Engine help needed

[JimS 1]

I have a Tecumseh engine that wants to "kickback" when trying to start it, like the timing is too early. There is no timing adjustment that I know of. If I get it spinning fast enough it will start and run. Any suggestions on what the problem is and how to fix it? Thanks.

[10HorseMan 0]

I would say that you have a partially sheared flywheel key. Does this model have some kind of a compression release?

[chuckb 0]

I had same thing happen to me, on my 16hp kohler it had compression releaise. found problem ex. valve was out of ajustment. fixed that now starts real nice.

[Al 6]

Hi, On that Tecumseh, Be sure it has the correct flywheel key. There are several keys with different ofsets. Al Eden