Cummins/Onan — Installing Model D Readi-Pull Starter
Installation
From a Cummins/Onan owner's manual — check it applies to your exact model before use.
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Before you start
- The recoil spring may unwind and cause injury if let fly wildly when starter is disassembled or reassembled.
Procedure
- Examine the blower housing carefully; replace it if the mounting holes are worn or it is otherwise damaged.
- Install the new ratchet-wheel to the blower wheel using the two special head screws and lock washers provided; tighten securely.
- Install the four supplied special nuts in the square holes in the blower housing and reinstall the blower housing if not already fitted.
- Pull slowly out on the starter rope and insert a ten penny common nail through each of the two drilled holes when the roll pins align.
- Install the starter assembly to the blower housing making sure the nail ends enter the pilot holes in the ratchet wheel mounting screws.
- Mount the starter using a hex head screw, lock washer, and three flat washers at each mounting arm; tighten securely and remove the nails.
- To change the direction of pull, loosen the four clamp screws, turn the starter in its mounting ring, and tighten the clamp screws securely.
- Try the starter several times making sure the pull rope will not rub against a clamp screw.
Tools required
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Source: Cummins/Onan owner's manual. Steps and values are as documented; always cross-check against the official manual and any later revisions for your exact serial number before servicing.