Craftsman DGS 6500 - needs carburetor

[ILENGINE]

Same with limiter caps on handheld equipment, low and high adjustments. Occasionally these caps need to be removed to get the air/fuel mixture just right as the equipment ages.

The stuff they do sometimes to prevent anybody from adjusting a carb is crazy. From the epoxy filled adjustment screw area to the Stihl I ran into last year that needed adjusted and the caps were secured with blind roll pins.

 

[StarTech]

The stuff they do sometimes to prevent anybody from adjusting a carb is crazy. From the epoxy filled adjustment screw area to the Stihl I ran into last year that needed adjusted and the caps were secured with blind roll pins.

If it is the ones I thinking of they are a royal pain to even get them to the release point. And the screws have plastic around them that can seize so can't adjust them even with the caps completely removed. I had to replace a carb last year because I couldn't even get the screws out so I could replace them. The new carb was easily adjusted with the hex bit thru the center hole.

 

[ILENGINE]

If it is the ones I thinking of they are a royal pain to even get them to the release point. And the screws have plastic around them that can seize so can't adjust them even with the caps completely removed. I had to replace a carb last year because I couldn't even get the screws out so I could replace them. The new carb was easily adjusted with the hex bit thru the center hole.

That's the one. Seem to remember this one was on a MS361 I think.

 

[StarTech]

more likely a MS251 or MS261 that has this metal cap that requires a 3mm extraction tool. The MS361 has a plastic one; unless, it has one of the latest carbs.

And I see the problem that I had the darn plastic insert didn't come out when I pulled the cap.

 

[007]

Where do you get the carb rebuild kits?

 

[StarTech]

Where to get rebuild kit depends on the OEM and carb. Stihl with a controlling interest in Zama has blocked most of the kits. Even their dealers can't get rebuild kits. But I can be resourceful enough to find them a lot of the time but not always.

So what carburetor you looking for a kit for?