I remember, toward the end, that the drill and socket was about the
only way I could get that old mower to start.

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On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:25:21 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
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I've heard good things about Onan. As to the wind and yank engines. I
had a lawn mower like that. I found that I was able to saw off a 3/8
socket extension, and chuck it in my big 1/2 inch drill. Socket on
the
end of that, to spin the flywheel nut. Made it much easier to start
the mower. Of course, during a power cut, this is much less useful.

I've started lots of engines that way. even had one miserable 2
stroke weed-eater that would not start, no matter how hard I pulled -
had lot's of spark and compression, and seemingly lots of fuel - so I
chucked it in my Myford lathe and wound it up. After about a minute it
fired up - I let it run in the lathe for another minute or two, then
killed both the lathe and engine, removed the engine from the lathe,
and it started on one pull. Never had another problem with it all
season - then I got rid of the stinky thing.