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So I took starter motor off and cleaned the surface and earth wire, hasn't made a difference so after a bit of tinkering and putting petrol into the carb I finally got it started bit of smoke not too much though maybe due to it been so frigging cold and it been stood for a few months I don't know, anyway it was idling mega high on choke so any slight throttle I gave it the revs just dropped like a fly almost dead but then they picked up again eventually the choke calmed down a bit then gave it some throttle and it was really jerky and barely had any response  So confused to what's wrong I'm gonna try turning the fuel mix screw up a bit see if it does anything.

Ohh crap yeah forgot about that way, gonna clean the terminal up as well just to make sure there's nothing stopping it been earthed tomorrow's task if the weather isn't crap as per.

Is that the green wire what connects to the starter motor and back of Kickstart case? If it is I noticed a few months ago the bolts were a little loose so I tightened them as much as I could as they're such a twat to get to, ended up using a socket screwdriver it seemed to work but maybe this could be why its dieing! Would love it to be an easy fix like that but knowing my luck it will be something much more serious and expensive haha!

Yo guys, I'm going to invest in some feeler gauges found some on tebay don't know if they're any good

 http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=120784819568&index=2&nav=SEARCH&nid=22327591972

Oh crap like I've even got the time or money to be replacing valves, it looks easy but I'm sure you will need some specialist tools or something, even to adjust the valves you need a 'valve adjuster'?! I don't have one and have no idea what one is, would a pair of pliars work? Also I don't have any feeler gauges only got basic tools hmm maybe easier to strip it and sell it for parts rather than messing about with it anymore than I have. It wouldn't be an issue if I had a job then it would probably be sorted by now. So if I just try to clean all fuel pipes etc what shall I use to clean them through? Also not sure how to clean the tank :/ well if I have quarter well not even that then over a period of a few weeks it will have evaporated, and there's no fuel leaking out anywhere haven't seen any moisture or smelt any petrol when I've had petrol in the tank so where its going I don't know?!

So the smoke could be worn piston rings? It was all fine when I stripped and cleaned the engine, and piston rings were fine must of finally worn then.

she's got no fuel in her at the mo as it likes to evaporate out of the fuel cap, as the rubber has cracked  the fuel tank has a little bit of dirt floating in the bottom as i noticed a week ago or so, not sure if this is getting past the filter or not shouldnt be though as i replaced the fuel filter in feb, it was left for a while(about 8 months) with the same fuel in about quarter of a tank but it seemed to burn fine, but from what i remember when i first got it going with a little help from a mechanic, it had a big cloud of blue/grey smoke then just cut out. he sorted it out after replacing carb, putting redex in, new air filter, fuel filter and some other bits. then it seemed to be fine is still a bit smokey at full throttle a little blue smoke comes out but not much, and on the spark plug it seems to have oil, or extremely burnt petrol around the washer, hopefully its just petrol, but i have replaced it and it seems to be wet around the washer again.

I've finally replaced the jet and got a jubilee clip there was me all excited, it worked for 10mins then just cut out once again! Looks like I'm gonna give up on it and just leave it till summer :/

 Yeah it was just one of those moments when in a rush to get home and totally misjudged the corner even though I've been round it hundreds of times but it just caught me that once and BANG! poorly Ped haha, will order a new jet on weds and a jubilee clip and hopefully she will work again, if not I'm just gonna disconnect the choke see if its that...