ORIGINAL: Peter G.

Hi Mikenlapaz;

I never needed a starter for my conversions until lately. The Ryobi on my cub starts within 1 or 2 hand flips of the prop. I put my finger over the carb, make sure the ignition switch is off, rock the prop at TDC back and forth until your finger is a little wet from fuel, remove finger, turn switch on and give a good flip counter clockwise. I start my 54cc. the same way. Once you get use to how much to choke each individual engine, they usualy start with in a few flips.

However ................ with all that being said, I converted a brand new 42cc Efco from Italy. It is the smoothest running engine Ive done. Great power and appears to be of good quality. The trouble is the ignition system needs like 700 or more rpms to fire. No chance to spin it that fast even without a plug in the jug. I tried changing coils with no change. Soooo......... I had a old garden tractor I needed to take to the dump. I took the starter off it. It was only slightly bigger than our usual hobby starters. Hooked it up to a battery and voila!. Man this thing will turn over anything you have. Best of all the price was right. You might look around for a scraped garden tractor.

Good luck Peter