How To Rebuild A Hitachi Leaf Blower Carburetor - Hard To Start
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- HOW TO REBUILD A HITACHI LEAF BLOWER CARBURETOR - HARD TO START
This is the video diagnosing a defective primer bulb -
• LEAF BLOWER HARD START...
This is my review of my second Hitachi Leaf Blower
• HITACHI RB24EAP LEAF B...
This is the kit i bought for the leaf blower - HIPA Carburetor Repair Kit Gasket Diaphragm # K10-WYC Walbro WYC Series Carburetors
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I just fixed one of them for a Police officer, Just the recoil, But cool Vid Brother. The Dizz.
Hi Dave , you do good work bud and help so many . Thanks bud.
"They are both stone cold like everything in Canada". That gave me a good laugh. Touchy little thing isn't it. 😁
Wyatt this blower carb is like flying a F35 at 40,000 feet and your engines shut down . You either get the plane restarted or you eject and just get another plane :)
Thanks Steve for keeping it Real. Showing that everything isn’t always as easy as others videos make it seems is genuine and much appreciated. 👍
Thanks Mark much appreciated 👍
well I'm glad I watched till the end.. lol. I was having problems of it running for about 5 minutes. Die out and not come back on. I took the spark plug out and cleaned it with carb cleaner and a metal brush. I also let carb cleaner sit in the spark plug hole (chamber) for 30 minutes and poured it out. She started right up after and running like a champ. I will need to get a new plug later but this is a great vid! Thank you for putting in the time.
Awesome Mike ,Take Care.
you are a natural teacher, Steve. Keep the great vids coming...
Thanks Gary much appreciated 👍
Good to know the kit works thanks for showing the rebuild and I’ll make double sure too check for a fouled plug also thanks Steve
Its trial by error but a professional in the trades of small engines does a lot less trial stuff and more fixen .LOL
Hey pal
... It's me again.... For a total of $15... I fix this blower and I love it. I seriously recommend people NOT to buy a chinese carburetor on Amazon but rather just get the gasket kit... Make sure you run carb cleaner for all the small passages... Put it together and ran perfectly. Thanks!!!!
Yes I agree , you did it and thats awesome . Well done ✔
Thanks for the tool link! Last time I had to grind the metal away from around the hex screws with a Dremel tool
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Fine job Steve !
Thanks bud. It was definitely a coin toss at one point 😂
Good job Steve. After fooling around with my gas blower and finally rebuilding the carb, I never use it. I always grab the cordless blower.
Cordless is overtaking the market from gas for homeowners but I just don't like the non smell of an electric blower :)
I love my gas powered yard equipment, but my arthritic shoulders prefer cordless.
Good day Sir, great job on the carburetor rebuilt and nice teaching setups !!! I should done that last summer on my JD It was a costly repair !!! Keep up the good work Sir !!!
Thanks Dave , it had to get done so out comes the camera 🤣🤣
@@SteveRobReviews LOL It is great for us that you have the type of showing of !!! LOL Cheers !!! LOL
Nice work getting going once again Steve
It was touch and go but its alive again. Thanks Lloyd
Well done Mate!! We ain't letting no Wing Wang carburetor beat us eh!!☺
Wingwang and me have an understanding , after 3 tries I wing it in the trash . HAHAHA
Help got two of these both ran in the Fall dead in the spring! Switch OK , gas lines and ball OK, can see spark from plug but
not a pop even hand primed with gas or starter fluid. Got compression and choke works, brand new plug . Took carb down
nothing obvious. I'm stumped ant thoughts ?
Edmund when you prime the primer ball do you see fuel entering the throttle because your spark plug should be wet with fuel if its getting to the cylinder. It should run if you have spark and fuel . The obvious question next would be is the fuel fresh enough to ignite , had to ask :)
Part II a small fire erupts in the leaf blower.
Leaf blower tossed out doors.
Fire consumes a 2 sheds, 2 trucks, a shop, and a camp (some miles away). A sad tale indeed.
