9ninjas
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My friend just brought over his brand new MS310 for me to look at. We unpacked it, (he bought it from the dealer late a couple of nights ago and so the dealer didn't run it), gassed it up, checked the compression before attempting to start it.
The compression read about 135 cold which is all right because we are at about 5600 ft. So, we choked it and it never would pop. We pulled the plug and it wa kinda dark (I guess from it being run on the test bench at the factory), so we put a new plug in it and checked the spark before we screwed the plug in and the spark was good both by feeling it and being able to see the spark in a darkened garage. We checked the carb screw settings and they were at the recommended levels of 1/4 out for the low and 3/4 out for the hi. We tried full choke, half choke and no choke and did a lot of cranking but never could get it to pop. The gas was freshly mixed hi test he just got today. ANY SUGGESTIONS?
The compression read about 135 cold which is all right because we are at about 5600 ft. So, we choked it and it never would pop. We pulled the plug and it wa kinda dark (I guess from it being run on the test bench at the factory), so we put a new plug in it and checked the spark before we screwed the plug in and the spark was good both by feeling it and being able to see the spark in a darkened garage. We checked the carb screw settings and they were at the recommended levels of 1/4 out for the low and 3/4 out for the hi. We tried full choke, half choke and no choke and did a lot of cranking but never could get it to pop. The gas was freshly mixed hi test he just got today. ANY SUGGESTIONS?