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On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 19:37:10 -0700 (PDT), jimmyw836@gmail.com wrote:

On Friday, July 25, 2008 at 10:20:54 PM UTC-4, Bill wrote:

I have a 10.5 hp gasoline engine on my wood splitter which sometimes kicks >> back when I pull the rope to start it. (Just once every few days, but that >> is once too many times.)

This kicks back with a lot of force! And I am pulling with a lot of force as
well! Not good. (I've noticed this same problem with smaller engines too, >> but not so much kick back force, so no problem there.)

Wrong technique. If you yank hard against the compression stroke, the
mix is likely to fire, driving the engine in reverse, spooling in the
starting cord at high speed and perhaps hurting your hand or arm.

Here's the correct method. Turn on the gas, ignition, set the choke
and whatever else you do to get the engine to run. Pull the cord
fairly gently until the flywheel goes through the compression stroke
and cams over at TD. Let the cord retract and give it a strong steady
pull, making sure you pull the rope almost all the way out.

This puts enough momentum in the flywheel that it will carry through
the next compression stroke and 9 out of 10 times the engine starts.

I have an emergency auto-start whole-house generator with a 27 Hp
propane fired engine. It's electric-start, of course, but it also has
a manual cranking rope just in case the battery runs down. Using this technique, I can crank that large engine with almost no effort.

John
John DeArmond
http://www.neon-john.com
http://www.tnduction.com
Tellico Plains, Occupied TN
See website for email address

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