Engine help

[Wilder]

What is this cable? surely it cant be the clutch can it? considering the clutch swinger and holder are right above it? its some all metal push cable that goes right into the clutch case

(on a sidenote the man i bought this engine from said it is a 125 but im starting to think its bigger than that)

 

[Russ2251]

Try activating it to see if it engages/disengages output shaft from engine.

 

[Wilder]

the engine is not running as of yet, im waiting for a cdi and coil, ive tried to pull the cable with pliers and it seems either seized or pretty tight

 

[firemanjim]

That's a 200cc 5 speed.......

 

[OzFab]

Looks like a speedometer drive cable to me...

 

[firemanjim]

see how the end is square? It fits into a square socket on the tachometer. It's the rpm out put...... Engine speed only plays a small role in vehicle speed..... Some of these engines have a mechanical tach drive, some are electrical. There are pit bike forums that use/talk about the Pantera engines. Have you tried googling your engine # or anything about it? Is it indeed a 5 speed? 200cc and up are vertical bore engines, 125cc and down are horizontal bore engines..... Usually

 

[Wilder]

see how the end is square? It fits into a square socket on the tachometer. It's the rpm out put...... Engine speed only plays a small role in vehicle speed..... Some of these engines have a mechanical tach drive, some are electrical. There are pit bike forums that use/talk about the Pantera engines. Have you tried googling your engine # or anything about it? Is it indeed a 5 speed? 200cc and up are vertical bore engines, 125cc and down are horizontal bore engines..... Usually

Thanks! Really wish it wasent so difficult to find parts/info about panterra, really could benefit from some type of exhaust system.

 

[itsid]

Panterra is a cheap chinese company making motorbikes;
the engine is likely off a shelf of a different manufakturer;
so you need to tell us what's the model number.. that should be somewhere on the crankcase.

125cc is plausible, sindce if you google for panterra 125cc dirt bike you'll find many of similar looking engines (mounted to bikes )

the DirtRunner 125 from baja motorsports for example was a Panterra (relabeled)
unfortunately since parts change during time you need to know the model!
here's the partlist for the DR125 Panterra:
http://shop.bgsengineclinic.com/Baj...a - Red 125cc Dirt Bike (VIN PREFIX LLCH).pdf
(crappiest url ever!!)

Anyways.. look at the picture of the bike in the pdf and compare it to this:

I'm not 100% sure, but if I had to make a guess it's a Lifan 156FMI engine that you have.

Again check your crankcase for model numbers.
everything else is guessing

'sid

 

[firemanjim]

Well I'll be! I stand corrected.... Good job sid. I don't know why that didn't come up when I Google Pantera engine? Maybe I was just in a daze......

 

[itsid]

Pantera is a car (deTomaso Pantera) googling "Pantera engine" will most likely show that (great car btw )

Panterra (not the cat, but pan [all, everything, totally] terra [earth, soil ...you get the idea])

funny enough there's also www.pantera-motorcycle.com;
which is chongqing new star co.,ltd .. not sure if connected to Panterra or not..
who knows what those chinese manufacturers come up with

'sid

 

[Denny]

That is the tach drive cable.
Now go find a tach!

Denny