Re: [MBZ] OT: 2022 as a year for finishing up old projects

2022-03-25 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Good point. I don't think that's the issue here, it will run wide open if I give it a little choke to get it going. It'll idle with no choke but falls on its face in the transition. I think it needs the low needle opened a little... -Curt On Thursday, March 24, 2022, 06:40:53 PM EDT, Peter

Re: [MBZ] OT: 2022 as a year for finishing up old projects

2022-03-24 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
: [MBZ] OT: 2022 as a year for finishing up old projects Also check the exhaust for obstructions, there is usually a spark/flame arrester in the muffler that will carbon up and prevent proper running. I nearly killed myself trying to start a weed eater my brother gave me, would start and run a few

Re: [MBZ] OT: 2022 as a year for finishing up old projects

2022-03-24 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
I’m so bored around the FL house I’ve been puttering in the garage dealing with piddly little stuff. It’s definitely cleaner and I’ve gone through a lot of old paint and stuff like that. I’ve got a Stihl chain saw that was running OK and the last time I got it out a month or so ago, it was the

Re: [MBZ] OT: 2022 as a year for finishing up old projects

2022-03-24 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Also check the exhaust for obstructions, there is usually a spark/flame arrester in the muffler that will carbon up and prevent proper running. I nearly killed myself trying to start a weed eater my brother gave me, would start and run a few seconds and then stop. Cleaned the carb, fresh

Re: [MBZ] OT: 2022 as a year for finishing up old projects

2022-03-24 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
good job Curt On Thu, Mar 24, 2022, 5:48 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I'm sure I'm not the only one who's got old projects hanging around > uncompleted. > > I don't even remember how long ago I brought dad's Echo chainsaw back from > camp. Before 2016 anyway for

Re: [MBZ] OT: 2022 as a year for finishing up old projects

2022-03-24 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
Now that I’m freshly retired, I’ll have to find some of those kinds of projects. I had one of my retired work associates tell me yesterday that your goal should be one project per day and that’s all. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 24, 2022, at 2:48 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > >

[MBZ] OT: 2022 as a year for finishing up old projects

2022-03-24 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's got old projects hanging around uncompleted. I don't even remember how long ago I brought dad's Echo chainsaw back from camp. Before 2016 anyway for sure. I don't remember if I ran some bad gas in it or it had just sat but either way I brought it home and