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Default Troy-Bilt chipper w/ 8 HP B&S motor problem


"timO'" wrote in message
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On Jun 3, 1:56 pm, Meat Plow wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:17:53 +0000, timO' wrote:
On Jun 3, 11:09 am, Meat Plow wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:29:08 -0700, Harry K wrote:
On Jun 3, 6:28 am, timO' wrote:
I borrowed a Try Bilt chipper from a friend who said it hadn't been
used for a few years so no guarantees it would start.
It has a battery starter, but the battery is dead so I put in a
little
fresh gas and gave it a try
After a few tugs gas came out the exhaust. I took off the air
filter
and gas was down in the neck.
I'm thinking this unit was stored outside, and the carb froze and
cracked.
TIA.

Have my buds super tomahawk with the same motor- let it sit out all the
time (to the machines definite detriment) and the problem I had was
identical. I tapped on the float bowl (presuming that perhaps the float had
stuck) and the problem went away. Since then I have been using stabil and
the problem with the incontinent carb hasn't reared it head. Pat