I have similar trouble with my petrol hedge trimmer that gets used may be twice a year. You pull and yank and scream and shout for an hour or two by which time you've flooded the engine...

...I'm convinced that regular use is the answer but for most of the year I'm just fresh out of hedges!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!