by OverKnight » Mon Jun 26, 2017 9:06 pm
Thank you, gentlemen. That's a good idea to try to check the rings through the exhaust port. Kill two birds with one stone, since I can check the screen at the same time. What is a PNC?
I downloaded and installed the AdminSoft program, and I'll see if it works for me. I use Excel spreadsheets for many different tasks, and for my small engine data, I have one sheet with every piece of equipment I have. It lists all model numbers, engine numbers, etc. Other sheets list carburetors and settings, ignition and setting, spark plugs, tires, belts, parts lists, etc. I've been using this for maybe 20 years, and as long as I enter everything correctly, it has worked well. There are zero calculations and formulae on this sheet; in this instance I use Excel as a fancy word processor. The resizable columns and rows, and the multiple sheets make it far easier to enter and view data than Word ever could, especially the multiple sheets.
Actually, I don't use the Mantis as a tiller, but with the dethatching attachment (which works quite well). Small tillers like this are really working hard to till hard soils, but they're very good for turning over a regularly tilled garden.
It's surprising that the original coil hasn't been superseded by another. There must be thousands of these out there. It's doubtful I'll be investing $349.95 into this machine. I do have a spark tester, so I'll try that this weekend, along with a compression test. I didn't know that the color of the spark could be changed by differing air conditions. Perhaps the spark plug is the whole problem. I tried the plug out of the Echo SRM-2100 trimmer, an NGK BPM7A. The Echo ran fine with this plug, but not the Mantis. I'll pick up a few of the BPM6A's.
I probably won't be able to work on this until the weekend; I'll sent an update then.
Thanks again.
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