Re: [MBZ] Weed eater motor

2022-09-08 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
If one hose failed, replace all of them. What you describe tells me you have one [or perhaps both] failure points in action... One, a supply line air leak that causes failure to siphon fuel from the tank. or Two, the little fuel filter inside the tank that plugs into the pickup hose is clogged.. it

Re: [MBZ] Weed eater motor

2022-09-07 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I have an Echo 2-stroke weedeater and I replaced the carb with a Chinese knock-off after it wouldn't run right. Been OK so far. Cheaper to just replace it than mess with it. The quality of the replacement didn't seem noticably different from the original. On Wed, Sep 7, 2022, at 18:07, Kaleb S

Re: [MBZ] Weed eater motor

2022-09-07 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
: Dan Penoff via Mercedes Cc: Kaleb Striplin Subject: [MBZ] Weed eater motor I went out to do some weed eating and discovered the fuel return line from the carb to the tank was broken. I had a kit I bought a while back to replace the intake line. Replaced it, but pumping the primer bulb it does

Re: [MBZ] Weed eater motor

2022-09-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Chuck it and buy cordless electric. My Makita will cover our entire yard on one 4amp battery. We have a small yard but since I have all Makita tools I've got several batteries. A cheap gas weed eater almost isn't worth having. A really good one costs too much to be worth it for the average home

Re: [MBZ] Weed eater motor

2022-09-07 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
I have a TroyBuilt weed eater/whacker I bought a good 10-12 years ago. It started acting up about 2-3 years ago, so I bought a new one so I could still use all my attachments and kept the old/bad engine for parts. -D > On Sep 7, 2022, at 4:25 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > 

Re: [MBZ] Weed eater motor

2022-09-07 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
https://youtu.be/o86JovMlT3Q Rick From: Mercedes on behalf of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 6:07:17 PM To: Dan Penoff via Mercedes Cc: Kaleb Striplin Subject: [MBZ] Weed eater motor I went out to do some weed eating and

Re: [MBZ] Weed eater motor

2022-09-07 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Yeah just replace the whole thing --FT Sent from iFōn > On Sep 7, 2022, at 7:07 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I went out to do some weed eating and discovered the fuel return line from > the carb to the tank was broken. I had a kit I bought a while back to replace > the intak

[MBZ] Weed eater motor

2022-09-07 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
I went out to do some weed eating and discovered the fuel return line from the carb to the tank was broken. I had a kit I bought a while back to replace the intake line.  Replaced it, but pumping the primer bulb it does not pull in any fuel from the tank.  I took the primer off and did not see