New 12a rebuild starting issue and tick?
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New 12a rebuild starting issue and tick?
When cranking with the starter i can hear a tick sound but when rolling over with a wrench on the main pulley there's nothing so I'm thinking it's a funky tooth on the starter or flywheel? And both header pipes have the same temp of heat from it popping and wanting to start but never fully gets there. Is this common for an engine filled with Vaseline and who knows how much hylomar that's crept into the chambers after torqueing the bolts? Any thought or suggestions on starting and or timing? By my guess I'm about 10 degrees advanced on leading.
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only "ticking" that readily comes to mind right now that you might hear at starter speeds, but not by hand is if the exhaust is off or not tightened or leaking very bad somewhere close to the engine.
if you're not sure about the timing, and you don't have a light, then it costs you nothing but time to zero the engine out and reset it. something i do when starting a new engine is i may adjust the timing as i try to crank it.
i don' know if i would consider being stubborn to start as usual, but i wouldn't say it's unusual either.
if you're not sure about the timing, and you don't have a light, then it costs you nothing but time to zero the engine out and reset it. something i do when starting a new engine is i may adjust the timing as i try to crank it.
i don' know if i would consider being stubborn to start as usual, but i wouldn't say it's unusual either.
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ok gonna do that..... I got it to fire and run today! Bad news I had it run for about 4 minutes but had to shut it off since it wouldn't idle on its own to move stuff and had something else that caused me to wait another hour to try again.... now almost starts again but won't go all the way.... uuuggghhhh!
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