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STEP 7:
Remo
v
e the 3x23mm roundhead machine
scre
ws that f
asten the header to the
engine
.
Carefully remo
v
e the header to
av
oid damaging the gask
et.
To
separ
ate the engine from the engine
mount, remo
v
e the f
our 3x8mm caphead
machine scre
ws
.
REB
UILDING THE
ENGINE
STEP 1:
Remo
v
e the 4mm loc
kn
ut from the front
pipe hanger
.
Pull the pipe from the rear
e
xhaust header
STEP 2:
Remo
v
e the y
ello
w g
round wire from the EZ-Star
t.
STEP 3:
Unplug the b
lue wire from the glo
w plug.
Remo
v
e the
fuel line from the carb
uretor inlet and from the e
xhaust
header pressure fitting.
Disconnect the red and b
lac
k
wires from the EZ-Star
t motor
.
STEP 4:
Tu
rn
the car on its side
.
With a 2mm he
x dr
iv
er and a
Phillips head scre
wdr
iv
er
, remo
v
e the 6 engine mount
bolts
.
STEP 5:
Pull the engine from the chassis
.
T
ur
n the engine
so that the flywheel will clear the br
ak
e disk and the
throttle linkage to the carb
uretor will release
.
STEP 6:
Remo
v
e EZ-Star
t from engine b
y remo
ving the tw
o
remaining Phillips head scre
ws
.
STEP 9:
Changing the piston and slee
ve assemb
ly
Use a 5/16 inch n
ut dr
iv
er to remo
v
e the glo
w plug and
copper gask
et.
STEP 10:
Use a 2.5mm allen wrench to remo
v
e the f
our 3x12mm
cap head scre
ws that f
asten the cylinder head.
Roc
k
the cylinder head gently from side to side to release it
from the slee
v
e
.
Note the thin alumin
um head gask
ets
.
We
recommend that y
ou replace these gask
ets with
ne
w ones upon reassemb
ly
.
STEP 11:
Remo
v
e the bac
kplate and the
star
ter shaft.
Replace the bac
kplate
gask
et with a ne
w one dur
ing
assemb
ly
.
STEP 12:
The piston and slee
v
e are a matched set.
When the
piston and slee
v
e are disassemb
led, the
y m
ust be
reassemb
led in the same or
ientation.
Use a hob
b
y
knif
e to scr
atch a mar
k to indicate the location of the
piston in relation to the pinning of the slee
v
e
.
STEP 8:
Remo
ving the carb
uretor is not necessar
y to reb
uild
the engine
, unless y
ou intend to replace the inter
nal
bear
ings of the engine
.
Remo
v
e the carb
uretor b
y
loosening the 3mm loc
kn
ut and pulling the carb
uretor
str
aight up
.