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I'm betting you are 100% correct. I'll not start any political debate here, but I will simply say that our current leadership in the White House doesn't seem to have a grasp on reality. The only thing I'll use as evidence of that is the fact that they have stopped oil and natural gas exploration...

Well, it appears obvious that you guys all think the switch to EV stuff is as bad an idea as I do. I happen to be involved in an all out, full scale argument with a couple of EV lovers on Facebook. I should stay away from this type of crap on Facebook, but I see a post that just lights me up and...

I've been seeing more and more battery powered mowers and trimmers in my neck of the woods. I just got a a Stihl chainsaw in to prep for sale by the owner. He told me he has switched his mower, trimmer, blower, and hedge trimmers to battery powered devices already and plans to buy a small...

I just popped in to read the latest posts. I happened to see this thread and decided to check on images. I'm not seeing images either, OTHER THAN any images that are in a guy's signature. Those seem to still be there. Might be a glitch somewhere. It would be really bad if all the images that...

Yep. I agree 100%. And you can bet I'm going to charge him something. Even though I'm not trying to make a living doing this, my time is worth a little something. I work pretty slowly compared to a lot of you guys doing this full time, but I have to believe even you guys would have burned up an...

Yeah, I do understand the whole nostalgia thing. I guess I'm just one of those guys that doesn't have those types of feelings, especially for something like a lawn mower. As you'll see below, the whole problem has been resolved. Not exactly as I expected. As I was thinking about this last...

That was what I first thought, but it's not from the brake. The brake is frozen wide open, as far away from the flywheel as possible. While I didn't dive into what the problem is, I did notice that the brake has not been working for a LONG time. I haven't even tried loosening the screws on the...

OK. That's kind of where I am with him. I have never met this man before in my life. I have no real reason to treat him any differently than anyone else at this point. He might very well BECOME a repeat customer, but at this point, this is the first I have seen of him or his mower. I called and...

I had a customer bring me a Yardman push mower early this morning. It's kind of a strange deal. The guy is 85 years old. He is in the process of moving into his dad's house here in town. He said his dad mowed the yard until 6 years ago. Apparently the dad has just passed on recently which is why...

Yep. That looks like a few carbs I've had myself. The one I pulled off the tiller that was my dad's looked even worse. .

Never heard that one before. Do you have any idea how well that would work on a small engine that has had water in it? I usually pull the tank, fuel lines, and carburetor to remove excess water. If the engine is still running, even poorly, I wonder how well that trick would work to remove what...

OK. I see what you were saying now. I also have no idea about the mechanics and chemistry of fuel. I'd have no way to test such things either. I wonder how much difference it is going to make with pure unleaded being in all my OPE this winter. For that matter, any and all of the equipment I am...

Yep! The carb off the tiller I let sit for over 6 years looked like that, only a little worse. I know there are guys that will argue with me, but I'm 100% convinced that carb ended up that way because Dad used E15 gas with no fuel additives at all. I then let it sit for all those years with that...

You got that exactly right. Knowing where you are located tells me you are aware of the ethanol plant in Palestine. I was privy to a lot of conversations between farmers about how much they were going to invest in the plant to be sure it was built locally. Those farmers aren't stupid. They...

I'm right there with you. I have made three rather lengthy trips with the car since switching to ethanol free gas. I'm pretty sure I can feel a difference when I step down to pass somebody, or step down just for the hell of it. It's minimal, but I still think I notice an increase in power. I'll...

Man, that is just nuts! $25/gallon for ethanol free gas is more than highway robbery. And here I complain about it costing me 50 cents more a gallon compared to E10 or E15 gas. .

I'm wondering why you say not to use 87 octane. Are you referring to ethanol blended gas, or are you saying only to use higher octane fuel. High octane fuel is used in ICEs that have high compression ratios. Running 91 or higher octane gasoline in a regular car, truck, or piece of OPE doesn't do...

I agree 100%. That's why I'm not making any claims about power or mileage at this point. I'm only on the second tank of pure gas and that is nowhere near enough to make a real claim. I won't be sure of anything until I have used pure unleaded for several tankfuls and for different kinds of...

Interesting to see that you get better fuel economy. In my Internet research, I have found websites that state that you will always get better mileage with non-ethanol gas and then there are websites that swear you'll get better mileage with an ethanol blend. That's one reason I keep good...

Hmmm. I had no idea it would do that. Guess I should just stick with using ethanol free gas and my old faithful Seafoam. Thanks for that tidbit. .

And I have seen MUCH worse in the carbs off engines that have sat for long periods. My own tiller was one of them. I have no one to blame for what I found but myself. I left it with a half full tank of gas, no fuel shutoff, and the fuel was E15. What I found was a rusted mess. Yep, I did it and...

I realize your comment was aimed at hollydolly, but I'll reply anyway. I am now running only ethanol free in my car. I'm not sure what your question meant. Are you saying that you can't pump it onto a car for some reason? Could would clarify that question for me? I'm trying to understand what...

I agree that both fuel types will leave gum/varnish type deposits if the equipment is left sitting for long periods without running. The big difference I see is that on top of the gum/varnish, ethanol fuels will also cause rust to form on metal surfaces, especially any steel/iron type pieces...

I'm just experimenting with it right now. The one thing I'm certain I'll use it for is all my small engine equipment, especially the older 2 stroke stuff. Since the wife has finally retired, our car sits for several days at a time. I'm thinking it will probably benefit from using it as well...

I've gotten a whole lot more selective in buying stuff to flip. When I first got back into the biz I just needed material to start projects with. Now that I have several pieces of OPE that I can spend time working on, I'm being way more picky about what I look at and what I'm willing to pay. I...

