Raucous 4th of July celebration

[heinj98]

hmm, well, I know what would be cool and youtube could use some of. Small engine repair videos. Informative videos. I'm in a small engine repair class at a local tech school. I've been to 2 three hour classes thus far, and I'm looking to snag as much information as possible outside of class. I'm working on a weedeater that's not working correctly.

[heinj98]

When I'd get the weedeater started, it wouldn't run, it would die. Then, I couldn't even get it started. When I was taking it apart tonight, I noticed a fuel line wasn't attached to the carb. I'm not sure if it was like that when it wouldn't start. I was too pissed to think clearly. I took the muffler off and looked at the spark arrester screen, and it was so filled with carbon you couldn't see through an inch of it. I'm going to clean it up and put the weedeater back together.

[heinj98]

If that doesn't work, I'll have to try something else. I may need to rebuild the carb. Not sure.

[johndeere1568]

did you replace the spark plug if that doesn't work take apart the carborator

[johndeere1568]

did you replace the spark plug if that doesn't work take apart the carborator

[heinj98]

I got it sorted. Thanks for the tips. I ended up cleaning the spark arrester screen, and cleaned the carb up with brake cleaner. Now it works. That was my first project, and i'm dying to get more.

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

hey heinj98 if the spark arrester is plugged up... just do away with it and ya dont have to worry about that spark arrester... and your carb may have a bad diaphram....mine did the same thing too...... just replace the diaphram and it should run

[heinj98]

Cleaning the spark arrester screen did the trick, plus, I pulled the carb apart and sprayed it out with break cleaner. It all worked out ;-). It works now, so that's good. Still lookin for project to tear into. I want to be as skilled as possible. Thank you for the suggestions though.