Speaking of Troy-Bilt weed eaters, I saw about 40 sold at an auction last Saturday. High bidder got choice. $45 was the high bid and several were taken. Then they started the bid again and it went to $20 and several more were picked out. Then down to $10 and one or two more taken. That left about a dozen, so they combined that with a pile of Troybilts (new looking like the others) and sold them in one lot. Most were dis-assembled and in pieces except for the engines. Shafts, engines, heads all piled up together. I couldn't believe it brought $175. Not to mention 10% premium on top of it, PLU$ TAX! At any rate I thought it would go for about $25 to $45 and I got off at $35 or so. The guy that bought that pile of junk thought he had a bargain! But I've worked on various weed eaters over the years and there is nothing so frustrating as an engine that will hit a lick or two then pull your guts out trying to start it again. :thumbdown: My rule is this: If it don't start on the 3rd (hopefully) to the 5th pull, I find out what's wrong. This crap about pulling 10X and all that priming is for the birds as far as I'm concerned. I will not pull till I have winded myself and have blisters trying to start one, no matter what brand it is, nor how well it "runs" when it was running! However I do love that idea of the drill starting the thing. I've got to pick up one of those soon. Maybe get a deal this late fall or winter when deals can be found. Good Luck on getting it running.
