Larry in WNY
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It's a 1952 hand crank engine with Wico XH1343 magneto. I bought it 20 years ago not running. Recently I rebuilt the carb, changed points & condensor, timed it per the manual, set all valves,tried adding oil to the cylinders to build compression. I have a backfire when first cranking which the manual says is normal for a cold engine. Then more cranking but no fire. I have a blue spark on all plugs. Then the carb will start dripping gas. I tried this with a fuel pump & without, but same result.
How hard should it be to crank? Without spark plugs it spins easy and with them slightly harder to turn. I can rotate with 1 arm and sometimes it gets harder and 2 hands are needed. I tried a compression check but it didn't build much & difficult to keep cranking it by hand.
I'm thinking compression is my problem as no gas seems to be getting to the cylinders. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Larry
How hard should it be to crank? Without spark plugs it spins easy and with them slightly harder to turn. I can rotate with 1 arm and sometimes it gets harder and 2 hands are needed. I tried a compression check but it didn't build much & difficult to keep cranking it by hand.
I'm thinking compression is my problem as no gas seems to be getting to the cylinders. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Larry