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Old 09-14-2014, 07:30 PM   #7
Tom Endy
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Default Re: What am I doing wrong?

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Originally Posted by Gary loves Fords View Post
Silly question to you, but are you sure you have the spark advance in the correct position to fire up and then to drive it?


My thoughts exactly. The spark handle should be all the way up when starting the engine. If you have the handle pulled down the timing is advanced and the engine is trying to start backwards. This may be the reason it appears to be a starter\battery problem.

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