Great video though :)
LOL yes as this has all happened and never had the opportunity to film it , Much better content eh :)
My Hitachi leaf blower ran fine but had lost a lot of power. I rebuilt the carb as per Steve Rob but no improvement. I pulled the muffler and the exhaust manifold was almost totally blocked. Cleaned out the build up and now runs like new.
So nice to see you figured it out . Well done Brian. 👍
Good job Steve! That was like a puzzle! Good job you took note of how it came apart 👍😂
I think having film footage may have helped but it can be done by memory too :)
I got a brand new carb and it's doing anything well off I adjust the screws some times it will start any help
Not sure what the question is ??
Thanks for the video. Just in case someone has the same problem I had, after I took off my carb and rebuilt it, then went to reinstall it, I couldn't get the Throttle cable back into the groove on top of the carb for the life of me. Fought it for 2 hours, still couldn't get it. So I ended up taking the side cover off the blower to get access to the throttle switch, It's pretty simple, just like 6-7 side cover Phillips screws, then there is one other screw under the fuel tank that just puts pressure on the bottom of the cover, just slightly loosen it and the cover will come right off. Up near the throttle switch, there is a groove in the side plastic moulding that the throttle cable is supposed to be resting in, well mine had come out somehow and it was causing the cable to come up short. I simply pushed it back in the groove and bam the cable then released enough to get it back into the groove on the top of the carb. Make sure when you go to put the cable back in, that you have the open-ended side with the hole in it facing away from the cable so that it will fall into the groove and recess into the cable holder. I also took advantage of the side cover being off and took off the exhaust muffler, just 2 Allen Head Bolts, mine was gummed up and had a lot of fuel and oil in it from trying to start it so much. Once I got it off, I took my torch and burnt out the screen in the small hole in the front, don't worry it doesn't hurt the screen, it just cleans out all the junk. Then I burnt out all the build-up in the bigger hole in the back. Once it cooled, I put it all back together, primed it, and bam, started on the first pull. No bogging or anything. Sorry for the long read, but just in case it might help one person, that's enough for me.
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Hi Everybody. Thanks for speedy reply I been tied up with another mess. First to Steve I mixed fresh gas to do this repair
so I think that is good. Fonz thanks for pitchin in. The only gasket removed is large one between Carb body and cylinder housing
gasket looks ok and torqued up tight. I can see fuel entering carb when I push priming bulb. Fuel doesn;t seem to be getting
from there into cylinder if that makes sense to you, Get compression when i finger block the plug hole. Gonna try oem
plug I got an after market replacement, Still don't get a pop when I hand prime it, Thanks All
Ted Finn
Hey there. You got it all fixed ! Well for a moment it was....time for few giggles...was it fixed...yes..no...yes...no hah haa. I knew you were gonna figure it out. Have a great Sunday Steve 😂👍👋
Thanks buddy its a gong show at times and I do get lucky too. 😂
Hey Steve I got a hitachi I’m trying to repair it bought new carburetor change all fuel lines but carburetor was defective, change all gaskets out new ones to old carb but it didn’t start thought was ignition coil but not success and then opened inside the motor a ring from piston was broken I ordered already spent total of $74 I think was so stupid I could bought a new hope it works.
I was watching your video to see to put back gaskets. Thanks man!
Not a common fault unless you had lots of carbon deposits at the exhaust port. Thanks Fonz
How do you adjust the idle on this Hitachi blower? I see a Philips screw but it's attached to nothing.
Look at the movement of the throttle at the carb and you will see the adjustment screw.
@@SteveRobReviews Thanks for the quick reply. I found my throttle cable end cap was sitting on the end of the golden swivel cable route screw instead of snapping into the middle of this gold screw like you have @ 2:36, thus my idle adjustment screw wasn't even in contact with the throttle plate.
Working with two stroke carburetors can be a bear sometimes. I would have cleaned it and the orifices with solvent while it was tore down. Good to see that it all worked out in the end. Have a good one Steve! 😀
Good tip Terry and to tell you the truth my confidence level on seeing this carb kit was to say not inspiring but I persevered on and it worked but we were about 30 seconds away from plan "C" where it all becomes a pile of scrap. LOL
should have replaced that carb with a 4 barrel Holley! Nice job and fix Steve!
