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Posted by Mark - IN. on July 27, 2005 at 18:46:03 from (152.163.101.7):
In Reply to: Re: Lost Watch posted by Joe (Wa) on July 26, 2005 at 22:25:00:
Ha Ha Ha Ha. Had a similar problem with a McCollough gas trimmer once. That @#$*&^%! thing screwed up on me for the last time after put in new string, then wouldn't feed. That's when I gave it my best ever javelin throw while it was running. Hit the ground, most of it went one way, the engine went another, and was spinning like a top, still running. The kill switch broke off, so only way to kill it was pull the plug wire, or kick it a few times. I kicked it a few times, and it quit. Went over and sat down at the table wear I fixed it, and there was the spring that I forgot to put back in it, the one that would've made the string feed, if I hadn't forgot to put it back in. Mark
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