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Posted by Zephyr on May 29, 2007, 11:56 am
>I just bought an old weedeater at a garage sale, when I tried it out
> there it started, ran briefly on half choke, then died. I figured it
> was worth the couple bucks and brought it home. I have since taken
> the whole thing apart, cleaned it up, and reassembled it... all to no
> avail. It will cough and sputter on full choke, then rev right up on
> half choke but die within 5-15 seconds. If I try to take it off choke
> or let go of the throttle trigger it dies instantly. By fiddling
> around between full and half choke I managed to get it to run
> (sounding fairly decent) for about 45 seconds or so a couple of times.
>
> I'm assuming it's a fuel flow issue. The carb looked quite clean when
> I had it apart though and I have played with the screw a bit but don't
> know what I'm going for there. Any ideas on what else to do or how to
> best adjust the carb screw?
>
I had a similar issue on a weedeater I pulled out of someone else's trash
pile,
replace the spark plug. it worked like a charm for me.
Dave
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