I bought this on clearance in 1995, used it to clear my property for 2 years then hung it up in the shed for 25 years. lets see what time has done to it and can it come back to life?
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Forester blade with chain saw teeth.
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Nice fix. Will get the job done. I think I will have to stick with my professional level Stihls and Husqvarnas.
I still don't know how this thing is operated, do you hold the screaming power head under your chin? Or is it wedged up and into your solar plexus?
the wrong hole is sometimes really good
Hey people gas is gas I been working on small engine for 60 years now still working on them
I believe Yardman also sold that same unit. Found it sitting in my parents utility shed, at least 25yrs old! Put mix in it and it started right up. Have no idea when it ran last!
Have you ever considered using piano wire to fish things through tight spaces?
roach clips lol
The primer bulb replacement is very familiar. Had to buy new one
thanks
You are so nice showing everything. Ass it is. XD thanks for all your videos 😀
Re your mention of Gasahol:
Methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, was added to gasoline across much of the nation to boost its oxygen content and help clean up air pollution. It leaked from underground tanks, spread quickly and polluted drinking-water wells in some cities.
Hang onto that relic , I have an ancient Ryobi I just can't get rid of . It's getting nearly impossible to find a big-bore 2 smoker anymore .
Looks like a Poulan to me.
Need a four stroke to power through those branches. I love mine. Great video.
I have the same tool, only mine is just the normal string trimmer, but same power head. It suffered the same fate – fuel lines disintegrated, and it was used regularly. Drained the fuel out of it to store it for the winter, brought it out in the spring and added some fuel only to have it dribble everywhere 😛 Now to find the saw blade attachment… Also nice to see someone using a cordless angle grinder for something other than stealing catalytic converters 😛
Had one of these for a couple years…after the second winter, I couldn't get it to run again, and in the trash heap it went. The replacement Huquavarna unit has been reliable the last 20ish years…
My father used to work for sears servicing equipment until they went out of business those were some of the best days of my life they paid good money everything went to crap when sears went under my dad lost everything we even lost our house.
most of those small engines use 40/1 mix . I burned a few up learning that
If that's as efficiently as it cuts I wouldn't waist my time with it.
Use the other blade and have full trottle and just wack the bushes and small trees, works much better that the sawblade
Start up some of those old sears outboards out there too!!!
Interesting, now throw it away and get a Milwaukee cordless one or a Stihl gas one! So much safer and faster!
I had a Sears blower from the same era that I also got on clearance but I kept using it weekly. After about 4 years, I had to do carb cleanings twice a year. Then, carb rebuilds every year. Finally, after 10 years, it got to where it wasn't worth trying to keep it running every year as it slowly degraded over time. Getting parts was starting to become harder (not so much availability, just in that they weren't in stock and took a week or so to get). The Echos are much better built small engines so I went that route. Once I figured out that I KNEW how to work on these, I realized it wasn't fun — for me anyway. For those that enjoy it, great. I didn't. I just wanted a tool to work. I don't mind maintaining my gear but my point is that you'd have had to do this to your engine whether you used it or not.
We had this weedwacker when I was growing up. That thing constantly pissed me off being a PITA to start. I wish I had Mustie's channel back then to learn how to fix these things like we do now.
conventional skill saw blades work amazing on these by the way, I find the large number of teeth on the stock blades really hurt the performance.
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always check the screen under the pump diaphragm for dirt and or fuel getting through with some carbspray or brake cleaner(Home Garage channel). Varnish may clog it. you can spray back through the screen to clean it through the needle hole. The brush blade with chainsaw chisels/teeth(Project Farm channel) on them do really great
Drew a completely blank on the carb model number for parts in the UK
Nice video, did u regrease the head transmission?
That "bolt" that you pointed at briefly at 39:42 is a grease port plug for the worm or pinion gear, whichever is used on the hub. The Stihl guy told me to use a marine grease in mine. Nice revivalization!
You can use a regular skill saw blade
How about the econovan. I,d lov to see it on the road
Bull crap.
Nice came home and got a hour to kill with mustie. This guy got more views than cnn
Gasahol was the same crap as the E10 (10% Ethanol) that we buy now. MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether) was the stuff you were thinking of, that got into groundwater ground water a lot. They used it as an "oxygenate" in gas in between Gasahol and "reinvented Gasahol".
K10-watt kit will get it done
Perhaps you could hit the blade with a rotary tool to sharpen it although your grinder did a good job on it.
It's all about the sharpness of the blade (You knew that already and were giving folks a "hands on" demonstration). ….and it's all about the size of yir hoard! He who hath the greatest hoard wins. Another factor is the thickness of the blade and the "kerf" that it cuts. The super thin kerf cutting blades slice through like a scalpel. The fat blades have to "chow-out" two or three times as much material per cut. The thin/skinny blades cut with less energy: so the engine doesn't have to work so hard. But, the thin blades get destroyed with just a few rock dingers. The fat blades can take more abuse (wear and tear) before resharpening. Just saying. Enjoyable video!