My neighbor gave me a to30 he found in the weeds on some land he bought and I drug it home. Trying to start it and I believe I m almost there but nothing yet.
Drug it in the garage and filled the cylinders with wd40 to free up the crank for me and I didn t rush things it sat like this a few months and I got it to turn well. Sourced a starter and installed it. Put in a new starter button key switch voltage regulator and complete wiring harness new cables new plug wires new plugs points cap rotor and condenser. New 6v battery as well. I have repeatedly set the timing to the best of my ability. The oil pan is off and the flywheel Guard is off so I ve put an eye on the internals. I ve had the tank and the rocker cover off as well as the manifold and all of the valves and pushrods are free functioning in apparent time as I crank the engine. I cannot get it to start. I can get smoke from the exhaust on ether and it spins enthusiastically but not starting. I pull number 1 plug and it fires a grounded plug. I ve got spark and my plugs go counter clockwise 1 3 4 2. Looking at the crank with the number one piston compressing I can use a wrench on the nose and turn the crank till the 6* mark. The rotor will point at the 1 plug and I will loosen the collar and rotate the dist until it snaps then tighten it back down. This is what I m calling in time. Done this half a dozen times. Still no starts. I know 6v turns slower but is this just too slow? Why can t I get it to fire up? Carb is a newly remanufactured tsx361. Clean carb. Only thing I can think is I m not spinning fast enough. Its more enthusiastic than ambitious? Any advice???
Drug it in the garage and filled the cylinders with wd40 to free up the crank for me and I didn t rush things it sat like this a few months and I got it to turn well. Sourced a starter and installed it. Put in a new starter button key switch voltage regulator and complete wiring harness new cables new plug wires new plugs points cap rotor and condenser. New 6v battery as well. I have repeatedly set the timing to the best of my ability. The oil pan is off and the flywheel Guard is off so I ve put an eye on the internals. I ve had the tank and the rocker cover off as well as the manifold and all of the valves and pushrods are free functioning in apparent time as I crank the engine. I cannot get it to start. I can get smoke from the exhaust on ether and it spins enthusiastically but not starting. I pull number 1 plug and it fires a grounded plug. I ve got spark and my plugs go counter clockwise 1 3 4 2. Looking at the crank with the number one piston compressing I can use a wrench on the nose and turn the crank till the 6* mark. The rotor will point at the 1 plug and I will loosen the collar and rotate the dist until it snaps then tighten it back down. This is what I m calling in time. Done this half a dozen times. Still no starts. I know 6v turns slower but is this just too slow? Why can t I get it to fire up? Carb is a newly remanufactured tsx361. Clean carb. Only thing I can think is I m not spinning fast enough. Its more enthusiastic than ambitious? Any advice???