correct starting procedure ?

[TCEd]

If everything is working correctly what's the correct starting procedure for 50 F and colder for a cold engine ? Seems like I'm flooding mine. I pull the choke quarter to half way and crank and nothing. Then I get frustrated and pump the gas and still nothing. Maybe later it fires off, right now it will not.

Once it has been driven it will re-start without me screwing it up. Turn the key and varoom.

ed

 

[Bripars40]

I usually have to pump the gas pedal two to three times and then I try and turn it over. Sometimes I barely have my foot on the throttle to give it a little help in the first 5 seconds of running.

 

[wscbill]

From the 1983 Land Cruiser Owner's Manual.

 

[TheHardWay]

Damn that's alot to remember. Maybe should print it, laminate it and clip to your sun visor

 

[45Kevin]

On mine I pump about ten times, then pull out choke fully.

 

[brian]

one pump
turn key it will normally fire within a few revolutions
let it idle few moments to build op
pedal it up for a few minutes
down the road i go

 

[ginmtb]

10 second warmup lol

 

[GHalll]

I pump mine a few times then crank, repeat. No pumping while cranking, it will not start then. I let all of my vehicles warm up for at least a minute or two including chain saws and so on.

 

[vfrer]

Try full choke for initial start up.

 

[shelfboy1]

seem to be all different a conversion to an fj60 starter makes mine start pretty good /sometimes it sits for a month and takes several pumps at full choke .try different ways to start it .like full choke and no gas or full choke and 1 pump until it starts the way you want it to

 

[1911]

Dead cold 2F: two pumps of the gas pedal, full choke, as soon as it catches go immediately to half choke, let it run there to fully circulate oil; can close choke all the way very soon after forward motion.

If it's been started previously that day (even after many hours of cooling down), then hold pedal to the floor, no choke, and release gas pedal as soon as it starts.

 

[73FJ40]

@TCEd :

It's a good thing to identify your rig, engine and carb to get more accurate guidance here.

The standard starting instructions assume your carburetor has the proper level of fuel in the float bowl. That is, the level centered on the sight glass (assuming OEM carb.)

You should check your sight glass to confirm this when establishing a starting procedure.

If mine sits for a while, the fuel evaporates, therefore it takes several cranks, with the choke fully closed, to have engine vacuum and fuel pump get the fuel to refill the float bowl.

 

[TCEd]

It's a '77 with a '82 stock 2F engine. Had not thought to check the sight glass.

 

[JAFO2014]

Mine is a 77 and sort of like 1911 says, except dead cold I pull the choke out halfway and then crank. It starts almost immediately. Don't think I even pump the pedal. I then let it idle a few seconds and usually can push the choke back in, except on cold mornings where I let it stay out as I drive the 1.5 miles out of my neighborhood, where if I am lucky I remember to push the choke back in.

Once hot I don't need any choke to restart. Even middle of the day during the summer, go out for lunch and it fires up without choke. But on cold days I will need that choke.

You just need to learn what your engine likes. I suggest you remove the breather and note where the choke is positioned for various positions of where you have the knob. Then you'll know just how much you are closing off the choke butterfly.

 

[TCEd]

So with a cold engine this morning I pumped the gas pedal once and full choke. Clutch in, turn key and Zoom !. After about 30 seconds I reduced to half choke and feathered the throttle some then no choke and ran smooth. Just like the operators manual.