Snowblower Carb rebuild gone bad?
I've got an old Toro CCR [3horse?] that was showing signs of carb
problems last year so I rebuilt it last week. The carb is a diaphragm type on a Tecumseh HSK600-1680s.[replacement carb is 640086A - the only numbers on this one are '744 9BS'] I knocked out the 2 welch plugs and soaked the carb overnight in carb cleaner. Cleaned the plastic needle- it looked fine. Cleaned gas tank [plastic] and replaced gasoline. After the rebuild I started it up and it ran ok at factory- warmed it up, adjusted to what sounded real good. . . and waited for snow. That was only a week ago, but today I couldn't keep it running. Primed it, and it started fine- but it acted like it wasn't pumping gas. As soon as the primed gas ran out, it died. Tried adjusting the carb back to factory- but it wouldn't stay running for more than about 30 seconds. I repeated it often enough to warm the thing up, but it still won't stay running. I'll play with it more tomorrow- but I'm wondering if someone has run across this before. Because it doesn't seem to be pumping, my first thought is that I put the diaphragm in wrong, but then why did it run so well last week? Thanks, Jim |
Snowblower Carb rebuild gone bad?
On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:13:44 -0500, Jim Elbrecht
wrote: That was only a week ago, but today I couldn't keep it running. Primed it, and it started fine- but it acted like it wasn't pumping gas. Check your oil-fuel mix ratio. I had similar problems with mine for three seasons. Did the strip down clean up routine too. Having done everything mechanically reasonable the only thing left was the 50:1 fuel-oil mix ratio as embossed on the fuel cap. That fixed the problem. I had been doing the mix by guesswork and inevitably there was "ratio creep." Get a calibrated plastic squeeze bottle from the Dollar Store to store your 2-stroke oil. 40 ml mixed in a 2 liter pop bottle is just the right amount for (my) a single snow clearing chore. Among the many fixes I tried I had heated the cylinder head with a paint stripper heat gun to get the snowblower going from a lower than minus 20 C cold start. I don't have to do that any more but I find a half minute's heating the carb cup really helps to get the machine started with a pull or two in the coldest weather. |
Snowblower Carb rebuild gone bad?
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:28:56 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: Someetimes the float needle sticks in the seat. Tip the machine on its side, take the float bowl off, wiggle the float. Make sure the needle moves. diaphragm carb- so no float. But I took the thing apart again- the needle seemed to be moving freely, and sent bubbles back up the gas line when I worked it. [clear line has an advantage] But still no joy on running without constant priming. The carbs are $50. Probably should have gone with a new one in the first place. Jim |
Snowblower Carb rebuild gone bad?
I have a old snowblower with Brigs and Stratton 5.5 eng. The unit has no
primer bulb or button .Problem is in order to start this guy I need to pore a shot glass of gas in the spark plug hole. Would a carb kit help? Eng is Brigs #110900 Frank |
Snowblower Carb rebuild gone bad?
On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:17:16 -0600, "Frank"
wrote: I have a old snowblower with Brigs and Stratton 5.5 eng. The unit has no primer bulb or button .Problem is in order to start this guy I need to pore a shot glass of gas in the spark plug hole. Would a carb kit help? Eng is Brigs #110900 Frank Might help - the carb kits are cheap enough. Or you could end up like me and spend $12 on a kit- $10 more on cleaner. . . a couple hours working . . . and then buying a new carb.g For yours the carb is about $65 here- http://www.psep2.biz/pages/parts/vie...sStratton.aspx Jim |
Snowblower Carb rebuild gone bad?
On Dec 4, 9:03 pm, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:17:16 -0600, "Frank" wrote: I have a old snowblower with Brigs and Stratton 5.5 eng. The unit has no primer bulb or button .Problem is in order to start this guy I need to pore a shot glass of gas in the spark plug hole. Would a carb kit help? Eng is Brigs #110900 Frank Might help - the carb kits are cheap enough. Or you could end up like me and spend $12 on a kit- $10 more on cleaner. . . a couple hours working . . . and then buying a new carb.g For yours the carb is about $65 here-http://www.psep2.biz/pages/parts/viewbybrand/10/BriggsStratton.aspx Jim They also make an aftermarket gas cap for Briggs that has a primer built-in. |
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