In Reply to: Hard to crank start posted by Tom on December 19, 2020 at 08:28:44:
Both compression and igntion must be GOOD because cranking speed is low.
Even if all is well, engines equipped with Kettering ignition systems do not start as easily by hand crank as do the same engines equipped with magnetos.
Just to be clear; I did NOT say that it was not possible to hand start an engine equipped with a Kettering ignition system.
Dean