Posted by Don-wi on August 19, 2008 at 20:49:36 from (72.135.123.231):
Tonight dad was gonna pugt feed out with the 165- It died about 50 feet out of the barn. I checked it for spark, that was good. Looked at the sediment bowl, and it looked cloudy. Followed a few suggestions on trouble shooting, and with a little patience I got it running again.
There was some water in the gas, and lots of stuff floating in it. Just got gas yesterday and he filled it about a hour later- Dirty gas I guess.
The screen in the sediment bowl was dirty, and torn, so I went to TSC to see if they had one. They had one I made work after cutting it down some (bowl gasket didn't seal). Still didn't flow out the drain plug in the carb, so I took the line apart at the carb. Flowed good from the line. Took the carb off and then the elbow. No screen in there and I didn't see anything so I just put it back together.
Fired right up then.... Not sure where the plug was, but the good news is that it runs fine now.
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