Conquistador3
Le Comte de Frou Frou
I have yet another TK carburetor to work on. Oh the joy.
This one caused the brushcutter to stop working suddenly and seems to be be causing a very lean condition and fuel to overflow into the air filter at the same time. It start with choke on, runs very very lean then dies.
The problem is this is one of the very last TK carburetors, made in 2008-9 for Shindaiwa, which are if possible even more complicated than their predecessors. And way way more expensive to fix.
The metering diaphragm alone is €20 and a rebuild kit if €60. You read that right. The most amazing thing is a brand new carburetor from Shindaiwa retails for €90 (full price, you can probably get a rebate).
In short a rebuild makes zero economic sense.
I am thinking of buying a cheap B45 carburetor from eBay. It looks easy enough to modify to fit. If that doesn't work, I'll probably just have a word with the owner and show him the original spare prices.
Thoughts? Any magic cure I am missing?
Thanks.
This one caused the brushcutter to stop working suddenly and seems to be be causing a very lean condition and fuel to overflow into the air filter at the same time. It start with choke on, runs very very lean then dies.
The problem is this is one of the very last TK carburetors, made in 2008-9 for Shindaiwa, which are if possible even more complicated than their predecessors. And way way more expensive to fix.
The metering diaphragm alone is €20 and a rebuild kit if €60. You read that right. The most amazing thing is a brand new carburetor from Shindaiwa retails for €90 (full price, you can probably get a rebate).
In short a rebuild makes zero economic sense.
I am thinking of buying a cheap B45 carburetor from eBay. It looks easy enough to modify to fit. If that doesn't work, I'll probably just have a word with the owner and show him the original spare prices.
Thoughts? Any magic cure I am missing?
Thanks.