hello from new zealand

[hmmmnz]

im sure a few of you have seen me on he yahoo groups page, and have seen my folly to date
on the mini buffalo... that chibi copy,

well heres a few pics


(excuse the moustache, its MOvember, and we arre all growing them at work for charity)

heres the strip down





and 1 buggered conrod and bearings



at this point in time i have managed to get rings for the piston, from a pa50 scooter(required a little trimming to the brass locating pin)
and a conrod from a ts50er (thats my best find so far...) well i hope it is,
i pick it up today, hopefully i am right and all the measurements are the same

now all i need is every bearing in the engine!!!   
mmm wee bike is costing me a fortune.


any way,  hello from new zealand

[CafeTBird]

Good on ya, mate - looks very much like a Chibi!

... and this is what a proper discussion forum is aboot....   

Scot

[hmmmnz]

well i picked up the conrod today,

guess what...

its perfect wohoo,
so i can now confirm that a ts50er  conrod is exactly the same as the chibi copy one
joy

all bearings and oil seals have now been ordered,
next mission is going to be the crank pin, as thats buggered as well
all i gotta do is find a site that has dimensions so i can find  which one will fit
in place of mine

[Dave]

Have a look at prox technical pdf file on there web page ,all sizes of seals, bearings and crank pins plus from which model it was for.
     Dave (Perth O.Z formerly from Dunedin)

[hmmmnz]

hey, yeah i did, thats where i managed to find the conrod,
unfortuatly i coulnt find a bearing that would fit the 17mm crank pin and the 22mm conrod
so i had to get a 18mm pin machined to fit the crank, and got a 18x22x13 bearing from sfk bearings
so all is good in the world,:D
i just have to make up a gasket for between the crank cases and then its re-assemble time
i just have 2 more cables to find (throttle and front brake)
and i have the illusive carb/ crank case cover on the way from the states for the princly sum of $32us
including postage
so hopefully in the next couple of days the wee beasty will be running
fun times,

im still debating weather i should get it painted, as i really like the "mini buffalo" graphics that are on it
retro cool

ill post some more pics in a couple of days