Francois St-Germain wrote:

No I have not try yet.
I'm going to try it right now.
I'll keep you in touch.
By the way thank you Lynn

Frank

You are welcome. That was a single rotor engine was it not?  So both counter weights would be 180 degrees from the spark plugs a TDC. Make sure the spark timing is at well before TDC at cranking speed. Maybe 10 or 12 degrees for a distributor with a curve up to 20 to 24 degrees. If the ingnition is fixed at some figure, make it 20 degrees BTDC. With the carb empty and the plugs dry a squirt of oil and a squirt of fresh fuel should light it off instantly. If not, check the compression. You don't need a fancy graphing gage, just take the schrader valve out of a standard compression gage and watch the needle closely. Crank it with the ignition off and the throttle wide open. It should be well over 100 pounds on all faces. If less than 70 pounds, it will be hell to start. A taste of model airplane gas my be called for.Just a bit, as the stuff is mostly alcohol and nitromethane. Keep the plugs gapped tight for the start procedure. I run .010" to .012".

Lynn E. Hanover

 
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