Mike working on these carbs is a high stress job because some of the time it's just frustrating to the point you get an electric one. LOL
@@SteveRobReviews well I am at the electric stage already with no regrets!
Man I hate puzzles with lots of pieces 🤣. Nice one Buddy!
Thanks Doug its a crap shoot everytime i try one of these kits - plan B is a new carb . LOL
Do you know if there is a adjustment screw on the carb that comes with this blower originally?
Yes absolutely. 👍
@@SteveRobReviews how do you get to it? Special tool?
@@StudCity718 It's blocked off by a Welsh plug - I just use a small punch and pry the cap off.
@@SteveRobReviews just out of curiosity, what is the plug made out of? Cause when i flash a light to it it seems like it's a screw but not sure if it is. Looks silver
Depending on the country it's shipped into some just have a needle vslve and some just a soft metal grey plug.
The kit you mentioned Hipa Carburetor Repair Kit Gasket Diaphragm # K10-WYC for WYC Series Carburetors is no longer available on Amazon. Can you suggest an equivalent kit? Thank you
Doug I'm sure you can find it on the web somewhere but Amazon was the only placed I looked.
Hi Steve. I've done the following and still can't get my leaf blower to start. Rebuild the carb, changed out all hoses and filter, put in new gas, new spark plug, washed air filter, checked the arrestor for any blockages. I can see spark with the plug out of the engine. Any other suggestions? Thank you
Doug the only thing left is spark timing . Take the flywheel off and make sure the keyway has not sheared - that would change spark timing.
@@SteveRobReviews Thanks. Will try that.
If first you don’t succeed try and try again that’s what happens to me anyway 😊 Great work Steve 👍👍👍
LOL and most of the time this is how it usually goes too. Cheers Igor.
STEVE ROB REVIEWS same here you will see it tonight 😁
Hey Rob:
Baz Fritz with the Hitachi leaf blower that runs until it’s hot, maybe 10 min. Then just abruptly quits! Here is what I have tried:
Change gas lines and line filter, & primer bulb
New carb
New plug
New gas
De carb
Unscrew gas cap so is getting air
Removed spark arrester
Gas is almost right full on bulb, gas circulates when I pump primer bulb
To me, and I know little about this, it seems to have some kind of a cut out when it gets to hot
Any ideas I could try as I do like this blower when she works!
@bazilfritz7479 Did you try a new coil , that just about covers everything.
@@SteveRobReviews Hey Steve
Really appreciate u getting back! I did push a whole in the screen to make sure no blockage!
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Will give that a go Steve, will see if I-can get a coil!
Thank Ya kindly
Most appreciated
Baz
@bazilfritz7479 That has to be the resolve, I hope :)
Was able to order on Amazon, it’s worth a try! U have taught this ol fella a bunch about this blower
Many thx
Thanks you for your advise on a hitachi blower, did what you suggested, replaced fuel lines and filter, cleaned plug and air filter now it runs like new. Thanks save me 40.00$ or more by me fixing it. How ever I couldn't find a kit for the carburetor online or anywhere else, don't need one now but it would be nice to know where to get one model RB24eap. Thanks again
Awesome to have been a help. This is the kit i ordered at $8 but todays price is way too high , it will drop as I put it in my wishlist waiting for a better price. Cheers Cissy www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07CJWSQSR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Nice job!
I have a question for you or anyone who see’s this please.
I took my throttle cable off by loosing nut and then disconnecting it like you did. After I replaced gas lines I put throttle cable back on, BUT it has shrunk by approx 1/4 or 3/8 of an inch. Now when I start blower it of course is reving much higher at idle and carb adj. screw doesn’t even reach. I can’t seem to lengthen the throttle cable.
How do I get cable back to original length? What am I doing wrong that it’s shorter now?
Thanks Steve and anyone else who has my answer for me!!!
