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May 23, 2025 at 11:16 am
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Did you check the rings? As you have replaced the magneto and carb with those from a running motor, and you don’t see a problem with the reeds, I would suspect the rings are stuck. Take off the exhaust cover and move the pistons so you can see the rings. Take something like a small screwdriver and see if you can get some movement, pushing on the rings. I had a motor with 65 lbs compression. Like yours it wouldn’t do anything. The rings were stuck so hard I had to break them to get them out.
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