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Craftsman 9 HP Chipper/Shredder
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We've just purchased a home from an elderly couple. In the shed is one of these chippers. The owner said that although he bought it new 6 years ago, he has used it but a few times. The last time was 5 years ago! It's been sitting idle all this time. Yes, I do have the manual. It's got 1/2 a tank of gas still in it. Where do I start to see if it works? Should I drain the tank then go from there? To where? Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alan in San Diego |
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"J. Farnsworth Wallaby" wrote in message ... Hello All! We've just purchased a home from an elderly couple. In the shed is one of these chippers. The owner said that although he bought it new 6 years ago, he has used it but a few times. The last time was 5 years ago! It's been sitting idle all this time. Yes, I do have the manual. It's got 1/2 a tank of gas still in it. Where do I start to see if it works? Should I drain the tank then go from there? To where? Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alan in San Diego replace the gas, clean the plug. checjk there is nothing in the "works" then keeping fingers out give it a go!!(ie start as per manual). The Q |
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"The Q" wrote in
: "J. Farnsworth Wallaby" wrote in message ... Hello All! We've just purchased a home from an elderly couple. In the shed is one of these chippers. The owner said that although he bought it new 6 years ago, he has used it but a few times. The last time was 5 years ago! It's been sitting idle all this time. Yes, I do have the manual. It's got 1/2 a tank of gas still in it. Where do I start to see if it works? Should I drain the tank then go from there? To where? Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alan in San Diego replace the gas, clean the plug. checjk there is nothing in the "works" then keeping fingers out give it a go!!(ie start as per manual). The Q Yes replace the gas. If it hasn't been stabilized it's probably gummy and you might have to try many times before the spark catches. Aside from that, do whatever maintence items are in the manual (change oil, check/clean air filter, etc). - Salty |
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"J. Farnsworth Wallaby" wrote in message
... Hello All! We've just purchased a home from an elderly couple. In the shed is one of these chippers. The owner said that although he bought it new 6 years ago, he has used it but a few times. The last time was 5 years ago! It's been sitting idle all this time. Yes, I do have the manual. It's got 1/2 a tank of gas still in it. Where do I start to see if it works? Should I drain the tank then go from there? To where? Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alan in San Diego Sounds like you now have the exact model I have -- at least the HP and purchase date are about right. If so you might be in for some carbeurator cleaning too -- I've found that mine gums up very quickly when I'm stupid enough to leave it out over the summer/winter/spring after using in in the autumn for cleanup. I suspec that the summer heat around here turns gasoline to glue pretty quickly. And no, I NEVER remember to stabilize the gas. Mine has been bad enough two times now that I've just followed the path of least resistance and taken it to the local service guy and let him clean up after my screwup. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] Return address will not work. Please reply in group or through my website: http://johnmcgaw.com |
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Craftsman 9 HP Chipper/Shredder
Ah, ha....I recently picked up a lawn mower that someone was giving away,
but it wouldn't start. In taking the carb apart, I noticed that it looked like they had been running the thing on Playdough for fuel. Now I know what really happened... Thnks for the info... "Salty Thumb" wrote in message ... "The Q" wrote in : "J. Farnsworth Wallaby" wrote in message ... Hello All! We've just purchased a home from an elderly couple. In the shed is one of these chippers. The owner said that although he bought it new 6 years ago, he has used it but a few times. The last time was 5 years ago! It's been sitting idle all this time. Yes, I do have the manual. It's got 1/2 a tank of gas still in it. Where do I start to see if it works? Should I drain the tank then go from there? To where? Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alan in San Diego replace the gas, clean the plug. checjk there is nothing in the "works" then keeping fingers out give it a go!!(ie start as per manual). The Q Yes replace the gas. If it hasn't been stabilized it's probably gummy and you might have to try many times before the spark catches. Aside from that, do whatever maintence items are in the manual (change oil, check/clean air filter, etc). - Salty |
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Craftsman 9 HP Chipper/Shredder
"J. Farnsworth Wallaby" wrote in message
... Hello All! We've just purchased a home from an elderly couple. In the shed is one of these chippers. The owner said that although he bought it new 6 years ago, he has used it but a few times. The last time was 5 years ago! It's been sitting idle all this time. Yes, I do have the manual. It's got 1/2 a tank of gas still in it. Where do I start to see if it works? Should I drain the tank then go from there? To where? Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alan in San Diego When you drain the fuel, pour it into your car. It will be dilluted so much that your car will never know the difference. Not like when I was a kid, old gas and drain oil went on the weeds in the driveway. We know better now. Tono |
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