Tom take another look at the connection of the throttle cable at the carb linkage. It can go in either side I believe but there is a recess on one side for the cable to slip into and the other side does not thus your short cable.
STEVE Thanks for reply! I’ll check it tomorrow as the rest of this day is covered. Thank you for videos!!
Steve that is exactly what happened! I was feeding back on from the the other side. Brother, Thank You so much!!!!
Subscribed already, but I will spread the word about your channel.
Love my Hitachi leaf blower, starts every time. Only use non ethanol gasoline in it.!!!
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Hi Steve, glad it worked for you, I have found that Amazon sells allot of knock off parts, even ones that say they are original OEM are fakes. Did you see Brian’s Ford channel, he just did a video on fake Ford motorcraft parts, well I just got done replacing all of my coil packs on my 05 Expedition, bought them on Amazon because they were allot cheaper than going to Autozone or the Ford dealer, and guess what, yup you guessed it, the ones from Amazon we’re definitely fakes, so freakin pissed off, now going to have to do it again and buy the right ones, but it is running good for now, but sure they won’t last. Anyway, I think the problem with you blower was the first piece you replaced, if it is what I think it is that is the fuel pump, after a while the rubber get hard and doesn’t flex like it should, and that is why it was starving for fuel. The gaskets do swell up as they get saturated with gasoline which is why the new ones appear to be thinner than the ones you took off. Really should change the needle and seat, the extra parts that came with the kit, but can always do it next time. Not so sure I will buy anymore parts from Amazon, just too much f@#kery going on to deal with trying to figure out if you bought good parts or some pice of crap parts. Just not worth the time and aggravation. Cheers, have a great weekend Steve.
Jeffrey a buddy is a parts manager at a dealership and they get stung on fake OEM parts , knockoffs so good they get into the supply chain as well. This kit like so many either work or for some don't but just buying a new carb is a chore too unless you have a reliable parts supplier. You get what you pay for most times . Cheers bud.
How's she goin'? I like the plan of having a clean work surface and placing the parts in some sort of order to help with re-assemby!!! But then there is always the issue of "Are the new parts compatible'? Then when you're questioning the new parts, a previously working part decides to quit on you. That's why small engine guys have grey hair!!!! I have to give you credit though, you hung in there like a pro and now you have a good working blower again!!! Once again goodness and niceness has overcome evil and badness!!! Take care Steve!!!
HAHAHA Mike if this didn't work the hole thing was going in the scrap heap. I give the wingwang 3 tries and two hail merry's then its astalavista baby . 😂😂
Rebuilding the carb is a little more than just replacing the gaskets you have to clean the jets and all passageways with carb cleaner and I also use a sonic cleaner on hard jobs
Yes absolutely 👍
What chemical do you use in your ultrasonic cleaner?
Cool
Hi Terry.
Plot twist. It was the spark plug all along 😂
LOL maybe it was just out of gas or the ing. switch was off ,HAHA
Great vid Steve......"stone cold; Just like everything else in Canada!" LOL LOL LOL LOL....
Thanks Gary 👍
Anybody have a problem with recoil almost jerking your fingers out of their sockets on pulling it
Sounds like your timing is off. I'd check the flywheel key to verify it's not damaged . Mine has never done that . If it does it again pull out the plug and make sure the cylinder wasn't full of fuel as well . Cheers Tom
@@SteveRobReviews thanks Rob good tips, will be checking those
I rebuilt a Craftsman blower carb one time then 2 weeks later backed over it with my truck :/
You giving me a hint bud or what 🤣🤣🤣👍
Sounds like you need a beer after all of that!
Rick im thinking two back to back. I was so close to getting the BFH out and put this thing out of its misery :)
@@SteveRobReviews LMAO!
awe man! not first!
