RE: Need help with Shockwave- won't pull! no flooded-
Especially with a new engine, at TDC you should be able to lift the car using the pull start without the piston passing TDC. That's how stiff it should be at that point. Too much stiffer then yeah you might have a problem (too long glowplug?), too much looser and you'll lose compression (that's normally a symptom of older well-run engines though)