I'll get things started

Dang it Pocono! Now I have to hate you twice!

Once for proving me wrong and twice for making more work for me!

I was going to take a picture so I took the air cleaner off and started looking at it. I was looking for a butterfly like an automotive choke but it's a slide like a shutter.

I thought the lever was a cast in rib.

Remove the air cleaner assembly & look at the butterfly -- there will be a shaft running thru the center of it -- on one end or the other, there should be a linkage of some sort. This will lead to wherever the lever is to activate the choke. Try moving the butterfly with your finger -- if you can see straight down the carburetor bore, it's open -- choke off. I know of no engine that does not have a choke or enrichener system.

A 2-stroke should start in no more than 3 pulls. If not, then either the fuel isn't getting to the carb ( which is what it sounds like ) or there is a weak spark -- or low compression......unlikely on a new machine, but possible considering the quality of some items I've purchased at big box stores. Could be as simple as a pinhole in the primer system. If just a tiny bit of air gets in there, it won't do it's job -- which is to fill the carburetor with fuel. Another factor could be the fuel/oil mixture. Leaner is better, contrary to popular belief (within reason). I mix everything at 50 - 55:1 with a good synthetic oil. They run soooo much better! Also, if there is an adjustment on the carb ( usually restricted with a cap ), it helps starting to turn them out about 1/4 to 1/2 turn. They set them up so lean that they barely run, all in the name of clean air...

I'll take a 2-stroke any day over a 4-stroke -- they are lighter (important for something you have to carry around), more powerful for a given size, & easier to start (when everything is working properly).


Well I just typed all this & it looks like you found it!

Sorry Smitty.

I've had this POS for like 6 years and cursed it's existence the whole time.

The throttle is a rotary type like a snowmobile or similar. The choke is built into the air cleaner housing and is just a teardrop shaped piece that pivots over the carb mouth.

dang...... i got thru!!!! the skull is only so thick!!!!!

oh by the way i just dld the manual for it and it actually calls it a cold weather assist lever.......

Poconoeagle wrote:dang...... i got thru!!!! the skull is only so thick!!!!!

Us Swedes are known for skull thickness!

Poconoeagle wrote:oh by the way i just dld the manual for it and it actually calls it a cold weather assist lever.......

I don't want to run the thing in the summer. I CERTAINLY don't want to trim the lawn with 4 feet of snow on the ground!

I know exactly what you're talking about -- I just got an aold leaf-blower with a similar system running for a buddy of mine. He gave it to me to get running........ he says it just won't start. he didn't tell me that it was from '92 & hasn't been used since "98!! He was laughing when I sent him a cell-phone pic of me cleaning my driveway. He was testing me...

So that carb has a slide? The cable comes down thru top of carb & when you hit the throttle, it lifts it upward & you can see a needle? (thicker than a needle -- more like a nail). that's unusual for lawn equipment -- usually see those in dirtbikes.

yeah but us poles are equally thick.... just better looking!!

page 10 figure 23..... those darn operators manuals !! glad you will smile every time you start it now!!

SMITTY wrote:I know exactly what you're talking about -- I just got an aold leaf-blower with a similar system running for a buddy of mine. He gave it to me to get running........ he says it just won't start. he didn't tell me that it was from '92 & hasn't been used since "98!! He was laughing when I sent him a cell-phone pic of me cleaning my driveway. He was testing me...

So that carb has a slide? The cable comes down thru top of carb & when you hit the throttle, it lifts it upward & you can see a needle? (thicker than a needle -- more like a nail). that's unusual for lawn equipment -- usually see those in dirtbikes.

Uhhh, something like that.

It's like a barrel that has a cutout on it. When you pull the trigger, it spins the barrel and exposes the carb throat.

I only said snowmobile because a friends dad up in Maine owned a snowmobile shop and that's the first and only time I ever saw something like that.

Poconoeagle wrote: glad you will smile every time you start it now!!

NO! I won't! I can't use the old "darn trimmer won't start again!" excuse with the wife anymore!

Well actually tho.... you can teach her just how easy it is to start and operate????

Since your swedish, and she can wear a bikini........ it Might happen????????

That probably wouldn't take a whole lot of convincing with my wife.

jpete wrote:Uhhh, something like that.

It's like a barrel that has a cutout on it. When you pull the trigger, it spins the barrel and exposes the carb throat.

I only said snowmobile because a friends dad up in Maine owned a snowmobile shop and that's the first and only time I ever saw something like that.

Yep, snowmobiles have a slide (at least the 2-stroke ones do) - but they go up & down ... not spin. I've never seen one on a weedwhacker. That's good though -- more power! Plus you can raise & lower the clip on the needle to fine tune...... but it sounds like you've had enough of working on this thing...