See, this is why you have to test things before you need them.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - See, this is why you have to test things before you need them.

Posted: 2/1/2011 12:51:51 PM EDT

I went out in the garage to test run the genny earlier. It's been cold and the oil is thick. 3rd pull and the starter rope broke.

So I ran down to homey depot and got 100' of 3/16 poly rope and redid it on the kitchen table where I was warm and had light. It's running now, with the wife's hair drier for a load.

One of those things, I've had it for 10 years and it was one pull too many with that cold oil.

Posted: 2/1/2011 1:15:55 PM EDT

[#1]

You ran out of ROPE???

Posted: 2/1/2011 1:21:52 PM EDT

[#2]

It seems like an inflexible rule: stuff only breaks when you need it.

Makes me nuts.

Posted: 2/1/2011 1:28:30 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
You ran out of ROPE???

I probably could have used paracord, but the store was open so I got the correct size/type. Anything larger than 3/16" would fit. The only small diameter rope I keep around is para or spectra for camping.

Posted: 2/1/2011 2:55:25 PM EDT

[#4]

edit for poor reading skills

Posted: 2/1/2011 3:07:23 PM EDT

[#5]

Only pull it when you need it.

Posted: 2/1/2011 3:21:21 PM EDT

[#6]

guys. you can take the recoil thing-a-magig off of the crank pulley hicky-ma-jig and wrap any old rope around it and give it a yank, just like in the olden days.
my tiller is set up like this, cuz the rope broke and the cover was held in with weird sized rivets so i never replaced it.

Posted: 2/1/2011 4:17:36 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
guys. you can take the recoil thing-a-magig off of the crank pulley hicky-ma-jig and wrap any old rope around it and give it a yank, just like in the olden days.
my tiller is set up like this, cuz the rope broke and the cover was held in with weird sized rivets so i never replaced it.

Yeah, I just figured I'd fix it since I had to take it off anyway.

Posted: 2/1/2011 5:13:12 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:

Quoted:
guys. you can take the recoil thing-a-magig off of the crank pulley hicky-ma-jig and wrap any old rope around it and give it a yank, just like in the olden days.
my tiller is set up like this, cuz the rope broke and the cover was held in with weird sized rivets so i never replaced it.

Yeah, I just figured I'd fix it since I had to take it off anyway.

well you did the right thing.

Posted: 2/1/2011 5:17:38 PM EDT

[#9]

Murphy's lawyer........he laughs a lot.......at us......

Posted: 2/1/2011 5:59:18 PM EDT

[#10]

You know we are giving you a hard time but secretly are glad it is not us...

Posted: 2/1/2011 6:01:54 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
You know we are giving you a hard time but secretly are glad it is not us...

This!

Posted: 2/1/2011 6:13:02 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
You know we are giving you a hard time but secretly are glad it is not us...

Real SF Murphy fans would go check their starter rope.

Posted: 2/1/2011 6:16:09 PM EDT

[#13]

Has anybody ever tried the power drill approach?

Posted: 2/1/2011 6:16:36 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
guys. you can take the recoil thing-a-magig off of the crank pulley hicky-ma-jig and wrap any old rope around it and give it a yank, just like in the olden days.
my tiller is set up like this, cuz the rope broke and the cover was held in with weird sized rivets so i never replaced it.

Not all small engines have that ability.

Posted: 2/1/2011 6:21:51 PM EDT

[#15]

Two weeks ago I ripped the pull cord handle right off my little harbor freight generator. It turned to shrapnel in my hand. It only took a few minutes to change it out, but a 20 min drive to get the handle. A stick would have worked temporarily or a piece of aluminum with a deburred hole in it.

Posted: 2/1/2011 7:42:16 PM EDT

[#16]

hell man, I used to date a chick that had broken the rope on her "lawnboy" mower a couple of years before and was using a cresent wrench to start it; after the laughing fit I replaced the rope.

Posted: 2/1/2011 10:32:12 PM EDT

[#17]

"That's why we don't have nice things..."

Posted: 2/2/2011 6:03:42 AM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
hell man, I used to date a chick that had broken the rope on her "lawnboy" mower a couple of years before and was using a cresent wrench to start it; after the laughing fit I replaced the rope.

that would have been a chick to consider keeping...

Posted: 2/2/2011 6:24:40 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:
hell man, I used to date a chick that had broken the rope on her "lawnboy" mower a couple of years before and was using a cresent wrench to start it; after the laughing fit I replaced the rope.

that would have been a chick to consider keeping...

she did stay around for several years

Posted: 2/2/2011 9:30:41 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Has anybody ever tried the power drill approach?

If you are talking about flashing the field or starting a genny with a power drill ?

Posted: 2/2/2011 9:36:54 AM EDT

[#21]

This message brought to you by the Murphy-Darwin co-operative.

Posted: 2/2/2011 12:07:37 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Has anybody ever tried the power drill approach?

If you are talking about flashing the field or starting a genny with a power drill ?

Using the drill to spin the crankshaft.

Posted: 2/2/2011 2:52:54 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Has anybody ever tried the power drill approach?

If you are talking about flashing the field or starting a genny with a power drill ?

Using the drill to spin the crankshaft.

Most generators will take more power to turn them than the average drill has. And, it'll have to be a cordless drill!!

Posted: 2/2/2011 3:05:24 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Has anybody ever tried the power drill approach?

If you are talking about flashing the field or starting a genny with a power drill ?

Using the drill to spin the crankshaft.

Most generators will take more power to turn them than the average drill has. And, it'll have to be a cordless drill!!

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