RE: Spring Starter Lubrication
I have both the fully open type, and the cup mount type. In both cases I have placed about a 3/16" ID piece of brass tubing directly over the coiled spring. I have a hole drilled on top of the cup mount, and another hole at the bottom/rear of the mount. The tubing is held to the mount by JB Weld, and I have a piece of black neoprene tubing feeding the brass tubing at the top, and exiting the side or top of my cowls. I insert my oil can into the neoprene tubing every couple of outings, and give it a shot of medium SAE motor oil. Treated this way, I have never had a spring starter fail.
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