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Old 31 July 2010, 15:53   #21
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Personally, I'd pull it while it's running, it'll be hard enough to get a 2cyl to start on one never mind listen for a difference. If you get a belt (could be up to 30kV but very low current) then your HT leads/caps need replacing anyway and are probably the reason it's misfiring in the first place. If you want to use tongs to pull it then fair enough, but I don't own a pair and I've been doing this for a fair length of time now In fact, I've being doing it for most of the morning on a 3cyl.

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Old 02 August 2010, 09:36   #22
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Should be easy enough to tell the difference on a 2 cyl, it'll run like a bag o' s**te on one!
If it even runs at all! You may need a LOT more throttle to keep it going.


If you've had it running, just pull the spark plugs out - the oily one is the one not firing right

Another thought, assuming it's twin carb, are the mix controls & chamber float valves both set properly?


I have had mostly 3 pot engines for the last few years. Both my my "old faithful" '72 vintage Johnson 25 and previous Yam 55 are / were 2- pot. I thought they sounded really rough (even on a good day) compared to a 3 cylinder machine.
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Both my my "old faithful" '72 vintage Johnson 25 and previous Yam 55 are / were 2- pot. I thought they sounded really rough (even on a good day) compared to a 3 cylinder machine.
I prefer to say they sound more like gun fire when running on muffs, best sound ever....
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If you are really fussy you could do what my old man used to do and use kids toy plastic pliers for taking plug leads off ,,though you can buy them for the job now ,,i keep some in the boats tool kit ,not for my boat as much as other people we come across having bother .,,even wearing wet suit gloves you can still get a shock they if they have salt water residue on them .
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Old 03 August 2010, 10:11   #25
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I prefer to say they sound more like gun fire when running on muffs, best sound ever....
Yep!

I ended up building a muffler to put over the exhaust when on muffs!
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Yep!

I ended up building a muffler to put over the exhaust when on muffs!
Takes all the fun out of it!
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True, but does reduce the number of bricks thrown at you by the neigbours.......
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True, but does reduce the number of bricks thrown at you by the neigbours.......
Lol, when I ran the clamshell on muffs one neighbour came out as he thought it was thunder.
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saw one start up in a pub tap room many years ago for about 20 seconds or so ,landlord went beserk when he came down stairs ,,guy had just bought it and someone said bring it in see if it fires ,,and it did ,,lol
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