Long story short, just for continuity. A friend's VG powered 3016 wouldn't start. Reading from here, had me advise him to check the fuel solenoid. My 4018 has a distinctive click, his did not. I told him to soak it, that sometimes its just crud hanging them up. He said he did, then went through some electrical diagnostics and other rigamarole to remove it but never followed through with replacing it. Got a wild hair and offered to sell it to me for a price I couldn't refuse. So, caught up.
I soaked it carb cleaner for 4-5 hrs. Still stuck. At this point, with nothing left to lose, I grabbed it with a pair of needle nose in order to retract it, just to see if it would and it did. cycled it a few times and now it works with the key. What click there is, is very faint and I wouldn't call the movement crisp but it is getting faster with each few cycles.
Is it fixed, or about to be?
I didn't remove any brass but I did shoot carb cleaner through all the holes Bob said to and the tube is clean.
Made a valve cover gasket, my buddy told me it needed.
Bob Meyer mentioned that he sometimes just clips the solenoid end and tells clients to idle down before shutting the engine off. If thats all it is, I'm probably good with that. At least for the time being. Enough to get some seat time, to feel this machine out. ???
I soaked it carb cleaner for 4-5 hrs. Still stuck. At this point, with nothing left to lose, I grabbed it with a pair of needle nose in order to retract it, just to see if it would and it did. cycled it a few times and now it works with the key. What click there is, is very faint and I wouldn't call the movement crisp but it is getting faster with each few cycles.
Is it fixed, or about to be?
I didn't remove any brass but I did shoot carb cleaner through all the holes Bob said to and the tube is clean.
Made a valve cover gasket, my buddy told me it needed.
Bob Meyer mentioned that he sometimes just clips the solenoid end and tells clients to idle down before shutting the engine off. If thats all it is, I'm probably good with that. At least for the time being. Enough to get some seat time, to feel this machine out. ???