Congrats on getting it to run again 👍 mine is running but it takes a while to get it started. Full choke to start, the engine runs for a second or two then by the time flip the choke to normal, I have to restart to get her to run.
Sounds like the mixture is definitely off. There’s a video on TH-cam by Steve’s Small Engine Salloon on adjusting a 2 cycle fuel mixture. It’s great and he explains everything
I have one of these thats almost 10 years old and its still going. It just now got the original fuel lines replaced and they were still good, just got a kit of parts that had new lines in it. Its only on its second carb too in that abount of time. This thing has been dead nuts reliable. It still has 150 psi in the cylinder too. It's been used very heavily.
I have a 24 year old blower. The original pull cord broke last month. That thing has been a beast. All I ever did is use non ethanol gas and stihl brand oil and emptied gas can at end of season and then run it until it runs out of gas. Then…. I let all 5 stihl equipment set up for a year with bad gas. Had to replace all carbs and went ahead and replaced all bulbs, fuel lines and fuel filters, blah. My fault.
Thanks buddy 👍 I have used them and other household tools for ages but always got a guy who fixed them 😅 now I am older and getting interested in fixing stuff myself so this was great 👍 Just to let you know that there are noobs watching and we are grateful for all info 😊
For others: Check the exhaust spark arrestor for obstructions. Carbon build up or in my case, a mud wasp nest. It was an easy fix for a low hour trimmer from a free pile.
This particular trimmer does not have a spark arrestor. It has a catalytic converter, hence that “KAT” name on the side of the muffler. In my experience the cat mufflers are a pain to unclog once they become clogged, since you cannot access the inside of the muffler easily. What I do is just replace them with a regular muffler with a spark arrestor so that when it does become clogged you can just remove it with a socket. Those mufflers with the cat also tend to run way hotter than the regular mufflers which causes the top of the machine to get uncomfortably hot, and even discolor the plastic which is what happened to my trimmer.
so what finally fixed it was the cleaning and gapping of Magneto, another point you could have easily stripped the Magneto bolts using a power tool, that's what I did and not using a power tool they are soft aluminum bolts, I had to drill it out and used a stainless steel self-tapping screw, did not have any taps and dies
Just pull the cord and check compression first. If not good, walk away. Pull the muffler and look for bore scorring. You’ve waisted a lot of time disassembling the trimmer, without even doing the simple things first.
Man, come on. I never make negative comments, but land the plane please. Too many tangents. Simplify your sentences. Get to the point. Thank you for the effort though. Sincerely.
Bro , looks like you spent 20$ for your 200$ worth of time wasted and in the end you figure out oh l did fill up fuel mix… Good luck l am stopping watching peace ✌️
Congrats on getting it to run again 👍 mine is running but it takes a while to get it started. Full choke to start, the engine runs for a second or two then by the time flip the choke to normal, I have to restart to get her to run.
Sounds like the mixture is definitely off. There’s a video on TH-cam by Steve’s Small Engine Salloon on adjusting a 2 cycle fuel mixture. It’s great and he explains everything
@@ChrisXOutdoors thanks for the advice, will definitely check it out!
I have one of these thats almost 10 years old and its still going. It just now got the original fuel lines replaced and they were still good, just got a kit of parts that had new lines in it. Its only on its second carb too in that abount of time. This thing has been dead nuts reliable. It still has 150 psi in the cylinder too. It's been used very heavily.
I have a 24 year old blower. The original pull cord broke last month. That thing has been a beast. All I ever did is use non ethanol gas and stihl brand oil and emptied gas can at end of season and then run it until it runs out of gas. Then…. I let all 5 stihl equipment set up for a year with bad gas. Had to replace all carbs and went ahead and replaced all bulbs, fuel lines and fuel filters, blah. My fault.
Thanks buddy 👍 I have used them and other household tools for ages but always got a guy who fixed them 😅 now I am older and getting interested in fixing stuff myself so this was great 👍 Just to let you know that there are noobs watching and we are grateful for all info 😊
Thank you brother! I appreciate you watching
Mate. From the UK
Well done and be proud of yourself… you solved my problem with my fs55 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you for watching!
It was pure frustration seeing that tape on the throttle. 😭
well done chrisx brillant mate
Thank you David!
For others: Check the exhaust spark arrestor for obstructions. Carbon build up or in my case, a mud wasp nest. It was an easy fix for a low hour trimmer from a free pile.
Always love those. Thank you for the info Scott 👍🏼
Is it me, or de we see a spark in the 1st attempt also? It was faint but im pretty sure we see one 😉
Indeed. It was faint for sure. Thanks for watching Brody!
Hehehe, cool videos man.. keep em up
But don't spoil the ending... im still watching it lol
😂😂
different weed eaters he said working on fs-55 but it showed a fs-40c- running
I’m not through the whole video and I’m wondering if you are going to check the spark Arrester
I don’t believe I checked it
This particular trimmer does not have a spark arrestor. It has a catalytic converter, hence that “KAT” name on the side of the muffler. In my experience the cat mufflers are a pain to unclog once they become clogged, since you cannot access the inside of the muffler easily. What I do is just replace them with a regular muffler with a spark arrestor so that when it does become clogged you can just remove it with a socket. Those mufflers with the cat also tend to run way hotter than the regular mufflers which causes the top of the machine to get uncomfortably hot, and even discolor the plastic which is what happened to my trimmer.
Way to keep at it.
I think it was the choke it was on all the time but the video only show it been off once after editing
so what finally fixed it was the cleaning and gapping of Magneto, another point you could have easily stripped the Magneto bolts using a power tool, that's what I did and not using a power tool they are soft aluminum bolts, I had to drill it out and used a stainless steel self-tapping screw, did not have any taps and dies
I have this same 2 weed eaters the will start with out the lock thig
Great video 👍🏻
Thanks Franco!
Check spark resister
Just pull the cord and check compression first. If not good, walk away. Pull the muffler and look for bore scorring. You’ve waisted a lot of time disassembling the trimmer, without even doing the simple things first.
Turned out ok
5:55 there was spark.
It cant idle with full choke, set choke to half to idle it😂
Dafuk is that? I hope you try to fix only your tools...
Man, come on. I never make negative comments, but land the plane please. Too many tangents. Simplify your sentences. Get to the point. Thank you for the effort though. Sincerely.
lol
Youre not starting it correct! When you hear it starting you should set choke to running possision/lever down,
Adhd moment 5:30
He was totally unprepared and this video was a waste of my time.
Thank you for watching Mary!
Bro , looks like you spent 20$ for your 200$ worth of time wasted and in the end you figure out oh l did fill up fuel mix… Good luck l am stopping watching peace ✌️
You wasted a lot of time in this video
Thank you for the feedback. I wish I cared more about your opinion
Talk to much?
You asking? Or telling?