This time I took it apart and it turned out the teeth on variator fixed drive face were sheared off. Then it went very south and left me stranded, sounded like the starter spinning freely again. Once I got this stuff in, I put it all together, and lo and behold, once I managed to get the fuel reservoir full and the carb primed, it started and ran. I figured this just was not engaging so I ordered a new one along with a handful of other parts that were missing. I took the variator cover off and discovered the starter bendix had several chipped teeth. Push the start button and you just hear the starter spin freely. Then I went to start it and began to discover what was really wrong. There was a vacuum hose missing here and there so I fixed what I could and removed the air injection stuff, plugged the holes. Since it had horrible old gas in it, I drained the fuel and pulled the carb, cleaned it and reset it to factory adjustment as best as I could. I bought a battery and managed to get a generic starter solenoid fitted. But it was basically intact and had a straight body and looked like it had only been laid down once with minimal damages, so I bought it for cheap. Otherwise it read like something in the midst of diagnosing a starting issue: there was no starter solenoid, the original battery was there and totally shot, the spark plug was loose in the hole, the ignition coil was floating around in the engine bay. It was missing some parts that indicated the variator cover had been off, like the center stand spring anchor. When I got it, it was in mid-repair, and I bought it from the 2nd owner who had only had it a week and had absolutely no information. But I had the bug, and I wanted my own scooter, so I got another basketcase with high hopes, this 2014 Stella Automatic. Then my wife gave it a try and she fell in love with it, so I painted it and made it hers. Long story real short: I'm a motorcycle guy, but I was given a free basketcase scooter in hundreds of pieces, a Yamaha Vino 125, and in short order I had it running and roadworthy.
Moving this discussion over here from the NSM area, for more visibility and in search of a wider range of input.
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