replying to TheRegit, Sandy V wrote:
dhcbsmith wrote:

Okay so this shows how much I don't know about Power Washers. I took
the thing to a local lawn and garden shop and had their service person
take a look at it. He checked out a few things for about 30 seconds,
pulled the pull start once and viola it started to problem. Turns out
that you can only start those things if you hold the trigger and
release the pressure that is built up in the engine. He said never to
start it without the trigger being held down. So after feeling like a
complete idiot I took his advice and the thing has been working great
ever sense.


Thank you sooooo much!

I was cleaning my deck and the same thing happened to me. First, for some
reason, maybe because I am a female with not much muscle on my arms, I
have a bit of trouble starting it - at this point, it usually pulls back
real fast, bruises my fingers and if my leg is on the machine to keep it
from flipping, it bruises my ankle too! That said, I have to ask my son to
come out each time to start it for me. So if you have any fix for the cord
pulling back fast let me know. But after one day of washing the deck, the
next morning I called him to start it up. His arms are huge - he just
pulls once usually and it starts. Well the machine cord gave him some
trouble. Was extremely hard to pull. He tried several times before having
to give up. I went it to look it up on the internet and saw your solution.
We did what you said and it started on the first pull. Amazing - thanks
for this post that I somehow found almost immediately. You saved hours of
my time!

Seriously, if there is a fix for thequick recoil that almost pulls me back
into the machine, let me know. Am I just to weak to pull it hard enough?

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