I say battery and a starter. I don't have the patience for that shit even you do great work and I haven't seen much that doesn't run and run good when you finish it but not me. Give me a starter or a rope for someone to pull me and get it started that way but i'm like you no spark.
Before you put the plug back in you let it swing down while it was plugged into coil and it hit the frame loud enough to make a noise. My first thought was i wonder if that just closed the gap and she wont start. Then it didn't start.🤔
Question for anyone reading: if the cam was not set perfectly on TDC, would the motor still run but maybe run like crap and be hard to start? I've got one I rebuilt the top end on and when it does finally start, it won't rev past half throttle. Acts exactly as if it was hitting a rev limiter. Reverse rev limiter has been replaced, along with the wiring harness. Carb is rebuilt. Runs perfectly up to half throttle, it is very difficult to start though. I'm stumped!!!! HELP NEEDED
Ok, I need your help because your super good with engines and ik there are a tons of people here who know a good amount about quads. So I found a 2001 raptor 660 for $2,000 on CL. The guy sounds fine and says that the head gasket needs to be replaced but it still runs idles and rides fine. Does this sounds fine? And is a blown head gasket bad or easy fix?
hey dude , been watching you for some time now ,, without fail i might add,........ just out of curiousity m how come you never buy any sportsbikes ? seems weird for a dude so into these things
Yo dude im just saying that you shouldn't kick start it over and over again thats floods it and makes it even harder to start let it sit for 15 20m and then try again
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Great video Joe. I love how the same oil filter fits everything...lol. Even the predator 500. Keep it up man...can't wait to rip this one.
Do you want to buy a 2003 Tex 300 ex
It’s in mint condition for 3000
Good job joe! These vintage honda engines are definitly worth it to rebuild! Stop wasting start rebuilding i say
I Remember when i was small my brother had one of those Honda 250 and it would kick back so hard it would almost make you cry 😂😂😂
You ain't kiddin' man, mine has developed a nasty kickback recently. I think it could easily break a foot or ankle. Watching him kick that thing with those sneakers on was giving me anxiety, I'm afraid to kick mine even with boots on!
I have 87 and 91 both almost complete 91 is locked up and you now made up my mind to go for it you do an awesome job brother keep up the awesome work!
Go for it man! Great quads and pretty easy to learn how to work on them. Get you a shop manual and just do it. You'll learn as you go and the second time will be a cake walk.
Or you could always sell the locked up one to me...lol. I have more powerful quads but for some reason I LOVE the old 250x.
i just started watching, but i already know its going to start instantly. you've got a gift with engines joe...
Not really...
Lol your name😂😂👍👍👍
@@levisylvester lol thanks
@@HighlandViking78 better than you...¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@HighlandViking78 but we are not all perfect like you bud
Joe I found your channel about 7 months ago and subscribed. Dude I can’t stop watching it. I just got a 87 250x project on Craigslist about a month ago. This video is going to really help me out. Keep up the great work👍
Been waiting for this one haha watching now bro
this is what I watch in my free time 😴 I enjoy it very much lol
For those Honda style valve adjustments, I've found a red robertson screw put into a dowel works great to turn them. The screw head is exactly the same size.
I almost had a jammer when I saw you fasten those oil filter 8mm only with an impact😂😂
Kicking the shit out of it gets you know where lol the sooner you stop that and start diagnosing the better
On the plus side with all the kicking the engine should be broken in once you get it running lol
love your videos this is where i learn
I learned so much from your videos
Great job joe. You tackle pretty much anything from dirtbikes to quads. 2 stroke or 4 stroke like nothing. Hats off to you
Awesome job by not giving up Patience
Keep a couple feet of Accel 8mm wire around for repairing those.
those lifters make me worry about the cam. I would have changed them both and put the stage 2 in there.
I love all of your videos.. Great job, keep up the good work. Thank you
Awesome ultrasonic cleaner !!
This is why i hate kick starts! first time 13 tries. second time 21 tries. third time 5 tries. fourth time 4 tries. fifth time 4 tries. sixth time 45 TRIES for a grand total of 92 tries.... It reminds me of a horrible chainsaw i had. Haha. Keep up the good work and can't wait for the next episode!
If you know the proper method for kick starting there is no problem. All the new bikes with leave you stranded in the woods if you have a battery problem. I'll take a kick start anyday
Hats off to you man, you really tackle some old beaten up junk...and win.
keep up the good work, very entertaining.
Cheers, Mark
There are only a few good channels I like to comment on. .. This being 1of them. Keep up the great Job man. Peace & Love bro
I used to have a 1991 and it used to have the same problem. Get the coil and a cdi box for it. It may come as a package deal. Most of the time the cdi goes with the coil. If it ends up stalling out while riding when it get hot it’s the cdi box. Just a warning ⚠️! Great work tho
Sprays starter fluid*
Subtitles : whoo
Awesome vid and edits and filming and bike
Awesome video man keep up the good work
Maybe just put a new plug wire on the old coil. Always good to upgrade to the 8.8 automotive plug wires anyway🤷♂️
If you use a c clamp or vise grips to press the piston back into the caliper,but first you have to use your wd 40,I know you have it,lol,it should help
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Another entertaining inspiring video 👍
Yep! That's why I say battery and a starter. I don't have the patience for that shit even you do great work and I haven't seen much that doesn't run and run good when you finish it but not me. Give me a starter or a rope for someone to pull me and get it started that way but i'm like you no spark.
