With the advent of YouTube repair videos, I’ve really gotten into repairing neglected two-stroke equipment. Just gifted my little brother with a limbing saw, an Echo CS310 that I pieced together from two parts saws. Picked up a Stihl FS130r from a seller who was less than truthful. He fired the trimmer up, opened it up twice and shut it down quickly. Fired it up this morning and found out why he shut it off so quickly. The idle was crazy high. What I discovered was someone had cross threaded the idle (LA) screw. Fortunately, they hadn’t wrecked the threads and i was able to get the screw in correctly. Had to retune it, and now it’s a weed whacking beast. It’s hard to believe how strong the 4-Mix engines are. Took it to my overgrown garden and mowed down everything in sight and it didn’t even grunt.
Hooked on 2-stroke repair
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I hat working on small gas engines. Two strokes are at the top of the list.
Love my Lawn Boy mowers. Lots better than a 4 stroke in tall glass.
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