Well guys I bought a harbor freight clone, and of course with my luck it has a problem. So here it goes, I started the engine for the first time last night and it ran great, the second time it would not run for more than a minute and needed choke to start. Today I tried again same thing, so I opened the carb and everthing looked good. I narrowed down the problem to a faulty gas on/off switch. How would I go about fixing the switch ? I ordered the engine online so I don't even know if I can send it back or not ? Any insight would be much appreciated.
I reccomend just taking the carb apart and cleaning it really thoroughly. Ise some carb cleaner, comressed air, and little peices of wire, like the twist tie off of a bread bag, and just clean out everything you can get to. When I cleaned my carb I found metal shavings and excess gasket material by the bowl, these carbs will run ok if you clean them, but it is still better to go with a more adjustable carb without fixed jets.good luck!:thumbsup:
Thanks for the advice guys, but nothing seemed to work. I took the carb off and sprayed it down with cleaner, and nothing. The problem seemed to be a faulty fuel petcock, it just wasn't letting any gas get through to the carb. I emailed Harbor Freight the other day, and they told me to send it back for a new one. :thumbsup: