Chrysler 6hp 1973 pull starter

[Beno]

I just pulled out this 6 horsepower Chrysler from 1973 and the full rope recoil is very very stiff and hard to use.

It really doesn’t want to retract the rope.

I pulled out the recoil ..fairly easy to do.. and it looks like the bottom plastic part of the round rope holder has split see attached pictures..

Is this a common problem?

Furthermore how do you get the flywheel off of this little white monster I don’t see any holes for a puller.

 

[billw]

Awhile ago, I brought a Force 15 back from the dead, which had that type of manual starter. My pulley wasn’t that bad but it WAS cracked. I also had to replace the spring, rope and the pinion gear. I spent more on the recoil alone than the whole engine was worth but hey, it is a great runner now and that’s all that matters to me. Those recoils are horrible, in my opinion. To get the flywheel off, you can either use a flywheel knocker (DON’T just pound on the crank shaft. There is a big difference) or you can drill and tap the three indentations on the flywheel for 1/4-20 screws and use a puller. Don’t drill into the coils. Be careful.

Long live American manufacturing!

• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by billw.

[amuller]

Everything about those recoils is likely to be a problem. Marinengine has some of the stuff but prices are not appealing. Whatever else, best to treat the starter very gently. Most will have a sheave for an old-style starter rope. Best to take one along….

My experience with those Wico and Wico-clone flywheels is that some are drilled and tapped for a puller, some have a molded-in hole that can be tapped, and some just have a dimple to locate where to drill and tap. In the latter case I would probably take the wheel off with a knocker the first time, then drill and tap, preferably using a drill press or mill.

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