Scored a 200S as a freebie the other day. Been fiddling with it trying to get it going.
First I had to rebuild the recoil starter. It had been filled with water, and seized. I was able to hose it with blaster enough to get it moving. Then the cord broke. So I pulled it apart and gave it a good cleaning. Put a new rope in it. I ended up leaving the parts for the decompression out after realizing it was useless...
Then My Dad, and myself pulled it around with the lawn mower to try and get it going after the recoil starter couldn't. It started, but it was clear that the carb was gunked up. So I took it apart and it had jello inside it... I cleaned that out, and cleaned all the ports out with carb cleaner, and a air blower. Put it back on, but the fuel line was rotted so I replaced that.
We tried pulling it around again, but it wouldn't start this time. Pulled the plug, and it was fouled. So because I couldn't find one aroung the shop to stick in it, he (My Dad) used a glass blaster to clean it. After this it fired right up.
After riding it around for a minute I brought it back to the shop and adjusted the idle because it was VERY high. The adjuster wasn't doing anything on the carb so we checked the adjuster on the throttle lever. Sure enough, it was out of whack. Got that adjusted and it purred like a kitten. Then I put air in the tires, and tried it get the rear brake working. It was froze, but with some Blaster, it freed up. Although it still doesn't have any brakes... Need to fix that...
Gonna fix the brakes, and need to button up the recoil starter a bit. Then I'll fiddle with making it look good.
So far I've put about $1.50 into it.