MPDano NEW Project: Two ETon Rover

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Guys,

Got a couple ETon Rovers. One is a Rover Short Bars which is the blue one. Both have dead batteries but that didn't stop me from trying to start them up. Jumped the Blue Rover Short Bars with my Land Rover and she started right up. Only runs with choke, but that's and easy fix. Need to clean out the jets, especially the pilot. Will report back once this has been done.

Red Rover, jumped it and nothing, not even a click. Gotta check the solenoid on that one. Not too many of these out there and especially on the west coast. Had to drive 3 hours each way to grab these ones today. Hopefully these are easy fixes as I wanted to bring these to the next desert trip in a couple weeks.

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5 more of the Rover Short Bars

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Pics of the Red Rover

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5 more...

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last four....

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Ordered the following parts to at least get the rovers complete from get2itparts.com

Got the Rover Short Bars on the battery charger to see if it's savable. Will do to the Red Rover too.

1 ea. 812211 Spring Nut U-Type (M6) $1.99
1 ea. 812522 Rover Tail Gate $19.99
1 ea. 812526 Battery Cover (Red) $9.99
2 ea. 812530 Lock Pin $3.58
1 ea. 812868 Battery Cover (Silver) $9.99
1 ea. 812515 Access Cover (Red) $13.99
1 ea. 634028 STARTER RELAY 50-250cc
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$19.99
2 ea. 651005 Battery Strap 7" $7.98
2 ea. 812523 Pin $3.98
2 ea. 812535 Allen Bolt (M8x12) $3.98
2 ea. 812536 Allen Bolt (M8x20) & Washer $3.98

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Blue Rover battery shows 12.8 now. Looks like they might just needed to be charged. Got the charger on the Red Rover now.

I had cleaned the jets last night, but still burbles then dies once I turn of the choke. Gas may be old too. Draining both tanks today and put some fresh stuff in. Gotta head to work. More to come.

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Getting closer. Drained the gas from the Blue Rover and put in a new fuel filter. Put new gas and she fires right up. Still got bog once the choke is off. Need to pull the carb again and clean it better. I opened the diaphram and cleaned the plunger and needle, got better but still bogs. I can run thru the rpms with choke on.

Red Rover battery is gone. Had it charging all night and it only holds about 6.5 volts. Got bad cells in it. Ordered a new one as well as a couple new NGK spark plugs. Sucks it gets dark so early so working on these gets limited time.

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Found this thread googling about the bogging. Seems like I am not the only one. He found the a/f which I didn't see on initial jets cleaning. I am going to take a pic of the jets so I know what size they are. As I get older, I fail to see those small markings now.

http://www.justanswer.com/motorcycle/5wgox-actually-worked-e-ton-rover-uk1-90-utv-bad-gas-carb.html

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Drained the tank on the red rover. Removed the seat. New fuel line and filter. Cleaned out the carburetor. It's an aftermarket Keihin. Tried to see the jet sizes but both were unmarked. Reassembled and put the other good battery in. Tried to start with key, no joy. Jumped the solenoid and she fired right up. This carb has a auto choke and the electrical is disconnected, so it runs real rich. Going to trace a key switched pos and hook it up.

Tried to put it in gear, she dies. Knew this had to be related to the no key start as you have to depress the brake. Looked at a parts list and there is a switch on the brake master cylinder. Removed the front plastic and found it had a broken wire. Reconnect and now she fires right up using the key, while depressing the brake. Put it in drive and reverse,and now she moves forward and reverse.

Ordered a new foam filter as it was missing. Removed the broken hacked hitch from it as well. That's it for tonight.

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Going to go 35 Pilot and 100 Main

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Is there anyone in this forum?

Anyways. Put her all back together and boy these things have some grunt. Chain was pretty rusty so it banged a lot. Put some chain lube on it and it helped a lot. Just got some banging every once in awhile. Need to order a new chain. Had a blast driving around my pool area (aka wanna be test track) and she sounded great.

