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Im restorating my Vespa Cosa and I need some help from you.

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...and so moved, with a warm welcome to Modern Vespa.

1 No, that's the throttle cable, the oil line is just above it. The gas line comes from underneath at the back of the airbox.

2 No, the screws are only for removing the plastic floormat, you have to get at the hydraulic brake stuff from underneath and it IS a bitch.

PS Got your message & just sent a reply

Good luck

your cosa is in a really bad shape mate... Are you really gonna restaure it?

why not?

i now that thats a gas throtle. i marked the arrow not so good.

so i have two line, one is oil and a second is gas line, so im having a automatic gas mixure.

and im missing a oil tank.... i must get it.

NEXT problem: how to remove a steering. i tried to remove the muter with a hammer and screwdriver. its a left or right turn?

guys, thanks for now

lol, mine was worse. My floor was a lot worse, so I added reinforcing next to the center channel.

Not sure if OP is gonna really 'restore' or just get it running & presentable. Either way, I see he's gonna need a brake fluid resevoir(mounts just in front of the gas tank).

The nuts on the fork stem unscrew counter-clockwise. There should be 2 of them with a tabbed washer in between. Use some pentrating oil & let it soak in first.

the french Bible:

http://www.vespa-des-savoie.com/restauration/PX_COSA/revue_technique_vespa_PX_COSA.pdf

why do i need a brake fluid resevoir??

yours is missing....
watch the small empty space next your gas tank

and where is his place? next to gas tank is a 2T oil tank lined to the carburateor or not?

page 58

oil tank first front hole on the left side of your tank as shown on your pic

so if i understand correctly there are 3 tank. one is gas tank, second is 2T oil tank, and a third is a brake fluid tank. And all 3 are placed together? Some picture please, on page 58 i dont see anything

Fastfrog i allready have everything in control voodoo sent me pics and now i have a picture in my mind

your cosa is uncomplete?

Yes its uncomplete. Its my first vespa, but im a quick learner

cool mate! hope you have those silly expensive parts: master cylinder, brake drums.....

No no. All that im having. For now im missing these two tanks

how to remove steering keylock? if i dont remove it i cant take the plastic box down

what says the technical manual???

i dont speak french

Wish I could help you out more here, but can't remember the details - just that it's a REAL pain in the ass. Something like going in from the front and tripping a well hidden release pin I think.

Or you could cut away the crappy plastic glovebox & afdapt a P series metal glovebox to fit...


Here's mine that was donated by a 2004 Stella.
Any luck finding the oil & brake fluid tanks?

i will try to find it.

yes i have any offers for tank, the question is the price and shipment

Another view, you can see I put a rubber coller around the steering lock/ignition switch.

i must remove the lock in order to remove the box.
how to remove the lock?

no explanation in my french book. Just a drawing page 60.

I wanted to see how also, but on Page 60 all I saw was some Cosas & a P w/ big fat windshields and a lot of French words.

Wrong page or did I overlook something. Mr Frog? Maybe you could tell us what says on page 58, there's some kind of pic there. but not really enuff to figure it out.

P60 not 61.... I guess numbers are the same in our 3 languages...

P58 deals with how removing and renewing master cylinder.

I allready figure it out. I have to remove all eletric cables and then i have place to come to the cilinder. Theres one tiny shift and then the lock came out

cool mate!

my cosa lx125 is wit number VNR1T
is it 1.serie or 2.serie ?

2 cable(normal) shifter, Series 1.
Single wire cable push-pull shifter, Series 2.

there are 2 cables for shifting down and up. so its 1. series

Check uour cylinder head: if its a standard px head : serie1, if it's a central conical shape: serie 2....

how to remove that anoying plastic where ale the installation and cabels are coming from back to front edge?
and also how to remove the air filter?

anybody?

not sure to see which plastic part you're talking about... just under the tank?

its marked with red arrow. the plastic that shuts the hole that leads under the frame an then to the front of the vespa