I've been reading all these posts on here, and I'm not a mechanic by any means, but on my Super8 50X, I have managed to cut the pink wire on the CDI box which gave me higher top speed (37 downhill). This morning in a desperate attempt I did manage to get the carburator separated on the left hand side (front) and dug around and found a metal washer about the size everyone's been saying, so I took that out and put the carburetor back on. I took it out for a small test drive, couldn't really find any good hills and I have to be at work today, but I didn't seem to have that much more power. Still going 25, creeping up to 30 on flat road. Does this sound right? Did I get the right washer out or am I just removing random parts?
The uphill problem seems to be getting worse and worse. Like I said, I was desperate this morning after backing up traffic at 5mph uphill on the way to work, any worse and I'll have to push it! Am I putting the wrong gas in? I'm just using regular. What do I need to do, or tell a mechanic to do?
