Finally got it back together last night and cranking by hand ok again. Strangely though it won't hand crank off the crank pulley bolt once the pulley is on?
Anyhow I got all the auxillaries back on and tried to start it again. It nearly went as I got sort of hollow popping sounds and puffs of smoke coming out the exhaust! After about 30 seconds of about 5 seconds trying to crank, 5 seconds off the battery died on me again from full
So I left the battery charging overnight and tried it again this morning and I got farily regular smoke coming out the exhaust but it still won't start & stay runnnig
Any ideas?