[AT] Lawn mower carburetors are a piece of cake..... Wrong

[Ken Knierim]

Cecil,
    I've had marginally good luck finding Shindaiwa parts on Amazon. String
trimmers will drive you to insanity though; always been that way. Back when
WD-40 was worth a crap (and I was a small engine guy for a lawn service
going through college) we used that as starting fluid for 2-strokes and it
was pretty decent.
More recently I had an old Echo that was getting the best of me and I just
coupled a cordless drill on the crankshaft because I got tired of pulling
the rope. Spun it over awhile until I got it to pop and run. It had spark
but fuel was the problem. It ran long enough to realize it wasn't going to
be hand-startable and it finally got replaced; the new carb and plug didn't
help and I got tired of fighting with a 30 year old two stroke.
My neighbor uses racing fuel so it doesn't go bad; he recently fired up his
dirt bike (KTM?) that had been sitting for 2 years and it lit right off. He
never even changed the fuel out; he just took it to the desert and ran the
hell out of it. Can't do that with normal gas these days...

Ken in AZ

On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 1:48 PM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> I have spent nearly 2 days working on a 2 yr old Shindaiwa string
> trimmer.  My local parts store tells me the spark plug is a one of a
> kind NGK number and none are available in OK.  I have replaced the
> suction filter in the tank, the lines from the tank to the carb, cleaned
> out the carb, and checked the spark plug.  It will run maybe 2 seconds
> after pulling the starter rope 10 times and then back to cranking
> again.  There are a couple of models of trimmers that have electric
> start, but not in Oklahoma...   I grew up working on small engines, then
> later moving up to tractors and trucks.  I put myself through college
> working on tractors and rebuilding equipment.  I went to the field on
> got in the truck with a pair of pliers, a crescent wrench and a
> screwdriver and finished the job or my run and got back home,  In the
> last year I have not been able to make anything run that I have torn
> down.  If it isn't diesel I can't get it to run....This includes
> lawnmowers, ATV's and lawn & garden equipment.  Thank God my IHC truck
> doesn't need any work.  I just cannot figure out when I lost my touch as
> a mechanic..
> I would sit down and cry if it would do any good, and I just don't do
> that...
> Cecil
>
> On 6/8/2021 2:50 PM, HERBERT METZ wrote:
> > Carl; which ever color mower deck you use, keep those rear wheels spread
> wide when mowing around edge of ponds and other irregular, spongy, sloped
> surfaces. Herb(GA)
> >
> >
> >> On 06/08/2021 9:08 AM szabelski at wildblue.net <szabelski at wildblue.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Mowing wit our Cub is one of my wife’s favorite tasks. She’ll happily
> go out and mow all day without saying anything to me, sometimes even when
> it doesn’t need mowing in my opinion. We have an International C2 belly
> mower and it takes no time to cut about 3 acres. I’ve got two sickle mowers
> for it, each missing one or two non critical part. I’m planning on getting
> at least one up and running so I can use it along the edge of our pond to
> cut the reeds that are growing there. My only issue is I have to decide
> which one I’m going to tackle. One is painted the standard red and the
> other is painted blue. Don’t know if there is a community preference as to
> which is preferred to mount on the Cub. The red one would match the color
> of the Cub, but the blue one stands out and seems to look better from
> pictures I’ve seen.
> >>
> >> Carl
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