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Starting a Rumely 25-40

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Dominic Centonz

07-03-2007 18:39:00

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Any help? I just bought a runner but don't know how to start it.

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jason in Ohio

07-09-2007 18:07:05

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Re: Starting a Rumely 25-40 in reply to Dominic Centonze, 07-03-2007 18:39:00

I took these notes as my wife's uncle started a Rumely 20-40. The lever is the primer. This was a cold start on gasoline. Maybe this will help.

1 Oil with can: valve slides, valve nuts at rockers, anything else you can see
2 Turn bearing oiler 80 times (it says 150 on cover)
3 Open left mixing valve 1 and 1/4 turns
4 Pump lever on left side about twenty times
5 Remove cover on left side of mixer and place some gas in it, replace cover
6 Close choke by turning lever clockwise to about 45 degrees
7 Place throttle about 1/3 way up
8 Open both cylinder valves fully
9 Crank pulley counter clockwise until it fires
10 Slowly close each cylinder valve one at a time
11 Slowly tighten mixing valve to regulate mixture, clockwise to lean it up
12 Slowly open choke by placing lever in vertical position on air intake

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cophil

07-04-2007 18:08:25

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Re: Starting a Rumely 25-40 in reply to Dominic Centonze, 07-03-2007 18:39:00

Dominic, I forgot to tell you about the oiler on top of engine, you need to spin crank several times. Use a heavy weight nodetergent oil. Philip

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cophil

07-04-2007 17:30:03

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Re: Starting a Rumely 25-40 in reply to Dominic Centonze, 07-03-2007 18:39:00

Dominic, To start 25-40 model x. When engine is cold, pump gas pump on starter tank six times [three times when hot]. turn gas valve on set choke. make sure trans. is in neutral. go to flywheel and set anti kickback brake on flywheel.Lift starter lever behind flywheel and set into a notch in flywheel [make sure there is a braket to kick the starter lever out of the flywheel at the bottom of pull]. pull flywheel over til it starts. keep head back incase of kick back. Philip

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cophil

07-04-2007 17:56:00

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Re: Starting a Rumely 25-40 in reply to cophil, 07-04-2007 17:30:03

Dominic, Another saftey thing to remember. This clutch can engage on it's own so never leave in gear when runing unatended. Philip

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El Toro

07-06-2007 16:53:13

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Re: Starting a Rumely 25-40 in reply to cophil, 07-04-2007 17:56:00

Did you ever hear of using compressed air to start these tractors? I was at a show in PA where they had several of the Rumley Oil Pulls and it sounded like an air starter. We never saw any of these tractors around here in the East.
Some were probably shipped by rail do to the weight and size. Hal

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