Strimmer noob wrote:

I'll try changing the fuel for new stuff next, last shot I think before
giving up.
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The carbs in these critters are extremely vulnerable to bits of dirt; they
use a rubber diaphragm to pump fuel and regulate pressures so as to be
independent of orientation. Easily lost/broken teeny bits in there and not
for the faint of heart.
I've had fair success with them, but I lack common sense...


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G