It’s not been running all that well this season, which we’re only 3 weeks into lawn cutting, so that’s not very helpful. So I took it upon myself to replace the air filter, the primer bulb, the spark plug, and to take off the exhaust cowl and check the spark inhibitor mesh to see if the muffler and/or mesh was plugged with carbon and was causing the weed eater to big down, and not achieve full throttle. After some poking, brushing, and minor cleaning there was no difference in operation, so I’m stumped. I had to call up the Markham Mower service desk and take it down there to get it serviced professionally. I’m not at all mechanically inclined. Plus I had them price out a replacement trigger, since mine shattered last summer, or perhaps the summer before that. Either way, if it’s a reasonably priced fix I’ll tack it on. I’ve had the unit since 2006, so it’s had a good twenty years of mixed use. I did, once upon a time, do professional landscaping and I’d run it 8-10 hours a day. Now I use it once a week, or once every other week for less than an hour. I keep it inside the shed, and out of the elements. That’s about as good as I can do for it these days.
With any luck in two weeks time I’ll have it back, and for a price that won’t require me to sell an organ on the black market. Fingers crossed for an easy fix, and not only that but an additional long life left on the equipment once repaired! One can hope!
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