Recent content by Old fiddler

I had 2 - 2 stroke Echo back packs that had low compression, would not start, had spark, gas, and it ended being stuck rings on one of them and a broken ring in the other one. Both have been running nicely for 3 years since repaired

Perfect - thank you so much - I did verify the pump hoses were routed properly and pumped fuel (nice volume) I’ll terminate the wires and get busy cutting - thank you again. (It has become kind of a game to see how long I could keep this old girl running - the deck is getting a little tattered...

My 32 year old lawn tractor finally blew up and I am replacing the 12.5 hp Briggs that had no voltage regulator with a 28P777 0641 A1 14 hp Briggs that has a voltage regulator. 1) Do I simply hook the red wire on the regulator to power off the switch? It is a 2 wire voltage regulator if it...

Thank you, I will look at his YouTube first - I got a new kit for it, just haven’t had time to work on it - lights started going on in my GMC Sierra 😖 Just another challenge when life was too smooth 🤪

Thank you - that is what I just ordered a couple days ago - I will save the link

Thank you - contacted Zama for the information and they gave me the rebuild kit number which I ordered - waiting for it to arrive - I hope they were right 😜

Only number on the carb is an H17 26G Zama - I e-mailed them - have not heard back

I searched for a carb kit - not much success - any suggestions?

Thank you - I was going to do that while it is apart when I clean the carb -

Thank you, they are I will fiddle some more and let you know

Fuel is fresh and mixed correctly- I will clean the carb and see what happens

Homesite XL chain saw - no other numbers/model/unit number/serial number 16” bar Ran out of fuel, primer bulb cracked, replaced bulb, refueled it, it would start and die out Replaced both fuel lines from primer bulb Did not replace fuel line with filter on it (it held vacuum) Did replace the...

I mulch - the nitrogen is good for lawn growth. If the grass is very long, I cut 1/3 of grass blade length, then go back at 90 degrees and cut another 1/3 blade length. If the length of the grass is still too long, I repeat the procedure in a few days. Then I try to maintain the length of...

I had a 12 hp Briggs that I serviced - did the same thing - hear up, die, cool off, ran - the fins in the head were packed tight with grass. Cleaned it out, problem solved