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No matter what the brand if you soak it in water it will last a lot longer.

Partially cover the carb inlet with your hand (or credit card, or whatever). :rolleyes:

My pressure washer did the same until I changed the jet. Figure out how to activate 'partial choke' as a test.

The only downside (that I can think of) to having the plunger up is corrosion over months (years of storage). Sounds good to me.

Thanks for telling us how you got along. Many people never tell us how it works out. The pump fills by creating a vacuum so that...

I changed the o-rings on the release valve and the piston, and that seems to have resolved the oil leak from the release valve when...

Give it a try. Ten years from now, when you take it back apart, you can decide if you like it.

Probably should have stopped there then

@mikey03 I'd put a breaker bar in the socket and a pipe wrench on the chuck. It needs to turn clockwise to loosen, looking at it from...

The rep at the S'burg SC event told me that he brought 20 batteries and 20 coupons. Everything was gone within 10 minutes.

Hold the governor linkage (throttle plate) steady and see if it still surges. If so, I think that it's in the engine (probably...

If it stops pulsing on partial choke, it is running lean.

It’s part of a porta power type tool. The end unscrews and accepts different adapters. Hydra pack brand name maybe? Oh, and it can...

I'm no expert, but these are my opinions: 1) yes 2) I don't know. Don't worry about the level. If there is too much oil, it will come...

For the DIYer doing an alignment/toe-in adjustment at home, figuring out which tire is off can be difficult. If toe in is not out by...