I'll Get Things Started

jpete wrote: I can't use the old "darn trimmer won't start again!" excuse with the wife anymore!

I showed my wife how to start the weedeater (Stihl brand) She can start it right up, and enjoyed using it. She started complaining about the vibration, and I said "Now you know why I only use it 3 times a year".

SMITTY wrote: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...

Heck, if it starts reasonably I'll be happy! I'm tempted to do it now but I have two or three neighbors that might not enjoy it.

It'll start so fast you don't have time to open that choke lever and blip the throttle to keep it running.

usually it chokes out before I can get to the small lever

I use that procedure for all my small lawn/yard equipment (weed whacker, leaf blower, chain saw: prime, choke, pull (starts & dies just as quick), turn choke off & pull with a little throttle.

All my stuff usually bogged when you pegged it cold -- but I fixed that problem ....... the EPA wouldn't be happy though, which is fine by me!

operating these chokes and adjusting these carbs are even more fun!!

I'm hoping to find one of the newer propane powered trimmers in the trash or at a garage sale.

http://www.craftsman.com/shc/s/p_10155_12602_07179212000P

No more mix gas!

Poconoeagle wrote:operating these chokes and adjusting these carbs are even more fun!!

Don't get me started on SU's!

My cousin in California had 3 MG's. The first time I saw those I was like WTF?!?!

Give me a Holley or an Edelbrock or something I can understand!

The first car I saw with an Predator carb on it I thought "Why does that guy have a toaster sticking through his hood?"

You should try synch' ing the carbs on a modern 4-cylinder sportbike -- usually takes me 15- 20 minutes before I can even SEE them!

Never seen anything like that pic -- is that a car or a tractor?

djackman wrote:I'm hoping to find one of the newer propane powered trimmers in the trash or at a garage sale.

http://www.craftsman.com/shc/s/p_10155_12602_07179212000P

No more mix gas!

But gas & oil is a bargain compared to propane...

nah '64 e type

carbs are fun. gimee 6 2 barrell weber IDA's on a countach and I am in my glory

That must be foreign because I have no idea what that is ( not ripping you -- I have no foreign auto experience -- ZERO ). Is that a Jag?

yes it is

Nice shape! I was checking out the battery in the lower left side fender & saying to myself.. WTF is that???? I knew it wasn't built here! Thanks for clearing that up -- I'm completely ignorant about Euro cars, obviously!

Nice lift, BTW. I've got an old school lift myself -- a pit! Not even legal anymore around here, but it sure is convenient. A lift would be much easier, but I need a concrete floor first.... and a roof. It sure beats the old days of laying on my back in a river of sand & water with a tarp over the vehicle in the middle of a rain storm trying to swap out a starter

Thanks, Yeah old school was a good school tho....

shame some of the new generation don't have a clue of what it took to get to where we are now!

SMITTY wrote: But gas & oil is a bargain compared to propane...

Their is something to be said for convenience tho. Small lot, I barely run thru a gallon of mix gas per season for the blower & trimmer combined. Chainsaw doesn't see any use now that coal is the primary fuel

Amazing how many people put an old BBQ in the trash with a half-full (or more!) tank sometimes - I refill the small tanks with an adapter.