Won’t start hot now. The lever on back is fully actuated whereas it wasn’t when
it was running. I probably need to bypass the automatic “convenience “ devices
and just do choke and throttle manually as g-d intended.
--FT
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> On Apr 16, 2022, at 1:17 PM, Buggered Benzmail
> wrote
So I go out and gave the thing a yank and it lit off first pull and ran ok but
a little rich it smelled like. I’ll try it again in a minute to see if it will
start hot.
I checked on whatever this lever is that comes out the back of the engine and
goes to the carb and twiddled with it. Seems to
Remove the pull start cover and use a battery drill motor with a socket
drive and socket on the end of crank nut that will be accessed when you
pull the pull start cover. Then use the drill to crank the engine with the
plug out and grounded to the head so you can watch it.
Really quick you will see
I did some of that this afternoon. The tank filter looked ok and gas drained
out at a reasonable rate so I think it’s good.
I’ll get a new plug although it looked clean and good but I did not test it.
It’s hard to crank looking at the plug.
Thanks for the ideas
--FT
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> On Apr
Did you install a new spark plug?
Good chance the old plug is gas fouled from trying to start it with dead
gas, which is why you do not have spark.
Another thing that happens with small engines that do not start with dead
gas is the cylinder becomes saturated with unburned gas which effectively
"fl
LOL, I'm the other way, small engines are a bit of a specialty. I'm
tantalizingly close to having my garden tractor loader back to working, good
thing too, I want to get a load of topsoil to spread on the yard.
I also volunteered to look at my neighbor's lawn tractor. The starter spins but
neve
I believe one has to have some sort of special gift to be able to service small
engines. I’ve worked on, torn down and rebuilt engines bigger than our cars,
yet small engines seem to be something from another astral plane.
-D
> On Apr 15, 2022, at 6:32 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
> wro
I use this thing a lot and it has been great until just recently.
--FT
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> On Apr 15, 2022, at 6:41 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I've come to the conclusion that though it's handy to have a lot of things
> like this, for stuff I'll use maybe once or twice a year I
I've come to the conclusion that though it's handy to have a lot of things like
this, for stuff I'll use maybe once or twice a year I'm usually better off
renting despite the extra hassle of that.
That way it isn't taking up space in my garage the other 362 days and I don't
have to maintain the
> I have this pressure washer I got 2-3 years ago. It has no manual choke, some
> automatic kind of thing with a coupla levers, one hooked to what looks like
> some sort of thermal thing that seems to activate the choke and another that
> seems to be throttle which always runs wide open. That
Yeah it says stabilizer on the can...
I've had poor results with Sta-bil. The POR-15 people sell a stabilizer thats
good but expensive.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:46:08 -0700
From: Alex Chamberlain
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: I hate small engines
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Messa
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
> I like to blame Sta-bil...
> I've had many fewer problems in snowmobiles since I stopped using Sta-bil and
> started using Seafoam. I use an ounce per gallon in every tank and 2 ounces
> per gallon MORE every spring when I put them away for th
] OT: I hate small engines
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On Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:21:22 -0400 "Dwight E. Giles, Jr"
wrote:
> Yes, my lawn mower ash been acting up too since eth
at took down my Cub Cadet the other day.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:07:06 -0400
From: "LarryT"
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le getting all
the dirt out without taking the fuel pump apart.
Look for the simplest solution first. It seems strange that the
needle should go bad that quick.
Manfred
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:34:50 -0600
From: Craig McCluskey
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: I hate small engines
On Sun, 05 Jul 200
On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:32:53 -0400 Mitch Haley wrote:
> Craig McCluskey wrote:
>
> > Any suggestions on what to do about it?
>
> Get a carb float and or needle/seat that's impervious to alcohol?
Well, that's something to try, but where can I find those?
Craig
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Craig McCluskey wrote:
Any suggestions on what to do about it?
Get a carb float and or needle/seat that's impervious to alcohol?
Mitch.
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On Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:21:22 -0400 "Dwight E. Giles, Jr"
wrote:
> Yes, my lawn mower ash been acting up too since ethanol. I spray a few
> shots of carb cleaner in every tank of fuel. Article in local paper said
> to use hi test for mowers-not sure why-still has 10% ethanol if I read
> the pump ri
archer wrote:
If you know a police officer personally he might have dipsticks to test
for ethanol.
Any graduated container works for that.
Mix one part water with one part 'gasoline' and shake well.
Wait for it to settle, and if there's alcohol in there, you'll see the line
between the 'water'
If you know a police officer personally he might have dipsticks to test for
ethanol. I would mix small quantities of gas and water, shake them up
thoroughly, let the mixture set and separate, suction off the gas with a
bulb, and test the water and another sample of gas with dipsticks since we
r our
gasoline-powered vehicle fleet. Even that still wouldn't make much of a
"dent" in it.
Wilton
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Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 3:35 PM
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Dwight E. Giles, Jr wrote:
Yes, my lawn mower ash been acting up too since ethanol. I spray a few shots
of carb cleaner in every tank of fuel. Article in local paper said to use hi
test for mowers-not sure why-still has 10% ethanol if I read the pump right-
so I am using 93 Sunoco in a 3 horse T
Another thing to watch is for deterioration (mostly hardening and
shrinking) of rubber parts. This can make small engines very hart to
start when the rubber hose between the carb and cylinder gets loose,
for instance -- this has been a problem on both my Techumse and
Briggs engines (mostly
arryT
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 12:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: I hate small engines
I also have a Pressure Washer with a Honda engine. Lately it is very hard
to start and I blame a lot of that on Ethanol. I know for a fact it is hard
on the needle valve and seats
T
91 300D
Honda pressure Washer.
Read the Constitution
once in a while -
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html
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Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 5:04 AM
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You might think so but no, the carby will have to be serviced as I have
just done on a Honda 5 hp motor coupled to a pressure washer which I
bought as part of a small earthmoving business.
Here I was thinking like you "it's a Honda it will go first pull" but no
it did not. 2 hours later after a
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: I hate small engines
I dunno Dwight, a friend has a Honda snowblower and the thing is one of the
most amazing small engines I've ever seen, pull starts easy each and every
time with basically no maintenance other than changing the oil once a year.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 3
t E. Giles, Jr"
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Don't give up Curt-a $400 Honda is the same evil as cash
cedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]
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Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: I hate small engines
Oh man, about a 6hp diesel with a nice heavy flywheel would be awesome...
A carb soak is just what the doctor ordered. My friend that owns the
snowm
The $400 Honda looms!
-Curt
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:27:40 -0500
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Go down to FLAPS and buy a can of carb cleaner. I
tainer and dip just
the tube, it sticks down from the carb a quarter inch or so.
The $400 Honda looms!
-Curt
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:27:40 -0500
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Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 7:14 PM
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Subject: [MBZ] OT: I hate small engines
Got the carb on my Tecumseh today, took me about 5 tries to get it on with
all the linkages on and the fuel line hooked up right.
Gas poured out when I first fueled up, I hadn't gotten the nut on the
Go down to FLAPS and buy a can of carb cleaner. I soaked the 60
years of crud off the International H carb, and found OE factory
paint underneath. A word to the wise, after you are done, store the
carb cleaner in a glass jar or antifreeze jug. It eats through the tin can.
But I agree, smal
Got the carb on my Tecumseh today, took me about 5 tries to get it on with all
the linkages on and the fuel line hooked up right.
Gas poured out when I first fueled up, I hadn't gotten the nut on the bowl
tight enough, its hard to tell. Tecumseh gives a torque spec but I don't have
an inch pound
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