Re: [MBZ] OT: Stupid human trick du jour

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

I bought a nice low hour Subaru/Robin generator on CL last year. 
It started right up for the original owner, but ran lean unless you left the
choke partly on. 
Probably spent too much time sitting in his garage between power failures. 

Shut off the fuel, took it home, it ran for a few seconds and quit. 
Ran the oil right up to the tippy top, no go. 
Put another gallon of gas in it, no go. 
Shut the fuel off and hung it up for the day. 

Next day, turned the fuel all the way to reserve, it started right up and quit,
never to even pop again. 
Unplugged the oil safety solenoid, no go. 
Rebuilt the carb, no go. 

Finally, about a month after I bought it, I realized the fuel petcock was
Off-On-Off, not Off-On-Reserve, and if I turned it all the way in either
direction, I wouldn't get any gas to the carb, but it would get some gas while I
was turning it past "On", which made it start but promptly quit. 
Put the fuel shutoff lever in the middle and it runs great, don't need to leave
the choke on now that the carb has been cleaned.  

Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Stupid human trick du jour

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

I've been putting fuel shutoffs on everything so I can run the carb out at the 
end of the season. Makes the first start next season so easy.
Ours must be right around 15 years old, we've had it 10 years and it was used 
when we got it. Bottom of the line, 5hp, 24" cut, manual tilt adjustment. I 
change the oil most years in the spring, didn't do it last year because it 
didn't get used even once.
Both the Cub Cadet and Dodge pickup had dead batteries today. The CC might come 
back, I put it on a slow charge, its only 3 years old but it sat a lot last 
winter and all summer. The one in the pickup is pooched but I think its 
original. My local Federated Autoparts will have one Monday for $150, Autozone 
wants $180 although they have one in stock. Walmart wants $130 but they don't 
have one and can't give a date when they will.Fortunately we don't need the 
truck for a few days...
-Curt

  From: Curley McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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Cc: Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com>
 Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 3:04 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Stupid human trick du jour
   
Hehe!  I think we've all done that or something similar!

My Airens came with fuel shutoff.  That makes it easy to run the carb 
dry before putting it away for the summer.

NO problems with E10 fuel.  Probably getting to be about 15 years now.  
It still looks like (near) new and runs like new.

> Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> December 10, 2016 at 1:53 PM
> Hauled the snowblower out today, its got a 110v starter so standard 
> practice is to just crank until it starts, except today it 
> didn't...Farted around with the shroud over the carb, no gas coming 
> from the carb drain. Hmm, no gas out of the primer either. FINALLY 
> after much farting around I remembered I'd installed a gas shutoff 
> last year and had forgotten to turn it back on.
>
> It runs much better with the gas turned on...
> -Curt

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Stupid human trick du jour

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Hehe!  I think we've all done that or something similar!

My Airens came with fuel shutoff.  That makes it easy to run the carb 
dry before putting it away for the summer.


NO problems with E10 fuel.  Probably getting to be about 15 years now.  
It still looks like (near) new and runs like new.



Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
December 10, 2016 at 1:53 PM
Hauled the snowblower out today, its got a 110v starter so standard 
practice is to just crank until it starts, except today it 
didn't...Farted around with the shroud over the carb, no gas coming 
from the carb drain. Hmm, no gas out of the primer either. FINALLY 
after much farting around I remembered I'd installed a gas shutoff 
last year and had forgotten to turn it back on.


It runs much better with the gas turned on...
-Curt


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