ORIGINAL: michael wood
ok i went out and bought a motrocycle battery and hooked it in my flight box and it wont turn over a ryobi 31cc but if i take it out and hook it up stright to the battery it will turn the ryobi over so now i have buypassed the power panel so i hooked it up to plug ends and stright to the battery and guess what it wont turn it overso anybody got any ideas besides a bigger flight box michael
I think you said if you hooked the starter directly to the battery it would turn over the Ryobi. Then you siad it would not turn it over when the starter was plugged through the power panel, Then you put the plugs on the starter and i it direct to the battery and it would not turn over the ryobi? Right?
It sounds like the PLUGS on thr starter leads are too high a resistance or not making good contact. Crimp or solder some heavy duty ring terminals on the starter leads and BOLT them to the terminals of the motorcycle battery. Make sure the terminals are all bright shiny clean. Then try it on the Ryobi, making sure the Ryobi is clockwise all the away from compression so the start has time to ramp up to speed before it hits compression. This has worked for me to start a new Saito 150, that feels like it has more compression than any Ryobi I have spun. If this does not do it, get a lawn tractor battery or use your car battery. Good luck.