Easy Starting ?

[Downwindtracker2]

This seems silly, but what would you consider easy starting for a rope pull small motor. Where would six brisk pulls rate?

 

[Huron Angler]

Re: Easy Starting ?

If you've got it down to six then with some tweaking you could have a one-pull starter

If I do everything correctly on my 5.5 it starts on the first, but sometimes I have to correct the throttle starting position a bit. Slow steady pulls are better than quick ones.

 

[cougar1985]

Re: Easy Starting ?

i would think 6 would be medium high ,my 57 18hp johnson is 1 pull and at the first of the year 2 .now if i somehow stupidly flood it out its??? pulls,lol.

 

[5150abf]

Re: Easy Starting ?

Play with choke settings, maybe some new plugs and clean the carbs and you should be able to get it down to 2, 6 seems alittle high.

Had a 69 9.9 that woudl go in 1-3 depending if you got the choke just right.

 

[Downwindtracker2]

Re: Easy Starting ?

Thanks for the replies,I don't know much about what to expect from outboards. One of the uses of the tinney will be bar hopping,on the Frazer river. A slow start may mean a grounding,a wrong channel or a drift seaward. If I was only starting from a dock, I wouldn't question even a dozen. I have rebuilt the carb and I have new plugs,so I guess I'll look for some more spark.35 year old wires,the best off of two motors,may not be the best conductors of electricity.

My starting routine,all three times,once on a lake even, is two pulls with full choke,nothing,not even a cough,off with the choke to avoid flooding,then three or four pulls.Warm,it's flick of the wrist.

 

[ondarvr]

Re: Easy Starting ?

Use the choke until it starts. My 40 year old motor starts after two pulls on even the coldest mornings.