Man... You'all got it easy... Try to get a JPX 250 to run right.. Back then it was one of the only engines
around and you could drain a diving tank just in one day, starting that thing...

From what I saw the first turbomin had just as much trouble.. Don't get me
started on the Sophia 450 with the CAI stuff.. Now we have
autostart and all the engines run..

I started a JPX 250 with Jumper Cables and a Ford Pento.... I jumped
one of the spark plug wires right into the JPX, started the Pento up
(it ran ok on 3 plugs),, heard a spark inside the JPX and lit up.

There was yellow fire every were, but this was the norm..
then flew the plane for 4.5 min...

So think about waiting all this time, then getting a POS.

Eddie Weeks