camerondegrey

Replacing the throttle cable on the 65 Motovespa 150s MKII. It was making a crunching noise when I rolled the throttle. Time to investigate!

This is a MotoVespa 150s MK2 '65 and the timing on this 502m motor is 27º BTDC. My initial timing efforts didnt go so well, so I started from the beginning: made sure the points were gapped at ~.4mm. Used a piston stop to get top dead center, using a degree wheel dialed it back to 27º. Had to remove the flywheel a few times to get the dwell just right, but was able to dial it in with a timing light usable for 6v systems. Short but success is sweet!

Just got new points and condenser on the ‘65 Vespa 150s mk2. Made the adjustments but it looks like it is still off by 10 or 15°.