Recent content by Merkava_4

Which grit?

I was under the impression that a flap disc is easier to follow the angle of the cutting edge than a grinding wheel. What I've been doing is leaving the nicks in the edge and removing metal only from the top surface of the angle. What that does is prevent the blade from getting narrower. I...

Honda push mower with the stacked twin blade setup. I've been using a machinist file to sharpen the blades. The file is very effective, but time consuming. I would like to move over to the flap wheel method, but I'm afraid of selecting the wrong grit rating and removing too much material too...

I'm saving my pennies up for a STIHL 0000-850-1300

Those vents are complicated. A human cannot activate the vent. It has to be done with the STIHL test instrument. It seems as though the fuel drizzle out the air cleaner is the worst after a cold start. Subsequent warm starts I get mainly bubbles out the port. The last time I had to change the...

STIHL FS 91 R If I start up the trimmer and bring to full throttle to warm it up and then shut it down, about 30 seconds after shut down, fuel will burp out of the brass vent port in the air filter housing and then run along the bottom of the black plastic recess where the air filter seal makes...

Is that clutch bell pressed into the bearings and visa versa? After taking the snap ring #8 off, what happens next?

EFSM, Does the type of grease used on the driveshaft matter? I've been using some Lucas Xtra Heavy Duty. I bought it because it doesn't melt in the California heat. It's kind of a green color.

Are you talking about the rubber bushing that's in the fan housing? #10? I've got two of those fan housings and rotate them out because the bearings inside them get dry.

I need to start paying attention to my line length. Either that or go back to the guard.

STIHL FS 91 R Yesterday while cutting a customer's grass in the backyard, the trimmer head all of a sudden stopped turning and I could hear this ZING sound coming from the clutch drum. My first thought was I either fried the clutch or broke a clutch spring. Come to find out after getting the...

The new carb.

The new carburetor is on, but before I did that, I wanted to set up a control group. So what I did is double gasket the old carburetor first. Carb cleaner made the RPM drop, but this time the engine didn't die. Same thing with the new carb. Double gasket the new carb. Carb cleaner would make...

Is the o-ring inside the parentheses of Accelerator Pump Kit #41 ? You guys are brilliant. I would've never thought of that in a million years. I have one new carburetor left. I guess I'll put it on this morning.

STIHL FS 91 R It's the middle intake gasket #18 in the IPL below. If I spray carb cleaner at that gasket, the engine will quit. The other two gaskets #12 and #23 are unaffected by carb cleaner spray. I've been chasing a problem of the engine shutting off when letting go of the trigger...