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To start with, my small engine knowledge right now is solely what I have wrongly or rightly pieced together from reading these forums, and even with that I am ignorant of a lot. I came here reading about huge displacement hotrod saws but now I actually have a practical issue or reason to be here.
In 2007 I inherited this McCulloch trimmer when my dad passed away. It sat until 2014 when I moved from Illinois to north Florida. Just before leaving, I had a family friend who tinkers with small engines look at it. He said he ended up having to get an engine off eBay to get it running but with the schedule and stress of moving I did not try it before getting down here. Last summer, after mixing a bottle of oil from Walmart with a gallon of 87 octane, I got it to eventually start but after 10-15 minutes, no matter what I did I could not get it to start again. I shelved it until today and used an electric trimmer last year.
Today, I took it out so maybe you guys could help me figure out A: exactly what I have, B: if I am doing anything wrong with starting it and trying to keep it running, and C: where I should go from here with it.
To start with, I assume the snow flake setting is full choke (told you I was ignorant) and that the sun is regular run mode.
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In 2007 I inherited this McCulloch trimmer when my dad passed away. It sat until 2014 when I moved from Illinois to north Florida. Just before leaving, I had a family friend who tinkers with small engines look at it. He said he ended up having to get an engine off eBay to get it running but with the schedule and stress of moving I did not try it before getting down here. Last summer, after mixing a bottle of oil from Walmart with a gallon of 87 octane, I got it to eventually start but after 10-15 minutes, no matter what I did I could not get it to start again. I shelved it until today and used an electric trimmer last year.
Today, I took it out so maybe you guys could help me figure out A: exactly what I have, B: if I am doing anything wrong with starting it and trying to keep it running, and C: where I should go from here with it.
To start with, I assume the snow flake setting is full choke (told you I was ignorant) and that the sun is regular run mode.
Sent from my MX2020 Secure Satellite Uplink.