I have a 1977 evinrude 25 hp, I’ve only had it about 6 month and ran it a few times and it ran good until I took it out a few months ago and my friend pulled the starter rope out all the way with it in gear and throttled up. I took the starter off fixed the recoil mechanism all that. Now when I got to pull it it it will barley move if I give it a good pull it feels like compression pushing back and will slip. if I take the starter rope off and crank it with a ratchet slowly it will move but it feel like it’s slipping. If I take the spark plugs out it will crank fine.
I’ve seen people say it’s just a hard engine to start but it should not be this hard especially with the resistance fighting back on me
I replaced all the main gaskets on the engine,
rebuilt the pull starter, rebuilt the carb. I checked the cylinders they look good same with the pistons, piston rigs hiss a little but I think that’s normal for a 2 stoke nothing blocking the intake ports or exhaust ports.
I don’t know what it could be if anyone knows or has a thought let me know thanks.
I’ve seen people say it’s just a hard engine to start but it should not be this hard especially with the resistance fighting back on me
I replaced all the main gaskets on the engine,
rebuilt the pull starter, rebuilt the carb. I checked the cylinders they look good same with the pistons, piston rigs hiss a little but I think that’s normal for a 2 stoke nothing blocking the intake ports or exhaust ports.
I don’t know what it could be if anyone knows or has a thought let me know thanks.