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Old 01-15-2008 | 11:45 PM
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Default pullstart is not turning over the engine
my pulllstart is not tuning over the engine but the flywheel still has compression
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Old 01-15-2008 | 11:46 PM
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Default RE: pullstart is not turning over the engine
dirty/damaged one-way-bearing (OWB).
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Old 01-15-2008 | 11:49 PM
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i just ran it in the stree yesterday is it still safe to use the starter box with the mestup pullstart
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Old 01-16-2008 | 07:47 AM
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yeh should be grand
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Old 01-16-2008 | 08:08 AM
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Usually if you clean the one way bearing under the pull starter, it will work again. Use brake cleaner or something simular.
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Old 01-16-2008 | 09:40 AM
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Do you use Blue Thunder or Traxxas fuels?
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Old 01-19-2008 | 12:19 AM
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no i use Trinity 20% or Nitrotane 30%
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Old 01-19-2008 | 05:46 PM
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spray out the owb with wd 40 to get all the oil out of it
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