[troublejr]

Hello there very helpful mariner companions -

I've reached the end of my rope (pun intended); so now I'm reaching out for same sage advice.

The trouble began on my 8hp 2 stroke Nissan when I broke the pull cord. I have an electric start, but a functional pull start gives me peace of mind, not to mention avoiding the mild anxiety of knowing anything on my boat is broken.

In the process of installing the the new cord the spring exploded and I experienced the great joy of repacking the whole thing, but I faulted somewhere in this process. The engine now does not start with the cassette attached to the engine at all.

Two major things are causing trouble and I'm having difficultly finding the source:

1) When I start with the electric start, the cord slowly uncoils off the cassette on its own

2) As the cord unravels, the slack is picked by the spinning gear (is that what that's called? The long flat spinning piece on top?) and seizes, in effect stopping the engine.

I've tried to shorten the length of the pull cord, but that did not help. I also tried less and fairly extreme tension on the cassette spring, but nothing has remedied the problem.

Any ideas? I've also included a photo of the mechanism. Thanks in advance. I hope someone has an idea and I can buy them a beer (or many) in the future.

-Travis

 

[troublejr]

There wasn't a response to this, but I figured it out so thought I'd post in case someone comes across this on a search later in time.

The problem was linked back to Screw 1-7 in the diagram which controls tension on the claws (1-5). If it's two tight the claws won't grab. If it's too loose it will catch on the powerhead and loosen it more, or spin continuously allowing the rope to eventually come loose, wrapping and seizing the power head. It's a very fine line where it's actually supposed to be and harder than hell to figure out considering for every adjustment you have to take off the flywheel to test it.