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Old 05-01-2025, 12:55 PM   #7
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Default Re: 59AB hard start, some days

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Originally Posted by Kelly Burns View Post
If I start it everyday or every other day, all I have to do is pull the choke out about 1/4 inch, pump the gas about 5 times and it starts right up.
Then again, you may just need to change your starting technique.

1/4 inch choke pull is totally insufficient. Pull choke fully closed until engine fires, then immediately adjust choke to where engine is happy.

After sitting for a time, gas in carb evaporates so pumping the pedal doesn't do anything. Need to crank a while to refill the carb. Full choke will help.

You should have a glass bowl fuel pump. Do you see it full of gasoline? If so, you have gas to the fuel pump, just needs to push some to fill the carb.
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