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ANewSawyer

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Got a free curved shaft Homelite trimmer at the dump. Needs new fuel line, filter and primer bulb. Clean the carb for the heck of it. Don't know, I will probably sell it.
 
Got a free curved shaft Homelite trimmer at the dump. Needs new fuel line, filter and primer bulb. Clean the carb for the heck of it. Don't know, I will probably sell it.
Yes, know this fever well--covered up with dumpster deals! I do a much better job finding stuff than selling stuff!!
 
Got it put together with parts I had laying around. So far total into it cash today is $0. The primer bulb didn't quite fit so I trimmed it. I tried to start it and I think I flooded it. I saw fuel coming out around the choke plate. Pulled the spark screw and I would be amazed if it ran at all for the previous owners. The carb doesn't have a low needle just the large metal cylinder there. Doesn't look like a limiter cap, it is as big as the plastic limiter and I couldn't turn it with pliers. Hope to start it tomorrow, if not Saturday.
 
It won't idle down until after it runs a while, not worth trying to fix. I bent the metering lever up before I got it started thinking to improve fuel delivery, right. :nofunny: May have to undo that. It keeps letting a white smoke out of the intake when I shut it off, guessing it is fuel.
 

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