VESPA 1962 150, Operation & Maintenance Manual

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Before setting the machine in motion
Check oil lever in gear box by unscrewing from the crankcase, the level screw marked «
OLIO » (see Fig. 21, No. 1 ). With the scooter standing upright, oil should just be about to
flow out.
After the first 1000 Km (600 miles)
Warm up the engine and drain off all oil through the hole provided.Pour some fresh oil in
and run the engine for a few seconds. Drain again and refill with about 0.18 Kg (0.4 Ibs) of
ESSO MOTOR -OIL 30.
See also page 20.
Every 4000 Km (2500 miles)
1 ) - Remove the air cleaner from the carburettor and agitate in a 30`,', oil-gasoline bath.
2) - Check oil level in the gear box.
3) - Clean the lubricators of front wheel hub and refill them using a grease gun.
4) - Grease joints on brake controls.
5) - Grease the felt which lubricates the of flywheel magneto.
6) - Clean the sparkplug electrodes with a metal brush or very fine emery cloth, and adjust
the gap to 0.6 mm (0.023 in).
Inspect the insulation material of sparkplug, replace if the porcelain is cracked. Wash with
neat gasoline.
Use the type sparkplug prescribed by the Company. We remind owners that the use of an approved
sparkplug will prevent many engine troubles.
7) - Lubricate the speedometer drive pinion and flex drive.
All operations indicated hereunder should be carried out by authorized Service Stations.
8) - Clean the muffler exhaust pipe and decarbonize the engine as explained in following
notes. Remove the muffler, the cooling hood, the cylinder head and cylinder. Decarbonize
the piston crown, the cylinder ports and the inner side of the cylinder head. Carefully clear
the cylinder of carbon deposits.
Heat the exhaust pipe of the muffler, and clean it either by scraping it internally with a
hooked wire or blowing air through from the opposite end; in both cases the muffler should
be held so that the exhaust pipe is pointing downwards.