Thanks for the info guys. I never thought about the stator being a possible culprit. Are these a common problem on the SRX? Mine is a 2001 700.
I will check the reeds when I start my overhaul in the fall. I am going to pull the motor and check the harness because I had some intermittant problems last winter, sometimes it would start and none of the gauges or lights would work. Through fiddling around with the wires and sometimes restarting, it would clear up.
I did install a new fuel pump last winter, checked and rechecked chokes, and checked compression, and it was 130 across. And yes carbs were cleaned and syncd.
There must be a primer kit though that could be installed. I want to do everything I can to help it start better before it gets cold. I don't mind having to pull extra after cleaning carbs as this is just the nature of the beast, but in -25 pulling 30 or 40 times is pretty hard on the shoulder and very frustrating.
Thanks for the help!