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Years ago I was working on a pick up truck with a diesel in it. Dont remember what I was doing to it but being careful I stuffed a rag into the intake of the turbo to make sure nothing fell in. And I forgot to take it out Upon initial start up the engine ran terrible. Rough. Shaking. No power...

I’ve also had a 440B for years. It’s been a very reliable fun little machine for getting in the barn and doing odd little things around the yard for the wife where the bigger heavier S650 would just make a mess

By decrease in power do you mean you lose RPM ?

The tool itself looks like mine a lot more attachments to the kit you’re looking at. If you work on older stuff or rusty stuff it’s a great tool to have in the box

If the gears directional it’ll be marked. Look at the old one real close before removing

We have a flame less heater for those tough jobs. Electromagnetic induction. Wrap the fitting you want off with one of the supplied attachments and push the button. 8 seconds later it’s glowing and ready to be loosened

Just a few thoughts here. Fan turning the right way ? Has it been off and installed backwards? Does it have a fan shroud that’s not installed?

There has to be good air flow through the condenser to cool the Freon. Make sure the condenser is clean of debris and that the fan is pulling air through it

Try it with the fuel cap off or loose see if that makes any difference

Had a John Deere tractor once with the exact symptoms and found the fuel filter was plugged

What was the “ wet “ in the two low cylinders? Coolant or fuel? Are they closest to the carb? Gas would wash the cylinder walls and cause low compression If it was coolant then looks like it’s coming apart

Try to start it then pull a couple plugs. See if they’re wet with fuel. Does it smell like fuel when it’s trying to start? Did you happen to refuel it just before this happened? Fuel quality? Would be interesting to learn the results of the test firefighter told you to do

Is it electronic ignition? Did you check timing with a timing light? Have you checked for a good strong spark?

When the pickup tube on my little 440B broke I was in a hurry. Just extended the rubber fuel line with a new portion into the tank. Retrieved and used the screen pickup from the old tube and wired a heavy nut to it to keep it at the bottom of the tank. That was 8 years ago and that setup is...

One lead from the remote switch would go to the battery positive and the other connects to the small “S” terminal on the starter solenoid. That bypasses the starter circuit but the starter itself needs to be in working order