Originally Posted by
Coach185
Gene, my gear shifter has no fast idle lever, but it does have a round button on the lower end of the shifter arm. That button will disengage the drive and allow free rpm's without turning the prop.
So I have been reading a bunch of posts about hard starting Vmax's. Seems to be a common issue and mostly related to choke.
Help me to understand what happens when the key is pushed in. I can hear a noise when I push in the key. Does it engage the butterflies in the carbs? If this is the case then does it release the butterflies when I release the "push" on the key? That would make since to me now that I have researched somewhat.
I have not been holding in the key while cranking. Just push it in once then release and then crank.
I also read that there is a manual choke on the motor itself. I'll need to check that out.