Yep. True enough. I just got home from filling the car up with pure unleaded. I paid 55 cents over the price of 10% ethanol blends. This tankful won't tell me anything since I still had a half tank of ethanol blend in it. I'll not be too concerned with seeing any changes until at least the...

I've made a few people mad with the offers I make. I screwed up when I first put the word out that I was looking for mowers to buy. My first ads read, "Paying cash for non-running mowers". I got swamped with people calling me to come look at a pile of rust that hadn't run in 10 or 20 years. I...

Yep. That's it in a nutshell. I've never had problems with any of my OPE, but then I always prep them for storage each year. Seafoam might not be the absolute best fuel stabilizer, but it has always worked well for me. I know that STA-BIL works well for a lot of people and there are a few more...

That's when I first noticed what an ethanol blend can do to a carb. I ended up with my dad's Troy-Bilt tiller. I got it a couple of years before we bought this place in town 6 years ago. I had already stopped gardening when I got the thing so it sat in the shed until we moved here. Then, I left...

I'm really looking forward to seeing how much difference running pure unleaded makes in my car. Since I found that we actually have at least one place in town that sells pure unleaded I'm going to run it exclusively for a while.

I think it was over simplified due to the website it was on and that website's viewers. It came from the "Family Handyman" site. I expect point number three was intentionally worded so as to not totally confuse all the site's viewers. At least, that's kind of what I figure, but I could be wrong.

I guess this is the best place for this. If not, feel free to move it where it should be. I have had a few discussions with people recently about ethanol. A couple of the guys I talked with flat out disputed that ethanol causes any problems in internal combustion engines. It just so happens...

Nobody out there familiar with these two? I seem to be having problems finding old sales prices when they were new or even today's used prices for them.

That's another sad thing in our society. It's sue, sue, sue, every chance they get. Considering that you can sue McDonald's for the coffee you just bought being hot, I'm no longer surprised by some of the ridiculous and frivolous lawsuits I hear about. LOL! Even though I'm doing this small...

I'm still shocked by just how flimsy the axle rods and brackets on that Pulsar were. How in the world they thought that cheap metal was good for use on a lawn mower is way beyond me. Yep, lesson learned, guys. If it ain't got a Briggs, Honda, or Kohler on it, I'm just going to pass. We'll, I...

You've got that right, Bert. The only thing I managed to do was waste time, bust a couple of knuckles, and learn a good lesson. I guess the lesson was worthwhile, at least. It's still amazing that this has happened to the OPE industry. I hope all those dingbats that thought buying a no name...

Just for an official FYI, the Pulsar is a complete and total loss and waste of time. I tried a compression test today and couldn't get the needle to budge, regardless of how many times I pulled the starter cord. I was already 99.9% sure the engine was toast, but before I kicked it to the curb I...

Does anybody have an idea of what a couple of pieces of equipment cost when new? I need an idea about prices for a McCulloch Mac 80-SX 17" string trimmer and also for a Homelite Ranger UT 10947D chainsaw. Don't have to have exact prices, just a general idea. Thanks.

Bert, that's an excellent explanation of the whole picture. More and more manufacturers of all sorts of different products are following that "bottom line" plan for profiting from sales. That's why we are now living on a "throw away" society. Consumers have conformed and are perfectly happy with...

I appreciate the help, but you do realize that nearly every part on that site is for a Pulsar generator. Right? And they aren't exactly Pulsar parts. As I understand it, those parts are aftermarket parts that will "replace" the actual Pulsar parts. I'm sure they will do what the vendor says they...

Here is another vote for Seafoam. I use the stuff for everything, including my car because I am forced to buy unleaded gas with 10% or 15% ethanol in it. What the others have said about moisture is dead right. Ethanol is notorious for not only bringing moisture with it, but also causing...

. TobyU, I have found that the Pulsars were sold by Menard's, Lowe's. Walmart, and our local farm service store, Rural King. I'm sure they were sold by many more retail outlets across this country. As for parts. You can get parts from Pulsar directly as I have stated before, but according to...

Yeah, the more I see and hear about this Chinese stuff, the worse it gets. I just got home from picking up a pretty decent Honda self propelled mower. I never even bothered trying to start it until I got home. I made a stop on the way so the total time from when I loaded it up until I got home...

Yeah, I already found that site too. They don't have any of what I thought I was going to need. It's all moot anyway. I posted a legthy explanation of what I ran into yesterday. In that post, I said that the engines is blowing oil through the exhaust when trying to start it. Not just a speck or...

Already have that. It was provided to me several posts back, but thanks. And that's not the real problem. The real problem is that the parts can only be ordered directly from Pulsar's home office in Canada. That's per Pulsar, themselves. I received that in an email I got from them. They told me...

I'm confused by this. Where and how would I search for a repair part for a Pulsar on a Briggs parts site? What am I not understanding? How would I plug in a Pulsar model number on a Briggs site?

I'm thinking that is why they told me they did NOT sell any carb rebuild kits and I couldn't even buy the parts individually. It was buy a complete carb or do without, Period. Granted, the carb is only $20, but that's not the point here. What if ALL I need was a new bowl gasket and nothing else...

I hear ya. What I'm really amazed at is how many of these cheap things have entered the US market in just the few years since I last did small engine repair. Maybe it was because of my location and the fact that the majority of work I got was from area farmers. I just never saw this stuff back...

Have already been in touch with them, but thanks.

Dang. That's pretty sad. I was kind of afraid that was the situation. But, as to the Pulsar, I spent an entertaining afternoon. Note I said entertaining and NOT enjoyable. First, I got the front axle assembly with the bent bracket on it removed. I put it in my vice, grabbed a 10" Crescent that...