pcolache

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hi all,
i got all my parts in, and on. i just tried to start it and no good. btw its a rc10gt that i dusted off. it turns over but wont start. i know the glow plug is good. fresh gas. sometimes the pull starter misses. idkwhats up with that. but it still turns the engine over.
thanks

HpiTrax383

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have you returned the needles back to factory settings? if not, thats what i would do first.

pcolache

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i returned the needle value closed, then 2 turns out. thats what my manual said, but i dont know about the other one, mixing valve i think. i didnt do anythind with that. idk what thats suppose to be set at. i'll try to find it. its a os max-.12cv-x

HpiTrax383

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is it low on compression? have you checked for air leaks? I had a air leak on my jammin .12 motor and it wouldnt start for nothin.

cummins driver

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Drop several drops of fuel in the carb and crank it and see if you get a hit. Im betting it may have old fuel gunked up in the high speed needle housing.

If it start with some fuel dropped directly into the carb, then blow fairly hard in the pressure line with the throttle wide open and see if you can get fuel to come though. If not you may have to dissasemble the carb and clean it.

Eric

pcolache

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i thin you may be right. i'll try to do what you said with the drops in carb. i ripped the engine apart, but didnt do the carb. i guess i'll be doing the carb!
thanks

pcolache

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i did blow on the line & saw fuel in the carb. the pull starter seems to be missing often enough to be a pain. is there a part in the pull start that normally goes bad?
thanks
phil

cummins driver

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Its the one way bearing. It looks like a wide Nut and it slides into the pull start assembly. Its steel. If you take the pull start off, that bearing will either be inside the plastic housing, or it might stay on the shaft when you pull the housing off.

Take that out, spray some brake clean, starter fluid, or denatured alcohol on it and softly rub a paper towel around the inside to try and clean it up some. They get oily and either slip or dont grab at all and they can make it a real pain to start.

Eric

378

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He can probably get away with simply wiping the start shaft down and reinstalling the starter. That's all I ever did on my CEN NT16, and it loved to foul up it's one-way.

pcolache

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thanks all. i will take the starter off & clean it.
i took carb off & cleaned it. it was a little gunky. put it all back together and still not starting. but it does seem to be catching much better then before the cleaning. i'll work onthe pull start for now. i really want to get it started...

pcolache

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thank you to everyone who helped me!!!!!!!!!! just got done running the vehicle. the pull start works like brand new.

378

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Edit: Damn the anti-spam timer. Haha. Glad to see you got it running, have fun!


Also that picture doesn't enlarge. Try using imageshack.us or photobucket instead. RCU's photo uploader is quite broken.

cummins driver

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From what i can see that is a nice looking rc10gt. Im glad you were able to get it running[8D]