louky
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I'm happy to find this forum. My name is Ray, I live in the Louisville Ky area and have a small piece of land I'm improving in Southern Indiana. Last year I bought a slightly used BCS853 with a some implements. It has the Kohler diesel engine with electric start. I have been very pleased with the engine as far as performance and fuel consumption. Late in the summer as an experiment, I tried starting the engine with the rope pull. I never got it to fire at all, even after it had been warmed up.
Not only did it never pop, but the pull rope seemed very short, around half the length of the Honda BCS motor that I was used to. Does anyone know of any tricks to hand starting this engine? Also, is it normal for the rope be that much shorter than a gas engine? Thanks for the feedback.
Ray
Not only did it never pop, but the pull rope seemed very short, around half the length of the Honda BCS motor that I was used to. Does anyone know of any tricks to hand starting this engine? Also, is it normal for the rope be that much shorter than a gas engine? Thanks for the feedback.
Ray