I had to try and pull start my foreman last night, being that the battery was as cold as it was outside -10 or so. The problem was that the machine wouldn't let me get an entire rotation out of the motor. I finally got her started when I pushed the electric start and pulled the cord at the same time (Not really the same time, more like just after).

My question is: has anyone else had this problem, and is there something I could do to make it easier?

P.S. I thought I had vapor locked it, so I removed the plug and was able to turn her over by hand but with the plug in I couldn't do sh*t manualy.

 

the recoin on my 450 is b*tch to turn the engine over. but i can get a full rotation out of it. the problem with my recoil is once i pull on the handle iv got about 2 inches of cord that wont recoil [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img] so i poke it back in myself. i dont think there is a compression releas on the 450's, but ik the runi"s have them. that would make it easier to hand crank