Posted by Chris Case [108.247.147.185] on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 23:57:14 :
In Reply to: Has anyone started their PW with a hand crank? posted by J-Gilly [68.9.113.210] on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 22:24:59 :
I did it quite a bit on non-winch models. With winch you have to un-spool enough cable to get the crank past the spool. Plus re-bolt the crank support in the right position for use- remove one bolt, losen the other, swing it down, and reoplace that bolt into the other hole. You do have that three-hole + key hole gismo on the front winch support, eh?
Cold, a hand lever on the fuel pump would be a necessity. Or prime the carb with a few drops of gas.
Like kick starting a motorcycle with one quick kick, NOT like winding a hand winch on a boat trailer.
1) Keep thumb NOT wrapped around handle, keep it alongside index finger, along side of hand. This might prevent broken parts in case of a kick back.
2)TRANNY IN NEUTRAL, key OFF, choke set, gas pedal pumped a couple times like usual cold procedure
3)Key still OFF, crank it through a couple turns to intake fuel mix into cylinders. Stop with crank at about about 7:00 position and in contact with a compression stroke.
4) Key on, give it one hard yank upwards. Like kicking a bike, only with your hand. That ought to do. DO NOT try a soft turn, or to get it back to 7:00 with key on, repeat steps 3&4 until successful.
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