On 08/10/2015 15:02, Muddymike wrote:
Hello,

I bought one of these on a whim when it was in a sale a couple of
years ago. I've never used it properly but on the advice of people
here, I would run it with a load every now and again to make sure it
was working. What with moving house etc. it has not been used in a
long time. I found it whilst tidying the garage the other day and
cannot start it.

Is there anything I can try to resurrect it? The oil/petrol mix has
been in there a while, should I pour that out and start again?

Thanks,
Stephen.


If you have a gas blowtorch try giving it a whiff of gas. Just position
the blowtorch so that the gas is directed at the air filter and turn it
on. Then try the usual starting procedure. It should start and run just
on the gas for long enough to pull the fuel through if there are no
other issues.

Mike


Never tried that, good idea!

Used to use easystart (I think this used to be ether with a butane
propellant) but that seems to be less readily available these days.