FLHX Storm
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I know, I know, you get what you pay for. But I'm not about to pay $300+ for something that will sit in the garage most of the time unless it has more than a few different uses.
I picked up a factory reconditioned Ryobi ZRRY26520 straight shaft string trimmer a couple of weeks back ($82 plus free shipping) and have yet to be able to get the thing started. I think I heard it chug once but that's about it. Every time I pull the spark plug it's usually saturated with fuel mix. It does appear to be getting plenty of spark but then I don't have the regular equipment to check so I pull the plug, attach it to the wire n ground it. Then pull the starter string and it does throw a spark. So I'm assuming it's getting adequate spark, fuel, and oxygen. I've tried every combination imaginable to get it started from following the instructions to giving just a few squeezes on the throttle, no throttle, n full to half to no choke. I've tried starting it with a self fabricated air filter and without. (it doesn't come with one) I've adjusted the mix screws from the regular setting to an eighth to a quarter turn out like I've read on some of the feedback comments but still nothing. I can't return the thing since I cut grooves in the H and L screws with a dremel to make it so I could adjust it instead of using that packman type tool.
In the meantime I went to a local flea market and found an old homelite 25cc with a curved shaft that really looked bad n picked it up for $15. Dang thing runs like a champ! I put a brush head on it so I can go all the way to the dirt and take out some brush while I was at it. Still, I'd like to get the Ryobi running so I can do just basic trimming around the trees n stuff.
Any ideas what I may be doing wrong? Once I get it running I can adjust the carb from there.
I picked up a factory reconditioned Ryobi ZRRY26520 straight shaft string trimmer a couple of weeks back ($82 plus free shipping) and have yet to be able to get the thing started. I think I heard it chug once but that's about it. Every time I pull the spark plug it's usually saturated with fuel mix. It does appear to be getting plenty of spark but then I don't have the regular equipment to check so I pull the plug, attach it to the wire n ground it. Then pull the starter string and it does throw a spark. So I'm assuming it's getting adequate spark, fuel, and oxygen. I've tried every combination imaginable to get it started from following the instructions to giving just a few squeezes on the throttle, no throttle, n full to half to no choke. I've tried starting it with a self fabricated air filter and without. (it doesn't come with one) I've adjusted the mix screws from the regular setting to an eighth to a quarter turn out like I've read on some of the feedback comments but still nothing. I can't return the thing since I cut grooves in the H and L screws with a dremel to make it so I could adjust it instead of using that packman type tool.
In the meantime I went to a local flea market and found an old homelite 25cc with a curved shaft that really looked bad n picked it up for $15. Dang thing runs like a champ! I put a brush head on it so I can go all the way to the dirt and take out some brush while I was at it. Still, I'd like to get the Ryobi running so I can do just basic trimming around the trees n stuff.
Any ideas what I may be doing wrong? Once I get it running I can adjust the carb from there.