The only thing I don`t like about your carb rebuild Steve is …. you're going at it with that battery drill…If you`ll forgive me but that just not my preferred tool for a carb rebuild but hey,,,, If it works for you…..Go for it man…I know you used the screwdriver at the end but I think carb are delicate…them Hitachi blowers are starting to look like them Poulan chainsaws but hey….If she works for you, that`s all that counts….CHEERS
Gator if my arthritic hands could work better I would use just hand tools but till then its a challange, Your so correct don't use any power tools unless you hands dont work :) Poulan is ultra wingwang , not sure I could work on a Poulan without a using a only a hammer 😂😂
@@SteveRobReviews I kinda agree with U Steve but I just had to Josh with you a bit ....I just use Poulan cuz it works for me and I got about 10 years of wood at the camp in the shed and I don`t need that chainsaw for nothing else....My wife doesn't like me using the chainsaw to prune her perennials....trust me, I did it one time and she said it was like caveman....enough said.....CHEERS
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Hi Steve - Thanks for posting the video! Help me find the right parts and fix my own today! IMPORTANT NOTE: there was a big reason why your reassembly didn't fit quite right and why you had to torque your carburetor up way too tight afterward (because of leaking) and why the replacement parts you used seemed so flimsy compared to the originals you pulled off. All those parts that came in the kit are required in the reassembly. The originals are not "hardened out", they're just consolidated into one part whereas the kit has multiple components per each part. In other words, there is a rubber gasket part AND cardboard structural part to each component in the kit, whereas the original was just one piece. On the piece closer to the top, it's actually three pieces in the kit that make up the one original piece. Just posting for future viewers as I think this info will save trouble. If you kept those leftover pieces, you may want to go back and put them all in there - you'll find you won't have to over tighten and I suspect if you don't get those structural pieces in there soon, you'll have failure in the carburetor again very soon.
Thanks Wes so nice of you to mention. So far it's still running great but if it starts to act up I will remember your comment. Cheers
@Wes Grant I'm currently facing that problem. I got all the old gaskets removed and was installing the new ones, and when i got to the last gaskets on the pump assembly, I was able to get the 2 pieces apart, it has a gasket and a reed valve gasket thinner gasket. Well my kit came with the gasket, but it has 2 of the exact same reed valve gaskets. Whereas there is only one in the carb originally. I have no clue if I'm supposed to double stack the reed valves and then put the gasket over? or should I put it back how it was originally with just one reed valve gasket with the thicker gasket over it.... I'm kind of lost. I'm honestly starting to think I just got an extra as even the carb kit picture only shows one.
I'm going to try one Reed valve thinner gasket and the thicker gasket, then the spacer plate, then the next gasket, then the metering block, then the Diaphram gasket, then Diaphram, then the diaphram cover plate. That's how it came off, and that's what his kit had also. But he did forget the thicker gasket, he just put the reed valve gasket in alone, they go together. It tricked him because they are stuck together when he took them out.
Installed the rebuild kit just like it came out, with only one reed valve gasket and the thicker gasket. Put it back together and It started on the first pull :) I think the extra reed valve gasket was mistakenly added. It was a lot dirtier than the other gaskets in the bag, and it was a name brand Walbro kit.
The two stroke engine start work out. Pull the cord 20 times, 3 sets. No gym needed.😂
HAHA I have the same feeling towards women at times in much the same manner .
wonder if that kit would work on my wife?
Sure its a multi model carb , leaks a bit of gas at first :)
@@SteveRobReviews LOL
Dang small engines don’t you hate it when they do what they want how they want!
Yes exactly because its hard to manage the wingwang effect 😂
Good job ............. with parts of jobber, no joke, I put together an old Honda 200 E 1983 launcher with lower end than that lollllllllllllllll, made in Coronavirus ( stuffing) great work. 1 thing not to drill on a carburetor, we have plenty of time, a star screwdriver.Lolllllllllllll. See you Steeve.
Terrific Pierre , as long as it get done and works.
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I was just given'er full bore 🤣
Youre the sob blowin the leaves around??? The worlds most annoying sound... peaceful sunday morning... then someone starts the effin leaf blower... hours on end... needless to say.... not a fan.
GET OFF MY LAWN 🤣🤣 Trump2020 be there or be square 👍🇱🇷
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