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Posted by Jim McLaughlin on June 17, 2006, 1:10 am
The 2 cycle oil / gas ful mixture would have badly badly fuled your spark
plug.
You haven't mentioned the plug. Replace it.
When you pull the old plug, spray a lot of carb cleaner or ether / starting
flid in the cylinder before installing h new plug. Cleans th oil crud off
the piston head and cylinder walls.
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Jim McLaughlin
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> I have an old Tora (Tecomsa engine)
> mower. About 10 years ago I had
> problems with the electrical system
> (points, etc.) so I replace it with the
> "electronic" unit .... no points, all
> self contained. After that it never
> started like before. What I mean is,
> before it would be running before 1/2 of
> the pull cord was pulled out. After the
> electronic modification, it starts on
> the 1st pull, however, but now, at the
> end of the pull cord. I also started
> more slowly and then ramped up, with
> each pop getting closer together until
> it was at full speed. It work ok for
> all these years, however, it started
> acting up when a "helper" put gas in it
> from the 2 cycle can (oil). It now
> doesn't want to start. I cleaned out
> the gas tank, replaced the gas and
> cleaned the carb with spray carb cleaner
> . When this problem 1st started
> happening (after the oil/gas mixture),
> it would pop a few times and then try to
> turn, sometimes backwards! I assumed
> this was something with bad timing.
> The spark was also very weak so I again
> replace the electronic magneto thing
> again ... still doesn't start. Now it
> doesn't even pop once. I also tried
> starting fluid to no avail Any ideas?
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