This weekend i picked up a lawnboy 8073 at a garage sale for $15 and when i got home i:
1.Took the plug out=Cleaned and gaped it
2.sprayed WD-40 in the cylender
3.pulled it over a few times to de-seaze it=Operational
4.checked for spark=OK
5.put new fuel line on
6.cleaned and greased the choke and throttle cable on the Walbro carb
7.put fresh 91 Octane gas/oil mix in the tank mixed at 32/1 [a little richer so the rings and seals would get good and lubed up again after 5 years of sitting like the guy said it had been
8.cleaned the rust off the coil and flywheel
9.put it all back together and primed it 3 times and she fired right up but she smoked like crazy burning off all the old oil {also i had her on the slow idle setting}
10.let it run for 10 mins
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#2
OutdoorEnvy
Nice job! Sounds like $15 well spent :thumbsup:
#3
unclelee
That's how ya do it right there big brother
#4
jringo8769
wow..that is a great deal ....hope mine are that easy to get running
