Zone1 Weed Whacker

[Leo123]

See, I got this old Sthil FS-74 weed whacker. It's small but a real beast. I've had it over 20 years then, about 2 years ago the fuel tank got a crack in it. I learned (You Tube) that those tanks can be repaired with an old soldering iron. You basically melt the edges of the crack and fold the molten plastic back into the crack. Who knew??? (be careful to dump the fuel before attempting this, )

That's not all though, I managed to drop it right on the gas tank a year later and it was not going to come back with any amount of melding and mending so, I ordered a new tank which came with a carburetor, fuel filter, fuel lines assorted small grommets. I put on the new fuel tank and it started right up an ran good so, I did not install the new carb. Flash forward a year or so to today, the damn thing refuses to start. Plenty of spark but not even a pop. Nothing, even with starting fluid. Completely dead.

What did I have to lose? I installed the new carb (took about 5 minutes).....Now it runs like new. I feel proud of myself for doing my own repair but at the same time feel pretty stupid. I figured it would be too hard to remove the old carb and didn't even check it out. Guess what? 2 nuts......That's it!!! Slide it off, remove old gasket, install new gasket and slide on new carb. Hook up throttle and 2 fuel lines. That's it!!!

Parts and all about 40 bucks. God knows the cost if I took it to the repair shop.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

I got tired of screwing around with small combustion engines and the fuel and oils and went electric where I could, and use portable generators and 100' extension cords. Yeah they're a hassle but not nearly as much of a hassle as screwing around with the combustion engine issues every year. My tractors and bobcat and backhoe are about the only combustion engine tools I have now.

 

[Leo123]

I got tired of screwing around with small combustion engines and the fuel and oils and went electric where I could, and use portable generators and 100' extension cords. Yeah they're a hassle but not nearly as much of a hassle as screwing around with the combustion engine issues every year. My tractors and bobcat and backhoe are about the only combustion engine tools I have now.

I was considering getting an electric weed whacker but I got a few acres and areas with lots of weeds. This little thing still kicks butt and the repair was cheap. I actually might get an electric one for smaller areas.

Do you use those battery generators?