[AT] string trimmer

charlie hill chill8 at suddenlink.net
Mon Jun 16 12:28:59 PDT 2008


Look at most any commercial lawn mowing outfits truck or trailer.  You'll 
see 1 or 2 big ZTR mowers, 1 or 2 men and at least half a dozen string 
trimmers.  That should tell you something.

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Britton" <c.britton at worldnet.att.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 2:37 PM
Subject: [AT] string trimmer


>I dislike owning many small gas engines for the same reason... I can 
>rebuild
> a brigs carb with my eyes closed in 5 minutes....
>
> Now when i shut down a piece of equipment for the year, I add 2 cycle oil 
> to
> the last bit of gas, and let it 'fog' the engine.. In the string trimmer
> that is already mixed fuel.. I mix it heavy.. like 10:1.. same with the
> lawnmowers.. Yeah.. it may leave a lil gunk on the plug.. but I clean them
> yearly when i pull them out of the barn.. etc.
>
> soundguy
>
>
>>Message: 1
>>Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:07:57 -0400
>>From: "WF Smith" <mogrits at gmail.com>
>>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.
>>Warren
>
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