[AT] OT- String trimmers and other 2-cycle pieces of garbage

[charlie hill]

I've never had any luck with them either.  Next one I buy (if I do) will be 
a 4 stroke.  They can't be as tempermental as the 2 stroke ones are.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WF Smith" <mogrits at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 2:07 PM
Subject: [AT] OT- String trimmers and other 2-cycle pieces of garbage


> Is it the new gasoline formulas, cheaper equipment, or just my poor luck
> that even when I store my string trimmers and other 2-cycle pieces of
> equipment (with stabil additive) they always come out the next season
> running improperly, if at all?
>
> I have a Homelite 25cc string trimmer sitting beside the shop right now,
> hemmoraging fuel through the carburetor. It is running so rich it 
> eventually
> wets the plug and stops. There is only an idle adjustment screw (really 
> just
> a stop for the throttle cam) and one other screw that I assume is the
> mixture. I've removed the primer bulb trying to stop the flow of gas and
> everything under there was clean as a whistle- no trash at all on the
> screen.
>
> I'm seriously considering just buying a new 90.00 trimmer each year and
> donating the previous years model to someone with more patience than I 
> have.
>
> Does anyone have good experience with a particular brand? I'm not going to
> buy a big professional model because I have so little to trim it would be 
> a
> waste, not to mention I could still have the same problems year to year.
>
> Warren
>
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