Gotta start somewhere...Got me some goodies. Motor questions though.

[phatdaddy]

everybody's got their own way of testing, but i always warm the motor up. then pull the kill switch to prevent accidental startups. advance the warm up lever all the way to open carbs. and pull one plug at a time.
mj's right, don't worry about cooling till you get the comp #'s back & forget the generic manuals, you need the one specific to your model