" I'm working on a JW 10 t
" I'm working on a JW 10 that hasn't been started in about 10 years but was very well maintained and winterized after last being used. I took the spark plugs out and pulled the starter a few times to see that the pistons moved freely. Everything moved fine and looked ok so I cleaned and gapped the plugs and put them back. I took off the air intake next to look at the carb. It was very clean so everything went back. I then tried to pull the starter again and it would only turn a little bit and then froze. The starter mechanism worked fine when I removed it from the top of the motor. With the notch in the flywheel in the front of the motor, I can move the flywheel by hand about 1-1/4 turns clockwise and then back counter clock-wise but that? as far as it goes. Any idea why it won't move outside of this range now? "
" I'm working on a JW 10 that hasn't been started in about 10 years but was very well maintained and winterized after last being used. I took the spark plugs out and pulled the starter a few times to see that the pistons moved freely. Everything moved fine and looked ok so I cleaned and gapped the plugs and put them back. I took off the air intake next to look at the carb. It was very clean so everything went back. I then tried to pull the starter again and it would only turn a little bit and then froze. The starter mechanism worked fine when I removed it from the top of the motor. With the notch in the flywheel in the front of the motor, I can move the flywheel by hand about 1-1/4 turns clockwise and then back counter clock-wise but that? as far as it goes. Any idea why it won't move outside of this range now? "