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Dave Liquorice writes
On Tue, 27 May 2003 10:01:06 +0000 (UTC), jane wrote:

jane tries to start engine
Primes fuel feed. Pulls cord.
rev. nada. rev. nada. rev. "Work you b*gger". nada. rev. "come on,
you only get six tries".nada. REV!!!! nada. jane gets agitated
rev... nada. turns down choke anyway and tries again
rev. "Come on, dammit!" rev. "ARGH" rev. Splutter. rev. fires and
dies. rev. fires at last. jane breathes sigh of relief and cheers

Two strokes are tempremental beasts but from cold, full choke, prime,
open throttle fully, pull (6 at the most) until you get the tiniest
hint that it might fire, half open the choke, pull it should fire and
run in 3 pulls, keep up the revs for a 10 seconds or so, take off the
choke it should now run but might need a little bit of throttle until
properly warm in about a minute.

Search back in this group on google for other ways but that is the
basic distillation of the common methods of starting two strokes.

I think I've just about got the hang of the throttle.

I use the throttle on mine as an on/off switch, when cutting it's
fully open. I maintain revs not labour the engine by looking at what
I'm cutting and slowing the swing and/or taking a smaller cut. Nettles
are tough old things and take a while, creeping buttercup may as well
not be there.

It does sound a bit jumpy, though, and after a while the vibrations
did start to be annoying, so I stopped at that point. I guess you
can't expect too much from two-stroke engines!

The engine on mine isn't too bad vibration wise. It does have two
cutting lines and if one snaps and the head goes out of balance
vibration really is bad.

Unleaded petrol can £4 (useful to have anyway)

20l jerry can, useful standby quanity for the cars.

Mixing bottle £5 (as long as you don't believe the markings)

Self calibrated plastic milk bottle.

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Cheers
Dave. Remove "spam" for valid email.



If anyone else is still reading this thread, and is interested,
I can thoroughly recommend 'Robin' brand petrol strimmers. Very easy to
start, and very reliable. If you're in the West Devon/Dartmoor area get
in touch with Mark Woodhouse of Abbey Garden Machinery, Bleak House,
Tavistock.
No advertising intended, just a satisfied customer.
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David Worth