Starting The Engine - Matchless 46/G3L 1946 Maintenance Manual And Instruction Book

5 STARTING THE ENGINE

See that there is sufficient fuel in the petrol tank.
(a)
See that there is sufficient oil in the oil tank.
(b)
See that the gear pedal is in the neutral position. (See Para. 7).
(c)
Push inward the hexagonal end of one petrol tap slide.
(d)
See that the air control lever is in the fully closed position.
(e)
Fully advance the ignition and then slack back the control lever two-fifths of its
(f)
total movement.
Open the throttle not more than one-sixth of the total movement of the twist grip.
(g)
Depress the plunger on the top of the carburetter float chamber until it can be
(h)
felt the chamber is full of petrol.
Raise the valve lifter lever and, while keeping it raised, turn over the engine several
(i)
times by depressing the kick-starter pedal, three times, the object being to free
the engine. (This only applies if the engine is cold.)
Depress the kick-starter until compression is felt, then raise the valve lifter lever
(j)
and ease the engine just over compression. Then, after allowing the kick-starter
pedal to nearly return to its normal position, give it a long swinging kick with the
valve closed and the engine should immediately fire.
The kick-starter mechanism must be allowed to properly engage before putting heavy
pressure on the kick-starter crank pedal pin. That means there are two definite
and separate movements when operating the mechanism by depressing the crank.
The first is a Mow and gentle movement which ends when it is felt the quadrant has
engaged with the teeth on the ratchet pinion.
The first slow and gentle movement is essential to avoid damage to the teeth of the
kick-starter quadrant.
After the engine has started, slowly open the air lever until it runs evenly. Then set
the throttle so, that the engine is running at a moderate speed (neither racing nor ticking
over) and allow to warm up. While doing this, check the oil circulation as detailed in
Para. 12. The machine can then be taken on the read.
Note :—Do not race up the engine from cold.
(See Illustration 2) .
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Illustration 3
Showing the relative
positions taken up by the
moving gear indicator
when the various gears are
engaged.
The moving gear indicator
is attathed to the control
spindle and the fixed gear
idicator is located on the
kick-starter case cover.
The two indicators are
only in line with each
other when the foot gear
change pedal is in the
neutral position.