Re: Scott-Atwater Corsair 7.5HP – Recoil Won’t Engage

[jpatti75]

Thanks Ozzie, that thought ran through my mind, too. As I slept on it last night, I’m also wondering if putting a little grease on the starter pawls is somehow hampering the movement or ability to engage the ratchet plate on the flywheel. They had old grease on them before, and when I refreshened up the recoil, I cleaned the old grease off and put a light coating of lubriplate on the pawls. I’ve had issues with Mercury recoils being very temperamental with the use of grease on the pawls.

The flywheel (and crankshaft) turn smoothly by hand and the woodruff key is properly aligned, and so it is hard to fathom there is something out of whack there, but this is my first go at a Scott, so I have a lot to learn. The recoil is in very good shape and engaged properly before I started working on the motor, and so something I did wasn’t right.