Recent content by Cavell

found this similar motor on CL. $95. has good recoil. my recoil is broke and costs $25

The pilot mixture screw was turned out 4+ turns. I set it to 2 turns and motor started on 1st crank. After I adjusted the plastic spacer cover

fyi when i ran motor 2 days ago i did notice a little blackish exhaust at idle where my old carb never seemed to do that. maybe new carb is just too rich for this motor? new jet is smaller than jet in old carb. new carb should be leaner? why did the motor run perfect for 1/2 hr with new carb...

this is ebay pic and i just noticed there is a plug in the pic where i have a screw. they dont even send the actual carb that is in their ad. thats funny. i did remove the main jet and it is spotless. its new, why not? hole is open. i drilled out my jet on old carb 2 yrs ago and it runs the same...

My troybilt snowblower always ran great. Till last week refused to start. I put on new carb, huayi 170-s type and it ran awesome. For 1/2 hr. Shut it off and 3 hrs later it refuses to start. Dead again. New plug. New gas. Wtf? Ran super. Shutoff. Won't start. With new carb? Even put old carb on...

Got a free 917376741 with broke push bar. Owner said it ran fine. Battery is gone but starter remains. The pushbutton/key switch is kinda broke so I unplugged the harness. I jumped the starter and it cranks fine but I have no spark. There is an interlock switch next to blade brake mechanism on...