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Originally Posted by bschmittling
I have a 124 with a Bosh coil and point saver. The points slipped and stayed open all the time so I had to re-time it. The previous owner put a nice white timing mark on the flywheel so I used that and gapped the points at 0.02. It runs and idles really smooth now but hits really hard at least once every time I try and start it. It hits so hard the starter will stop rotating. Is the timing too advanced and do I need to gap it at 0.018 to correct it? Thanks
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I think you might have a compression release issue. My 108 does this-it's like the starter can't turn over the engine against the compression and the belt squeals as the starter pulley slips. It "hits" once, then fires right off, so I haven't taken the time to fix it right yet. Need to get the grass cut!
I think you can open the cam cover on the left side of the engine and manipulate the spring on the cam (if it's not broken) back into place to get the compression release to work again. Or so I've read on other threads here, but have never attempted it myself. (yet).