ORIGINAL: rcenth
well i suppose i could try it out one car and see how i like it, the thing is that i'm tearing up my fingers i don't know what i'm doing or how i'm pulling it but the skin is coming off on the sides of my fingers from where i hold the pull start i guess it's sliding between my fingers somehow, i have to end up putting band-aids. i guess i'm pulling it too much and not trying to figure out what's the actual problem and just thinking that i'm not pulling it right or if i keep trying it will eventually start, i'll make sure to note " If it doesn't start in 5-10, maybe 15 pulls, it's not going to start. " and to start troubleshooting.
Well for one thing you don't have to death grip the pull start. Second is you should really just be using your wrist to pull it. Short quick pulls. Holding the pull start handle gently between your fingers will work just as fine and will keep you from beating up your hands. I know how frustrating this can be but your taking all the fun out of it if you have to go through all of this when your just trying to start your car. These engines are pretty simple, thats not to say they can't drive you crazy but basically if you have fuel and you have glow you should get bang. If it's not firing the first thing I do is check the plug, this eliminates bad glow plug or dead igniter. If it's working, do I have fuel? Remember, you can always give a good 1/2 turn out on the HSN to give you some go go juice. Nothing says you can't crank it up nice and rich and just lean it out after a few passes. Remember, temp does everyhting to the mixture on these engines. Here at the beach, in the spring and fall the temp will swing 15-20 degrees in a day. I can go out on a sunday and it's 50 degrees, but it was 67 yesterday. The engine is going to be very lean and hard to start. Also another quick thing, if you have the plug already out and it's good, put 3 or 4 drops of fuel in the cylinder before you put the plug in. Try these things before you try your patience.