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Weed eater won’t work after maintenance
Posted on 6/11/23 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 6/11/23 at 12:55 pm
My Husqvarna weed eater was giving me trouble. Figured I’ve had it for a while, so it’s time to do some maintenance. New carburetor, new gasket, new fuel lines, air filter, fuel filter and spark plug. I can get it to kick over on a half choke, but it’s a rough sounding half choke. Won’t run when fully opened. I went back through my new parts, and everything is where the should be. I’m not sure what the problem is.
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Posted on 6/11/23 at 1:19 pm to DeafJam73
I’ve come to the conclusion that when those things start giving trouble you may as well toss them.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 1:35 pm to DeafJam73
I would probably put the old carb back on and see what happens.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 2:15 pm to DeafJam73
Time for a new maintenance guy
Jk. Did you use oem parts or crap off Amazon? I’ve never been able to get an aftermarket carb to work worth a crap.
Jk. Did you use oem parts or crap off Amazon? I’ve never been able to get an aftermarket carb to work worth a crap.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 2:59 pm to DeafJam73
Make sure you have the fuel lines going to the right nipple on carb. Easy to swap the vent and fuel supply lines. Also, did you use OEM husky parts?
Posted on 6/11/23 at 3:25 pm to DeafJam73
Can't help you, my 60V greenworks doesn't have a carb.
Feelsgoodman
Feelsgoodman
Posted on 6/11/23 at 4:08 pm to DeafJam73
What do you mean by rough sounding? Carbs are adjustable, if it sounds better with half a choke it sounds like you need to adjust your carb to me. It may be adjusted to lean/ not enough fuel?
Posted on 6/11/23 at 4:17 pm to dragginass
I ordered parts off of Amazon. Thought it would work. Guess I could try parts straight from Husqvarna. May try adjusting the carburetor first.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 4:28 pm to DeafJam73
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I ordered parts off of Amazon. Thought it would work. Guess I could try parts straight from Husqvarna. May try adjusting the carburetor first.
Put your old carb back on, in that case.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 4:41 pm to thegreatboudini
quote:Ego trimmer here working on year 6 of 100% yard work getting done. Zero time spent on maintenance, zero purchasing, storing, or messing with gas/oil, zero parts changes, zero dollars spent on battery replacements. Just straight up eating weeds and cleaning off said weeds. It has cost me a grand total of about $3.50 in electricity (that's 56 volts X 2 ah X ~40 uses/yr X 5 years X 15 cents/kwh).
Can't help you, my 60V greenworks doesn't have a carb.
Feelsgoodman
Looking forward to being called a pussy for simplifying my life and working more efficiently.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 4:51 pm to DeafJam73
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May try adjusting the carburetor first.
If you really hate yourself and enjoy misery then give it a go. I mean that in the nicest possible way. My blood pressure is already going up just thinking about how many wrench’s were thrown chasing issues with those parts.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 6:11 pm to Korkstand
EGO 54V here
had a big ole pecan limb come down last night and grabbed the EGO chainsaw that I hadn’t used since Ida. Charged the battery and got to chopping
never ever going back to gas tools again
had a big ole pecan limb come down last night and grabbed the EGO chainsaw that I hadn’t used since Ida. Charged the battery and got to chopping
never ever going back to gas tools again
Posted on 6/11/23 at 6:21 pm to Korkstand
Electric yard tools have their place, but in this case it's not being helpful.....
Posted on 6/11/23 at 6:26 pm to dragginass
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Electric yard tools have their place, but in this case it's not being helpful.....
Why not? OP has to buy more shite anyway. Might as well buy something that just works without having to baby it and continually put time and money into it.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 6:27 pm to TNtrash
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I’ve come to the conclusion that when those things start giving trouble you may as well toss them.
This is what I do.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 6:39 pm to Korkstand
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Why not? OP has to buy more shite anyway. Might as well buy something that just works without having to baby it and continually put time and money into it.
Two reasons:
1) I don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on a new weed eater right now.
2) I don’t trust the longevity of batteries.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 7:13 pm to DeafJam73
Well we all value our time differently I guess. Personally if I'm looking at spending time and money on an old gas trimmer, I'd probably take a long hard look at a $200 Ego trimmer+battery+charger that I know I won't have to spend a second of time or a single dollar on maintenance for at least 3 years and probably much longer.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 7:21 pm to Korkstand
I don't know if OP has a postage stamp lot, or an estate, but for many of us electric weedeaters/mowers simply do not have enough power to do our yards. They have their place, but stop pushing them like they are the solution to everyone's problems.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 7:29 pm to dragginass
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I don't know if OP has a postage stamp lot, or an estate, but for many of us electric weedeaters/mowers simply do not have enough power to do our yards. They have their place, but stop pushing them like they are the solution to everyone's problems.
Pretty much where I stand. I have a pretty sizable yard with a lot of growth I need to clear out. I can’t play around with an electric weed eater that can’t handle at least some moderate work.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 7:35 pm to Korkstand
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I'd probably take a long hard look at a $200 Ego trimmer+battery+charger that I know I won't have to spend a second of time or a single dollar on maintenance for at least 3 years and probably much longer.
I paid less than $20 for the replacement parts. I’m troubleshooting a problem. I would rather figure this out and learn a little about small engine repairs before I spend money. Money is tight for a lot of people right now.
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