fires right up in reverse but want start in forward

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i got a e-z go with a 2 stroke gas engine early 90s it done reel good and this just started will fire right up in reverse but try to go forward it turns over getting spark (fire) getting gas but will not start, now sometimes i can run it in reverse around the yard and put it in forward and it might go but 95% of the time it wont i have checked the cables the f/r and so on but any help is helpful dont care to recheck something

[ez go go]

I'm not real good with these two smokers, but I'll giver a try. What does comp. look like here?

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Originally Posted by ez go go

I'm not real good with these two smokers, but I'll giver a try. What does comp. look like here?

if your talking compression i have not put a gauge on it yet i know it will blow my finger off of the hole, witch i know this is not accurate by no means, what is the comp.psi reading on theses ? most 2 strokes i have worked on or re-ringed would uselley fire up cold and when got warm they would not run and lose all comp. but this is not like the 2 strokes i have worked on, on this the engine gos forward and backward,so does that cause a different comp.ratio or would it be the same going frontwards and backwards? but i am trying anything now,this is my first gasser

[berthasquare]

I am not familiar with 2stroke EZGOs but I am with Yamaha G1 2 strokes. There is no F/R shift. The forward and reverse movement is controlled by the key switch. Clockwise turn of the switch is forward and counter is reverse.

[ez go go]

Above 90 is good. Any less is probably a ring problem..

[Dave Box]

In case you are not aware the 2 cycle engine will run quite happily in reverse, indeed this is what happens when you select reverse, you simply reverse the polarity of the starter motor and she fires up. In your case if every thing works fine in reverse then the engine is in pretty good shape and the compression must be broadly OK. If it will not start in forward (and I assume that you mean the engine will not fire as opposed to the engine fires and runs but the cart won't move) then you probably have a timing issue. In order to be able to fire the spark with some degree of advancement in forward and reverse there are two magnets inside the flywheel (aka harmonic balancer). If one has fallen out then it is possible that the timing would be so far out in forward it would not start (but you will see a spark). Just for fun confirm that the engine does not start in forward and we are not talking of a transmission issue.
Peace and love
D Box

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what you said makes alot of seance to me about having the 2 magnets i have not look at the fly wheel but i wondered how it would fire but not start....right be 4 i read your post was working on it and my gas cable broke and a guy was here shooting b/s with me and made me a offer on it and i said SOLD I am regretting it alittle but i guess its time to find another thanks 4 all the help