M274 pull start

[hochimin]

i just purchased a M274A5 with pull start,its hard to believe they would put a pull start on one of these,its not like starting a lawn mower,does anyone else have a pull start model ? is it hard to add a starter and alternator ?

 

[FloridaAKM]

You will never have to worry about battery maintenance or dead batteries when you want to go for a ride!

 

[SCSG-G4]

I know someone who has the pull start, and he has had $110,000 of shoulder surgery to prove it.

 

[FloridaAKM]

Hey, I pulled on that handle a few times to see if the engine was free; it's not that hard to pull it to start it. No, it never started due to sitting for a.......while
!

 

[RodUSMC1962]

They don`t call them mules for nothing. All our mule were pull start. They NEVER started worth a darn. We usually pulled them with a mighty mite or if we had enough guys pushed them, they were handy little things, newer models had electric starts. They can be converted,but you have to do a lot of work. If I had one I would do the conversion.

 

[MuleMac01]

I have a A4 that has a pull start and it starts like a dream in 4 or 5 pulls. But the A5's never came with a pull start only elect start. Now that being said someone could of added that on later.

 

[RodUSMC1962]

You are very fortunate to have that mule. Maybe the later versions had some improvements ,our mules were all very early models.

 

[Blake]

I disagree- all a5's were not electric start.

 

[FloridaAKM]

Here is a picture of the beast before purchase!

 

[nickd]

If the motor is properly timed and the carburetor is properly adjusted, they will start with very little effort.

 

[RodUSMC1962]

That was not true with ours, we had about 35 of these things new and they Never started easy.

 

[Ray Collier]

I have a pull start no problems

 

[joel]

I have an A5, only have had 3 or 4 months,has starter, added an alternator, it has always started but with the choke pulled out, which I found with these type of engines you always have to do.I have tried push/start and it starts right up.