I've got a Honda 2000 small gasoline generator that does not get used much. When it does, it requires a lot of pulls to get it started. Yesterday, I pulled at least 20 times and it didn't run. Finally, I loosed the air cleaner, squirted in some starting fluid and it fired right up on the first pull. So I'm thinking of drilling a small hole in the plastic air cleaner directly across from the throat of the carburetor and putting in a self-tapping screw which can be removed in order to squirt in a shot of ether. Anyone have an opinion on the long term effects of the use of starting fluid to avoid the strains of repeated pulls on an old man's shoulders?

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