Honda

[dazzler]

Hi Al

my 2c. Speak to your local honda guy and get him to repair it and also pick up a 2nd hand spare. that way when you do break one you just swap em and put it in for repair. no down time

[Blocklayer]

A teaspoon could mix mud faster than a mixer with a Villiers.
When the hoddy breaks the starter rope on my 3 cubic foot Lightburn towable (circa 1970) fitted with a Honda engine, we just give the big wheel a turn by hand and it always goes first turn

[Cliff Rogers]

.....Does anyone have any tips on how to fix the recoil pull start properly?.....

I had the same problem, cement mixer & all.

Went to the local ols small engine repairer with a model number & he produced a 2nd hand one from his collection for $30.

Too easy.

PS. New one for a GX160 was $170. :eek:

[journeyman Mick]

Al,
I just wrote a long, step by step post on how to retension the thing but it got lost in space:mad: If you can't get it sorted (and are too tight to get it done , I will write it again. It would be good for you to suss out how to do it as it's a vital skill for anyone who has any small motors IMHO

Mick (who, at last count has more than 10 small motors)

[Ashore]

Does this rope have a handle on it that can be easily removed without cutting the rope, if so remove handle remove cover wind rope onto the pully a few more turns until the foot of slack is used up feed rope back through hole in cover and replace replace handle on rope and try

or using the shortened rope as is get a can of aerostart and spray into air filter intake before each start (will work but not recomended)

[ozwinner]

Thanks guys, I have a mystery fixer of small motors who is coming this Sunday to fix it.

Go you Mystery Man.

Al

[ozwinner]

The Honda pull start is now fixed, so I will be able to pull properly.

Al

[fred.n]

And therein lies the secret to this problem Al

it's all in the pull :eek:

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

No, no, no. The secret is in the push!

You wait until next Hard Garbage Collection day and push it onto the neighbours' front lawn...

[Iain]

The Honda pull start is now fixed, so I will be able to pull properly.

Al

If it's really stiff get your labourer to help, you can then pull together

[Auld Bassoon]

If it's really stiff get your labourer to help, you can then pull together

About there is where we'll leave it methinks

[Rossluck]

I've ignored this thread because I thought you'd get a whole lot of responses. I have occasion to reinstall starter rope all the time. Here's how I do it:

1. Take three bolts (10mm socket) out to take off recoil starter
2. Lay starter mechanism flat on bench
3. Undo centre screw with phillips head driver, remove cover plate
4. Note positions of small levers in case you accidently spill them
5. Gently lift plastic wheel up and off the spring
6. The spring should remain in place at the bottom of the metal cover
7. Place plastic wheel on bench taking care not to spill levers and springs
8. Rip out old cord
9. Push new cord through hole and tie knot
10. Wind the cord in the direction indicated by the arrow (or, look at the hole that the cord is pulled through on the metal cover to work out which direction to wind)
11. Push loose end of wound up cord into one of the notches provided
12. Gently replace plastic wheel until you feel it "click" into the spring (gently turn it left and right until it drops down)
13. Check levers and so on, replace cover plate, and phillips head centre screw and tighten
15. Making sure the cord is held in the wheel by the notch, turn the wheel in the direction opposite the arrow (or again work it out from the exit hole)
16. Once you've wound it a few times (do it by the feel of the spring tensioning, remebering that when you pull start you put even more tension on the spring) lift the loose end of the cord out of the notch and thread it through the exit hole
17. Attach it to the black pull handle
18. Pull it a few times to make sure it's working
19. Re-attach starter to motor
20. Go.

If spring unfolds or bounces out at you, chuck it all in a shopping bag and take it to a lawnmower place.

I use thicker cord than Honda.