On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:01:17 -0400, "IBNFSHN" wrote:

If you look closer, I think you will find a push/pull knob for choking the
engine. Not the idle adjuster you are turning.

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I thinks it's the same knob on my 15 hp Merc. I'll have to go check
in the morning. If so, pull the knob out all the way and crank for a
few seconds. It should start right up. Push the kob in half way and
run for a few more seconds until it starts to smooth out, then push it
in all the way..