Someone gave me this thing for free, so it's not a huge deal if I can't figure it out.
IT didn't start when I got it, but I quickly realized that the spark plug was less than finger tight. So I tightened that down, and it managed to start. It ran for afew minutes, choke was turned off pretty quick, so it had a good warm up.
Here is a video I took AFTER the warm up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuwf2cCjRDo
The thing seems to have trouble idling. If I just barely touch the throttle it'll do fine, but you'll notice that it usually will die shortly after I let go. At one point I let go and it actually idles without dieing. Then another time it does for a bit, and then suddenly dies.
Any ideas on where to start? Maybe a good cleaning of the carburetor? Also I don't know anything about the condition of the fuel, it's running off of what was in it when I got it. It could be really old.
Thanks again,
Nic
IT didn't start when I got it, but I quickly realized that the spark plug was less than finger tight. So I tightened that down, and it managed to start. It ran for afew minutes, choke was turned off pretty quick, so it had a good warm up.
Here is a video I took AFTER the warm up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuwf2cCjRDo
The thing seems to have trouble idling. If I just barely touch the throttle it'll do fine, but you'll notice that it usually will die shortly after I let go. At one point I let go and it actually idles without dieing. Then another time it does for a bit, and then suddenly dies.
Any ideas on where to start? Maybe a good cleaning of the carburetor? Also I don't know anything about the condition of the fuel, it's running off of what was in it when I got it. It could be really old.
Thanks again,
Nic