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Well I finally got the car, but can’t seem to start the damn thing to break in the motor!
I’ve read all the instructions, and searched and searched and searched, but no luck.
The pull start seems really hard to pull, and almost sounds like metal clanking when I do give it a pull. With the glow plug out, the clunking goes away and it’s much much easier to pull.
I’ve checked the glow plug, glow plug igniter, made sure it wasn’t flooded. I’m stuck.
Any help or advice is much appreciated!
UPDATE 08/22:
I’m feeling super defeated! I can’t get the damn thing to run right.
It only starts with the idle screw as far in as the pic shows, which makes everything all out of wack. I’ve gone through quite a bit of fuel trying to get it dialed in, with no luck at all.
Either it runs, but spits tons of fuel out of the exhaust, it doesn’t start, or only idles with the plug igniter attached. Messing with it so much, I’ve regrettfully lost my starting point and don’t know where to go from here, which is why I’m looking for some help/advice.
I’ve gone through the manual numerous times, but the instructions HPI provided are not informative at all. Went through the stuff on here along with the flowchart as well. Then I tried to return the needles to factory settings, but I’m pretty sure that just made everything worse.
I’ve read all the instructions, and searched and searched and searched, but no luck.
The pull start seems really hard to pull, and almost sounds like metal clanking when I do give it a pull. With the glow plug out, the clunking goes away and it’s much much easier to pull.
I’ve checked the glow plug, glow plug igniter, made sure it wasn’t flooded. I’m stuck.
Any help or advice is much appreciated!
UPDATE 08/22:
I’m feeling super defeated! I can’t get the damn thing to run right.
It only starts with the idle screw as far in as the pic shows, which makes everything all out of wack. I’ve gone through quite a bit of fuel trying to get it dialed in, with no luck at all.
Either it runs, but spits tons of fuel out of the exhaust, it doesn’t start, or only idles with the plug igniter attached. Messing with it so much, I’ve regrettfully lost my starting point and don’t know where to go from here, which is why I’m looking for some help/advice.
I’ve gone through the manual numerous times, but the instructions HPI provided are not informative at all. Went through the stuff on here along with the flowchart as well. Then I tried to return the needles to factory settings, but I’m pretty sure that just made everything worse.
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