deetee65

did it run before you changed the piston rings ? if it did and not now , you might have an air leak in the base gasket , carb to cylinder area . if the engine didnt run before you may still have an airleak from the crank seals will the engine run on a prime through the spark plug hole ?

the engine is deffo not mk1 , i say mk2/3 , 85/88, the mk1 didnt have a powervalve assembly

sounds like bad earth somewhere , or most probably the main (key) switch knackered , have you checked the side stand switch ?

sounds like usual worn out symptoms , 2 strokes need compression, spark, petrol and secondary compression , lack of secondary comp is usually and air leak either through worn crank seals , an airleak from carb to engine , barrel gasket leak ,or reeds that wont seat down properly , good tip for getting the little sods to start in this colder weather is stick the plug in the oven and get it hot , put it in straight away and should fire , you could try easy start ...... as a last resort

cheers for the support , i think i was a little too keen to get started and deffinately worth subscribing

Just been slated for not coming here first before posting , im sure you will all forgive me thanks

What a friendly welcome ........and thanks by the way , i didnt know that posting in the 'new members section was a requirement and who the fuck i am doesn't really matter now and learn some manners idiot

it wouldn't hurt to run it on pre mix with the oil feed pipe off until the oil flows out then stop drain the tank and refill with normal gas , love those dt 125 lc mk 1's