| Author | Message | ||
     Natexlh1000 |
I was getting all ready to whack some weeds with my old homelite. Doesn't start. I'm usually pretty good with 2-smokes. It has a good spark. It has good compression. I dumped gas in the carb throat and it didn't even try burning off that gas! I then popped the flywheel, thinking that it jumped time with a sheared key. Nope. It's a piston port engine, I'm pretty sure so the reed valves don't exist. I'm out of stuff to check! Just had to vent. | ||
| Just_ziptab |
Dry it out and start all over. See if it will "pop" on a SMALL shot of starting fluid. Doesn't take much on a little two stroke....or you'll flood it.I had a little chain saw that did the same thing. Farted around with it way too long before I put several drops of oil down the spark plug hole ..started right up. The oil restored it's compression. I had a weedeater(gifted)that wouldn't stay running....and got to the point of not running at all. Tore it apart MANY times and found nothing. Turns out the fuel cap vent was plugged and would not draw any fuel into the carb. Also,fuel lines will break off in the tank.......very common. | ||
| 86129squids |
Get an electric one, and a couple of LONG extension cords. No gas, a lot less noise, no smoke, a LOT lighter, gets the job done. Fairly cheep too. I've developed a hatred of gas weedeaters and especially gas leafblowers. I once watched a crew at UT Knoxville, 4 with rakes, 4 with leafblowers... the guys with the rakes were as efficient as the leafblower guys, yes they worked a little harder, but hey- exercise is good, no? OK sorry bout the rant- weedeaters ARE very useful, I just hate the noise they and leafblowers make. At least electric helps keep the PEACE...  | ||
| Froggy |
Time for electric!  | ||
| Ourdee |
I went electric years ago. | ||
| Spank |
My mom has a cordless electric Black and Decker trimmer...works pretty good I guess. Only has a hard time with tall weeds. As for me. I will stick with my Stihl. It can cut down small trees if need be. | ||
| Etennuly |
I like my four stroke Honda, I can bolt on a circular saw blade for the tough stuff. | ||
| Dennis_c |
Sounds like its flooded real good take the spark plug out dry the plug off with air pull the starter then blow air in the spark plug hole then hope  | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
It was flooded reeeel bad I had dinner, cooled down and finished reassembling it. three pulls at full throttle and it started. And P.S. Electric can't eat saplings with a steel blade. This thing is 14 years old and actually doesn't really owe me a dime. I used it to civilize my first house and now in the new house, it eats poison ivy and maple saplings om nom nom! BTW, It has the cheapest/most awesome centrifugal clutch I have ever seen. Stamped steel, one piece with the natural springiness of the material acting as both the pivot "bearings" as well as the return springs. Must have cost $0.03 to stamp them out! Not bad for something that can take a horsepower for that long. | ||
| Ohsoslow |
i actually have a homelite that is right around 14-15 years old as well, and boy are you right, the thing is a tank still runs great to this day. change the plug in it once a year and good to go. only problem i have ever had with it was the recoil broke few dollar fix and back in business. electrics are ok if you have a small yard everyone i have ever used has seemed way too under powered for what i needed it for. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Diaphragm, in the carb sticks over the winter, when it's softened again with gas it unsticks & you're away. | ||
| 04buell |
check exhaust port and muffler for obstruction. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
It was flooded REEEally bad. This morning, I tried pulling the rope without the choke and it started right up. Gas must have been sloshing in the crank case Did my whole yard. I still can't believe I took the whole thing apart for no reason. Oh well. at least I was able to get it back together. | ||
| Buellhusker |
Just had my 20 year old Homelite tuned up (would not run) cost $78.50 for the carb rebuild and new fuel lines and filter and cleaned out the muffler. Got it home and it has never ran so good even when new. Well it ran for 1/2 hour and then acted like it was running rich then it finally quit and cannot get it started so back to the repair shop Monday. | ||
| Ourdee |
I have ran my electric once this year. "Ground Clear" was easy to spray. What saplings. |
