Solo motor won't start

[fishnhuntnboy]

I have the lazer mag 2.5 solo motor and I can't get it to start. Normally I can get it started in 2-3 pulls. I was out fishing last night and I noticed on my last hole it started and seemed to bog down. I believe it even stopped running mid hole. Well this morning I decided to out and try to get it to run and it won't. Is is by chance the motor is flooded or not getting spark?

Thanks

[gonehunting]

Call strikemaster directly. Their customer service is excellant and can probably help you out asap. Check to make sure the wiring didn't get bumped or severed on your on/off switch.

[pathogen]

I'm not familiar with the Solo, but on my drill the gas cap vent has to be open or it will kill off after a hole or so. Found this out the hard way, and overlooked it for a while when trying to troubleshoot. Felt like an [PoorWordUsage] when I realized the problem.

[Rebel9921]

That has happened to me few times...

What you can do is undo the spark plug cover, get the spark plug out... and clean it with a clean rag but dont put it back in immediately... slowly pull the rope to cycle the piston 2-3 times... this should expel the vapor... put spark plug back in then the wire back on the spark plug... prime it til the bulb has gas in it... choke on... and it should fire up... if that doesnt work... try a new spark plug...

If that doesnt work... a visit to Strikemaster might be in order...

Hope this helps... Good luck

[fisherman-andy]

That has happened to me few times...

What you can do is undo the spark plug cover, get the spark plug out... and clean it with a clean rag but dont put it back in immediately... slowly pull the rope to cycle the piston 2-3 times... this should expel the vapor... put spark plug back in then the wire back on the spark plug... prime it til the bulb has gas in it... choke on... and it should fire up... if that doesnt work... try a new spark plug...

If that doesnt work... a visit to Strikemaster might be in order...

Hope this helps... Good luck

I had to do that the very first time I bought my Solo cause I couldnt get it started from following the said instructions. Afterwards it started without much hassle.

Either way if it was working and all of sudden stopped I would always check fuel lines first...

[fishnhuntnboy]

I did finally got it to start. Followed those instructions but I also opened the throttle up and that helped. After I did all that it took a lot of pulls to finally get it started. It would start then shut off, start off and so on. Finally got it to idle but any throttle then shut off. After about 5 min I finally got it all to work and stay running and use full throttle. Must have been majorly flooded! Fuel was coming out by the carb too.

Thanks for the info! Hopefully this won't happen again

[travlingypsy]

Make sure the spark plug is gapped correctly. My solo was virtually half of what the gap should have been now it starts perfect everytime!