Reply To: ELGIN 12 Recoil

[Dave Morrison]

SUCCESS!

I went back to it ( no binding, but still no recoil) and wound it up 12 turns instead of the 8 recommended .  Zing ! Now it recoils like a shot arrow , maybe too well. I might reduce the turns to 10 or 11 just to be safe. But I did notice that the inner hole lined up perfectly with the outer one once I got to the 12th wind up .

I’ve got to say that the 2” bolt ( 1/4-20) double nutted  was the handiest tool for this job.

Final comment: I would rather replace a spring on these starters  than wind up an OMC horizontal one.