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I have a Husqavarna 223L that kicks ***.
The trick is to only buy them that have the black plate that say "made in Sweden"
Everything else is just an orange colored poulan
The trick is to only buy them that have the black plate that say "made in Sweden"
Everything else is just an orange colored poulan
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I had a poulan pro-link powerhead that only died this year. 2007 date of manufacture. Needed a coil, recoil unit, and I think it may have lost some compression or had a gasket blow. Not sure.
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Now we have a 12+ year old chainsaw that is still going strong. The bar oil sprayer doesn't work tho, throws it all out as fast as it can in 5 minutes, cuts great if you can keep some oil on it
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So far, our Echo stuff has been great. The chain saw has only cut down 5 trees, but they were all as large or larger than the saw is rated for. Two of which were old oaks that were petrified and were laced with 1 oz lead shotgun slugs.
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At work all we do use is Stihl. We had brand new FS90rsand we've ran the **** out of them this season and now they run like shat. If my boss would just pay to get the parts to let me service them
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I like the Echos because they're light and have explosive power. And in the case of the saws, they run K&N-style round air cleaners.
They look bad ***. It's just a shame you can't see it when you're operating the saw. lmao
They look bad ***. It's just a shame you can't see it when you're operating the saw. lmao
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stewie: when is the last time you cleaned the jet(s) out in your mower and weed eaters carbs?
probably 95% of the time when those things wont start it is because a tiny spec of dirt/dust got sucked into the jet and jammed it up..
pull the fuel bowl off, and find yourself a bread tie, or some stranded wire...
peel the paper cover off the bread tie so it is just a bare wire, and run it through the jets a couple times. you can do the same thing if you have some electrical wire...take a single strand of the wire and run it through the jets. after you do that, clean the bowl out, put it back on, prime it and start it...it'll fire right up and run like a champ after that![](http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/images/smilies/Thumbup19[1].gif)
would suggest putting a fuel filter on it after you do so...
probably 95% of the time when those things wont start it is because a tiny spec of dirt/dust got sucked into the jet and jammed it up..
pull the fuel bowl off, and find yourself a bread tie, or some stranded wire...
peel the paper cover off the bread tie so it is just a bare wire, and run it through the jets a couple times. you can do the same thing if you have some electrical wire...take a single strand of the wire and run it through the jets. after you do that, clean the bowl out, put it back on, prime it and start it...it'll fire right up and run like a champ after that
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would suggest putting a fuel filter on it after you do so...
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Speaking of small engines...I worked on my neighbors mower for a few minutes earlier. She complained that it chugged and had an overall lack of power. She thought it was bad gas. So I took it in and worked on it.
I pulled the air filter and it was nasty, pounded a 1/4 cup of dust out of it. That made it run better.
Next was the spark plug...where I found this:
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That is by far and away the worst spark plug I've ever seen. I am amazing the engine was even firing.
Here is the other fun part: the oil is diesel black. Full, but black. A true testament to Honda durability.
I swear by two engines: Honda and Briggs. And the Honda just earned a little more respect from me.
I pulled the air filter and it was nasty, pounded a 1/4 cup of dust out of it. That made it run better.
Next was the spark plug...where I found this:
![](http://i44.tinypic.com/5numi9.jpg)
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That is by far and away the worst spark plug I've ever seen. I am amazing the engine was even firing.
Here is the other fun part: the oil is diesel black. Full, but black. A true testament to Honda durability.
I swear by two engines: Honda and Briggs. And the Honda just earned a little more respect from me.
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Speaking of small engines...I worked on my neighbors mower for a few minutes earlier. She complained that it chugged and had an overall lack of power. She thought it was bad gas. So I took it in and worked on it.
I pulled the air filter and it was nasty, pounded a 1/4 cup of dust out of it. That made it run better.
Next was the spark plug...where I found this:
![](http://i44.tinypic.com/5numi9.jpg)
![](http://i39.tinypic.com/ndrcsj.jpg)
That is by far and away the worst spark plug I've ever seen. I am amazing the engine was even firing.
Here is the other fun part: the oil is diesel black. Full, but black. A true testament to Honda durability.
I swear by two engines: Honda and Briggs. And the Honda just earned a little more respect from me.![Icon Werd](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_werd.gif)
I pulled the air filter and it was nasty, pounded a 1/4 cup of dust out of it. That made it run better.
Next was the spark plug...where I found this:
![](http://i44.tinypic.com/5numi9.jpg)
![](http://i39.tinypic.com/ndrcsj.jpg)
That is by far and away the worst spark plug I've ever seen. I am amazing the engine was even firing.
Here is the other fun part: the oil is diesel black. Full, but black. A true testament to Honda durability.
I swear by two engines: Honda and Briggs. And the Honda just earned a little more respect from me.
![Icon Werd](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_werd.gif)