Hi everyone,

New here. I have this Atco that will only fire if I prime it with gas in the plug hole and it only runs for 5 seconds or so to burn that off. It doesn't seem to pull fuel into the head. I took the head off and the valves and valve seats are pitted. There was alot of carbon buildup there and I wire brushed it off. It went from no compression to a little compression after that. The carb is clean with all ports open. Since it does fire when primed am I looking at an intake valve seating issue here? There's slots on the top of the valves. I suppose this is for grinding them. Suggestions? Also, what size is the nut on the flywheel to spin this with a drill to start it? My 19mm is just a hair too big so it must be 18mm. Strange that I only have the odd numbered sized mm sockets. I bought this off of Craigslist Nashville TN for $40 this spring. The guy was a professor at Vanderbilt University and brought it with him from London several years earlier when he moved here and just had it stored in his garage. Lucky for me I suppose. I see there's not many of these here in the states.

Out of questions for now.
Kevin

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