SOURCE: adjust high low screws on carb.
I found one at my local parts store (they also work on them) for $5. It looks like a screwdriver with a special tip on it.........
SOURCE: Can't get weed eater started. Have an older weed
This is a common problem on older Poulan models. Press the primer button 10 times and pull the starter rope twice, then pull the spark plug and examine it. If the plug is wet that means gas is definitely getting to the combustion chamber. Next thing is to use a compression tester. If you do not have a compression tester but have an AutoZone anywhere near you, you can get a loaner from them. Screw the compression tester into the plug hole and pull the start rope 4 times. If the tester reads anything below 90psi, you have a bad ring and will have to take the motor apart to clean the piston and ring or replace the ring.
Keep me posted on what you find, ok? I can walk you through the procedure to replace the ring if necessary. Good Luck!
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SOURCE: need tool to adjust carb on a ppb 100 polan weed eater
1 1/4 turns out. Then let it warm up and adjust 1/8 turn lean, which is in, to make it run best. But that is only right if you just rebuilt it and everything inside clean and wrkn right. May have to adj in less?
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SOURCE: Powerpro 17" McCollich weed eater
hey harry the float inside the carb is stuck i would suggest rebuilding the carb
SOURCE: My poulan pro weed eater
Remove your spark plug and reattach the wire to the top of the plug and ground it against the engine and pull the cord to see if your getting spark, If you are then:
Check your fuel filter if you have one, normally they will be located in the fuel tank.
If the mower/weedeater is over a year old, then I recommend that you buy and install a new carburetor repair kit,because the diaphragm will get hard and that will cause it to be hard to crank.
Sounds like you will need to clean the carburetor or replace your carburetor internal rubber parts like the diaphgram and O rings.
Be sure to use compressed air to blow out all the fuel and air passages.
Be careful when blowing out the passages, because there are sometimes small rubber type seats in the bottom of some of the passages.
Sometimes you can get by with priming the carburetor or using starting fluid and letting it run a few times like that and it will flush the gunk out of the jets,but most of the time you will need to rebuild the carburetor.
Keep in mind that the float for the carburetor must be level when you go to reassemble the carburetor or follow the instrucitons you get with the carburetor kit.
When you clean your carburetor and remove the jet screws, you will first need to lightly seat the jet screws.
But before you lightly seat the jet screws count the number of turns it takes to seat the jet screws from their original position.
Be sure to mark the turns down on a piece of paper.
That way when you put the jets back in, you know to lightly seat them first and then turn them back out to their orginal position before you started.
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