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Hey, a guy near me has a old echo weed eater that's about 30 yrs old. He says it has a leaking carb. Would it be worth it to buy it. Also, what could be wrong with it? Thanks.

The air filter on my sthil blower has desecrated. Since it's too old of a model to still be stocked, I was wondering if I could take a normal foam air filter that goes on a lawn mower, cut it in half and stick in in the air filter space? Would this work ok?

Recently I got this older stihl B6 60 AV handheld blower that some guy was going to throw out. He said it ran, but only at idle. I took it home started it up and found that it would run OK on half choke. I figured it was probably running too lean. I took out a screw driver (got to love those old...

I was thinking about taking a older riding mower and putting a smaller pulley on the tranismition. I would like for it to go maybe 35-40mph, so what would a be a good size to put in it? I was thinking about maybe a 3in? Also, is there a specific mower that would be good to do this to? Keep in...

I have heard that newer john Deere's aren't very tough and they break all the time. Well was sceptialy about buying a new JD, buy I did. I have a 2006 series that I bought used last year. I have driven the thing in snow, cut down piles of wet leaves that were about 4 feet tall, I have driven the...

My neighbor gave me a old self propelled mower that his brother gave him for free. I was originally going to use the deck off of it but I bought two me mowers instead. I still would like to fix it though. The mower has sat outside, without a spark plug, for who know how long. It isn't seized...

I have just joined this fourm. I like to cut grass :biggrin: