I HATE being beaten by a non-working engine!

[Conquiztador]

Picked up this Morrison weedeater with a small 2 smoker engine. Chap told me it would only run when he put some petrol straight in to the carbie air inlet.

"Noob" I thought. This will be easy. Probably a cracked fuel hose. Or at worst some crap in the carbie. I have the little thingy eating the weed in my overgrown garden before I empty the first beer of the afternoon.

A sixpack later while the sun started to hide I, with a sore arm from pulling the thingys cord, gave up for the day. Have had the carbie apart umphteen times/beer. Have cleaned and ajusted and tried and came up with brilliant solutions and sworn and opened more beers.

Had some success. Managed to get the little fucker to run on high idle. But still dies when I throttle it.

The carbie is a 3 piece alloy block with small drilled holes in what seems like a madmans pattern. There is gaskets beetween the three bits. And my fingerprints on every bloody surface. But I am not winning.

Now I am contemplating selling the possessed little shit to some other sucker.

But I just HATE being beaten by a motor. And a 2smoker at that. How hard can it be to sort a carbi that clearly has been designed by a sadistic chinese engineering student?

Hmmm... I have some nifty50 carbies lying around, perhaps I could modify... Or spend another afternoon drinking beers in my jungle of garden...

[kevfromcoro]

These things are sent to try us..
I have just spent all afternoon doing arm to arm combat with my lawmmower.
Broke the pull cord 3 times.. tipped it on its side, and pored petrol down the carb.. finally got it going..
Took me all afternoon just to mow the lawns.
Ya wonder if its not worth getting one of those landscape people to do it for ya.
could sit on the deck and watch.
and drink more beer..

[Conquiztador]

tipped it on its side, and pored petrol down the carb.. finally got it going..

My secret weapon is a yellow can called "Start Ya Bastard". I don't work on any engines w/o it in my toolkit!

Ya wonder if its not worth getting one of those landscape people to do it for ya.
could sit on the deck and watch.
and drink more beer..

Do they come in the bikini variant??

[YellowDog]

Been there and done that.

Ended up giving feedback which read "simple carb problem - resolved in 5 minutes. Thanks for a great trade"

Before dumping it at the nearest inorganic pile.

I just don't like giving the previous guy the satisfaction of knowing that it really was farked beyond repair.

[Conquiztador]

Been there and done that.

Ended up giving feedback which read "simple carb problem - resolved in 5 minutes. Thanks for a great trade"

Before dumping it at the nearest inorganic pile.

I just don't like giving the previous guy the satisfaction of knowing that it really was farked beyond repair.

THAT is a probable outcome. But not yet, I have a doz beers still in the fridge

[Pedrostt500]

Non working Engine, so its an unemployed bum engine, fucking dole bludger engine, bet it has a smoking pot, sitting around in the shead all day just sniffing petrol, while other hard working engines are out there.

[scumdog]

Got a small 2-stroke generator off my bro.
It will run briefly if fuel tipped into the carb.
But won't keep going.
Blown air up every orifice in the carb, took it to local chainsaw shop for them to fiddle with and still no go.
Any ideas ( apart from listing it in T/M)?

[YellowDog]

Blowing is good.

But first seriously small needle through the jets is a good one.

I managed to break the needle in the jet and couldn't get it out. Hence give up time.

Try wire.

[Pedrostt500]

Check non of the diafram gaskets have small holes in them, some tiimes its just easier to put a new carbi kit in them.

[Madmax]

best ones ive seen were premix not being mixed
oil settled over the fuel outlet
no fuel no go
anyone thought of this!!!

[Skunk]

Fuck it. Read this thread and decided to do the lawns. Uncover the lawnmower (sits in the back yard under it's catcher), check the fuel - good, some left from last year
Three pulls of the starter and the cord broke. Get out the weedeater, no gas. Transfer gas from lawnmower to the weedeater. Two pulls of the starter and away we go. Lawns done in 20 minutes. Now to get a new cord for the lawnmwer sometime.

[Big Dave]

Fuck it. Read this thread and decided to do the lawns. Uncover the lawnmower (sits in the back yard under it's catcher), check the fuel - good, some left from last year
Three pulls of the starter and the cord broke. Get out the weedeater, no gas. Transfer gas from lawnmower to the weedeater. Two pulls of the starter and away we go. Lawns done in 20 minutes. Now to get a new cord for the lawnmwer sometime.

Not a blade of grass in my grounds. All paved, rocks or shrubbery (we are the knights who say nih nih nih).

More riding time.

[Conquiztador]

Not a blade of grass in my grounds. All paved, rocks or shrubbery (we are the knights who say nih nih nih).

More riding time.

Ah yes. The only solution worth considering. Concrete, asphalt and rock or wooden fence is king!
Fuck this green weed shit that steals hours from my precious life!

After 3 hours today fighting with the damnd thing and a beer after lunch came up with the obvious solution: Take a six pack to my neighbour and borrow his thingies!

[Motu]

I went through all this yesterday too.I seized the Victa 550 Pro a couple of weeks ago,and blew the headgasket too....seizure possibly caused by the headgasket leaning it out.It freed up and I replaced the headgasket yesterday...it has compression but won't go,not a poof.So I get out my Stihl weedwacker...and it won't start!!! I gave it some stern warnings,graphic details about fire and an axe...then went inside and read a Tintin book.I came out later and it appears to have taken heed of my advice and started.

But the Victa is a dead duck...it joins the Craftsman with the bent crank and no axles.I have every mower in my area on my TradeMe watchlist.....

So,I went for a ride today.

[avgas]

Victor and an old Ryobi. Almost as old as I and still strong