Turn in my mancard?

[webbcraft2150]

Always been good at breathing life back into lawn equipment, till now. Neighbors one year old Homelite weedeater wont start. He put on new carb, sparkplug, fuel filter and fuel. No start. Give it to me I say, I will make it live. Yea, right. Check spark, good, check compression, good (120 psi, no leak down). Fresh fuel mix. Fuel filter clear and no cracks in fuel lines. Pull exhaust off thinking it was plugged, no joy. Replace plug with "known good unit", no joy. Primer bulb working. This thing wont even pop with starting fluid or "direct injection" with fuel. Check piston thru exhaust port and intake, clean, no sign of running straight gas. I admit defeat and am ready to return said weedeater with my head hung low and man card in flames. Fuel, compression, spark. What more does it want from me? Suspicion but haven't gone that deep is flywheel has sheared and "timing" is off. On top of this, my freaking truck wont start

[motoman]

Always been good at breathing life back into lawn equipment, till now. Neighbors one year old Homelite weedeater wont start. He put on new carb, sparkplug, fuel filter and fuel. No start. Give it to me I say, I will make it live. Yea, right. Check spark, good, check compression, good (120 psi, no leak down). Fresh fuel mix. Fuel filter clear and no cracks in fuel lines. Pull exhaust off thinking it was plugged, no joy. Replace plug with "known good unit", no joy. Primer bulb working. This thing wont even pop with starting fluid or "direct injection" with fuel. Check piston thru exhaust port and intake, clean, no sign of running straight gas. I admit defeat and am ready to return said weedeater with my head hung low and man card in flames. Fuel, compression, spark. What more does it want from me? Suspicion but haven't gone that deep is flywheel has sheared and "timing" is off. On top of this, my freaking truck wont start

Check for spark by removing spark plug, re-attaching plug wire and laying against cyl. head while cranking over. Sounds like a possibly bad coil. As for truck, what year and model make is it?

[webbcraft2150]

Spark test good on weedeater. Good enough to ignite spilled gas on workbench. Onery, cold blooded Dodge fired up, time for a new ballast resistor or hei conversion. Sometimes, only sometimes, those shiny new trucks look pretty good as do those shiny new bikes. But the current payments (like none) look pretty good on my ancient '75 Dodge W200 or 80g. The weedeater is about to have a Viking funeral.

[STEPPENWOLF]

Sounds flooded out,pull plug,let sit over nite.Try to start next day full throttle and no choke.

[Schming]

Video of the Viking Funeral Please

I was thinking the flywheel may have a sheared key also, but those diaphragms in the carbs are touchy. One little speck of dirt and they won't run.

Got a leaf blower on the blink that I completely rebuilt that I may set in the Funeral Pyre also

[timktm]

I would rather work on 4, 37 year old Yamaha carbs than work on those god forsaken leaf blower, weed wacker carbs! Hate them with a passion.
Tim

[motoman]

Spark test good on weedeater. Good enough to ignite spilled gas on workbench. Onery, cold blooded Dodge fired up, time for a new ballast resistor or hei conversion. Sometimes, only sometimes, those shiny new trucks look pretty good as do those shiny new bikes. But the current payments (like none) look pretty good on my ancient '75 Dodge W200 or 80g. The weedeater is about to have a Viking funeral.

Actually, on your Dodge trk., the voltage regulator which is mounted on the firewall is a good placw to start. Those yr. Dodges were notorious for voltage regulator intermitant failures. I just suggest that since CDOT here having contracted with Chrysler for all there autos and trks. at that time had many a voltage regulator failure and a 'no start' scenario when the vehichles reached near the 100,000 mile mark, or adding an underhood steam cleaning. That's just 30yr. employed shop experience with CDOT speaking.

[MaximPhil]

Video of the Viking Funeral Please

I was thinking the flywheel may have a sheared key also, but those diaphragms in the carbs are touchy. One little speck of dirt and they won't run.

Got a leaf blower on the blink that I completely rebuilt that I may set in the Funeral Pyre also

Hi Webbcraft,
I vote with Schming. VIDEO.
get the owner to light the fire though
Phil

[webbcraft2150]

Actually, on your Dodge trk., the voltage regulator which is mounted on the firewall is a good placw to start. Those yr. Dodges were notorious for voltage regulator intermitant failures. I just suggest that since CDOT here having contracted with Chrysler for all there autos and trks. at that time had many a voltage regulator failure and a 'no start' scenario when the vehichles reached near the 100,000 mile mark, or adding an underhood steam cleaning. That's just 30yr. employed shop experience with CDOT speaking.

It finally fired up, the truck that is. 40+ year old ingition switch has been suspect for a while. Alternator replaced with a one wire Delco years ago. It gets cranky (pun intended) when it sits for more than a week. Now that it's running, maybe I will see how good of a wheel chock the Homelite will make.

[Buckmaster79]

Homelite

My vote is flywheel key. But if not put a little gas in plug hole and try to see if it will try to putt?

[trbig]

How do you lose a mancard when your wife keeps it under lock and key?

[Wildkat]

I'm sorry, but

hahahahaaaa

[webbcraft2150]

How do you lose a mancard when your wife keeps it under lock and key?

Keep it up and I will start another tire/oil thread. Just wait, I'll get the sucker running.

[Wildkat]

Just wait, I'll get the sucker running.

Yeah, I said that about the FJ too.

[webbcraft2150]

Yeah, I said that about the FJ too.

Check the flywheel key