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Old 11-14-2019 | 05:25 PM
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Alright. I rebuilt the clutch and it no longer comes off. Thank you. This little engine still won’t cooperate with me, though. I spent 2 hrs on it today. Ridiculous! I have burnt through a starter motor. Thankfully I had a spare. I changed the glow plug, even though I knew it was getting spark. I can get it to start, but it stalls instantly. No carb tuning can solve this, I tried. After some more research, I think the issue may be the one way bearing in the ezstart. The engine sounds like it’s thrown the rod when turning it over in the higher rpm’s. I took off the ezstart to check it, and it’s fine. It’s a little gunked up in the sump, and there are some metal sparkles in it and a bit of grime, too, but not terrible...but not great. I expected that. The piston is borderline immaculate. I have a spare, brand new engine, but I don’t think a new engine will solve the problem. TBH, I don’t want to put the new engine in. I am committed to forcing this original tiny block of aluminum back to life.
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