Going to change out all fluids and do some prettying up of the plastics. My son is gonna love this thing out in the Desert trip coming up in less than 2 weeks.

[LT80]

Those look way cool!
I check in every now and then. Other than that, assorted spam is here more than us. :)

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Found out the Red Rover has a Keihin PZ18 carb on it. Bowl gasket leaks. Bought a rebuild kit for it and will put this one on the Blue Rover which has a bad stock carb. Bought a new 20mm PZ18 for the Red Rover.

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Ok, got the 20mm Keihin carb today as well as a rebuild kit for my other Keihin. Apparently there are multiple CVK type carbs out there as neither slow or main jets fit that I bought.

The carb I bought came with spare jets. I put the largest main on it (95) and it already has a 37 pilot in it. Will report back later. Time to go to work.

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...more carb pics

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Installed the new carb. Fired right up. Great acceleration from stop. I'm happy.

Only thing is right after I changed the oil to 15/40 which was recommended, it started to smoke from the pipe. I am wondering if I should just drain it and put 10/30 in it. Would putting too much oil, make it smoke? I checked the level and it was spot on but it's at angle, so you can see the oil right at the opening. Suggestions?

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Spent all day getting the Rovers ready for the Desert. Rubber Foamed and Taped all the roll bars. Rebuilt the Keihin carb for the Blue Rover. Shortened and welded the Blue Rover Pedals, now they are back to stock. Oil changed on the Blue Rover.

Still got some smoke on the Red Rover but too late to try and fix that. I see smoke coming from the CVT Cover Vent too. I'm pretty sure I put too much oil in it when I first changed the oil as I has the rear raised and it was dark so I didn't realize it. Most likely blew a seal somewhere.

I'll deal with those issues after the trip.

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more pics...

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Last post here. Kind of a pain to have to resize my pics, then can only post 5 at a time. Plus, not much activity here. Anyways, wanted to finish off my thread. Enjoy the posts and pics all.

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[LT80]

Those things are cool! Nice work!

[MPDano]

Those things are cool! Nice work!

Thanks! They did great in the desert as well.


https://youtu.be/P9WE9SwHpj8


https://youtu.be/1XCJvj3UXEk

[nastynotchback1]

My boys had some E-ton quads when they where young(3-5) and that's what got us into quad racing but i have never seen these before.Nice write up.Those are cool.

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My boys had some E-ton quads when they where young(3-5) and that's what got us into quad racing but i have never seen these before.Nice write up.Those are cool.

Thanks, yes they are cool and really reliable. We put them to the test on our last Desert outing.

Ordered some 2" rear wheel spacers for the Blue Rover and a new 20mm carb for the Blue one as well. The 20mm carb worked great on the Red one so gonna mirror that set up.

[nastynotchback1]

I take it these are 90cc and run the belt drive system just like the quad?

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I take it these are 90cc and run the belt drive system just like the quad?

Yup. 90cc and CVT

Shifting from Forward-Neutral-Reverse is a bit different as it's electronic and not cable driven.

[nastynotchback1]

Nice! My son started racing at 5 on a e-ton 70cc with a built air cooled mallossi on it.Then we went to Drr's and cobra's where he stayed until he gave it up this year at the age of 16.

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Nice! My son started racing at 5 on a e-ton 70cc with a built air cooled mallossi on it.Then we went to Drr's and cobra's where he stayed until he gave it up this year at the age of 16.

Electronics probably. Having a hard time dragging my son away from his Xbox 360 and now Xbox One he got for Christmas.

[nastynotchback1]

Basketball and had to have shoulder surgery in the middle of the Nationals.Just as he got that healed up he broke his ankle.He is big time into basketball now so saves me money.

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Installed an MP3 player on the Red Rover today.


https://youtu.be/Y0zYvQey4oM

[nastynotchback1]

Nice.Got some tunes!!!!