Put together a pump, unloader, and motor from different excel pressure washers. Now I have a ton of resistance on the pull cord and have to turn over the pump manually with a ratchet to loosen up and allow it to pull starter. Then motor dies abruptly after a few seconds and is back to high...
I have fixed pressure washers before by tinkering but this one has me stumped.
I put together a motor (Honda) from an Excell 2400psi with an equivalent-looking pump from an Excell 2500psi. Everything looks identical, I do not think that is the issue.
I verified the motor ran before swapping...