Everything else looks good though. It's suspiciously clean but it looks good. You'll get it going just like the rest. Be safe and aware. God Bless
Loving these videos
Oh yeah 34 year old O Rings are going to look fine. Dude really
but ummmhhhh, ahhhhh,,, ummm,
Have u ever tried to buy a cannodale 440🤔 and fix it up
Someone please send this guy a portable gas tank / bottle. It's painful watching him pour gas down fuel line. Lol.
Gonna be good
G'day Joe mate
It is what it is lol ..ya were making me breathe heavey watching ya kick it over and over and nothing but.anyways godbless and stay safe. .
I destroyed the like button.
Awesome vid
Still love your vids been here sense 1000 subs
Keep up the amazing work bud
Big lemon !!
Need your help, what carburetor can you recommend for a 08 Raptor 250cc?
Now remember high compression pistons require high octane fuel
Yep unfortunately haha
He sprayed brake cleaner that’s good enough lol
just to prevent knock,not to fire off.prevents preination
When you were kicking it you could see the spark at the front of the motor hit the exhaust
21:04-24:22 the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result
You my guy
Before you put the plug back in you let it swing down while it was plugged into coil and it hit the frame loud enough to make a noise. My first thought was i wonder if that just closed the gap and she wont start. Then it didn't start.🤔
Question for anyone reading: if the cam was not set perfectly on TDC, would the motor still run but maybe run like crap and be hard to start?
I've got one I rebuilt the top end on and when it does finally start, it won't rev past half throttle. Acts exactly as if it was hitting a rev limiter.
Reverse rev limiter has been replaced, along with the wiring harness. Carb is rebuilt. Runs perfectly up to half throttle, it is very difficult to start though.
I'm stumped!!!! HELP NEEDED
Did you try taking the battery out and putting it back in?
Ok, I need your help because your super good with engines and ik there are a tons of people here who know a good amount about quads. So I found a 2001 raptor 660 for $2,000 on CL. The guy sounds fine and says that the head gasket needs to be replaced but it still runs idles and rides fine. Does this sounds fine? And is a blown head gasket bad or easy fix?
you are going to the wrong guy to ask that.... check out other fourms before you ask this hack, i would voice my thoughts on that raptor here, but...
@@mikegardin3393 ok thanks
@Whoop!!
hi man how did you learn to do these things. sorry for my enligsh
I wonder if aviation gas would work well with the high compression?.
i love how its puking oil the whole time
this guy makes me laugh.... but my brain hurt at the same time
also notice how he said he was going to clean where the oil filter went but never did?
Por que mezclas marcas de aceite?
hey joe whats that round tube just in front of your foot thats wiggling around? is it a motor mount?
I think it is the nerf bar on the other side.
Do you like 2 or 4 stroke better?
I don't wanna wait 25 mins for you to start it up. Just start it and be done with it
somebody send this guy a clue first!!!!
Sounds like no spark to me. Could see fuel vapor out the tailpipe when you were kicking it over.
Forgot those have same clearance for both.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
The part you’re looking for is
at 21:02
Legend
I want to see a race the ltz 400 and the 400ex
U can see if sparking in the video when your kicking it
hey dude , been watching you for some time now ,, without fail i might add,........ just out of curiousity m how come you never buy any sportsbikes ? seems weird for a dude so into these things
Some moron where I live was trying to sell one of these for 5000
Kick it like a puppy that just pissed on the floor
Find top dead centre mate it's a certain WAY to kick these old hondas trust me
Don’t you need to be getting gas from the tank to start it ?
no, if the bowl is full, doesnt matter the source
That front brake is still stuck.. They should spin freely... People ain't stupid....
but he fixed it!!!! Just gotta put the tire back on so he can spin it easier
Y’all go search up tecate 250 on marketplace it’s cheap
FYI
You cannot find parts for those
Anywhere.....
wow little excessive on the kick starter. after spraying it and it didnt go iwould have checked spark then .. Little less brutal on the parts
Cam timing out
Yo dude im just saying that you shouldn't kick start it over and over again thats floods it and makes it even harder to start let it sit for 15 20m and then try again
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How many people use gloves all the time. I only use them for really dangerous situations do rock safety glasses Alot
Just the tip
Do you work out?
He works out mechanical issues!!
lifting, maneuvering and finessing in tight spaces can cause pulls and strains on muscles and joints, mechanical jobs are quite demanding physical tasks.. most parts are heavier then they look..
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Hay man i need you help im tryto being my kx80 back to life you have a email i cN get a hold of u
Axle bearings siezed.sized. rusty chain not helping.
Maybe you need a whole new bike before you take it for a ridw
No wonder it won’t start
U don’t have a gas tank
Dude u seem to be a smart mechanic but u have too take everything off to inspect the bike bro it an old bike