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April 25, 2023 at 2:39 pm #275588
frankr
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    Well, that is a tough question to answer.  It is supposed to be hard to pull over compression.  Are the compression relief valves working?  You had the head off and didn’t see any obvious damage, so I assume the bearings, etc are not trashed.

    Barring any additional information, I have to guess there is nothing wrong with it (????)  Except for a weak electric starter, that is.