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Old 07-12-2025, 07:33 AM   #19
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Arrow Re: 1954 Mwercury 256 hrd starting

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Originally Posted by Anteek29 View Post

Bob from Northport stated that the starter rolls very slow. I am of the belief that discussions of choke, carb and fuel pump are inconsequential to his hard starting problem. Primary focus should be to fix the low starter revs issue first.
I agree. It may be the starter, starter draw, fuel bowl evaporation or possibly a well worn engine dragging the starter down. One won't know for certain until the DRAW TEST is performed (correctly).

It also may be a multitude of problems.
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