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Posted by Brian on July 20, 2001 at 21:30:47 from (205.188.197.186):
My 47 H on 6 volts cranks nicely with new 2/0 cables and what seems like a decent battery but doesen't start till after a few trys and usally when you are pulling your thumb off the starter button. I re gapped it to .13 on # 1 TDC, and when it starts after a bit it purrs and idles great. This H has a mag that appears original and I touched up the caps contacts with sand paper. In my working on it today I put in the cap reversed and got it to start 180 degrees out of timing it ran ok on two cylinders with no power. My thought is that my original on - off switch is bad. I snap it on -off a couple time and it seemed to help a bit in the past. This could be luck though. I get spark at the plugs though it seems weak, I am used to 12 volt systems though. Any thoughts on how a H should start ? I had a 65 Mustang for a long time that I had starting before the key was on the contact for
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