friend cleaning out his dads garage and dropped off 2 Stihl FS 75 curved shaft trimmers and wanted me to see if I could get them running,(or at least one). Both looked to be complete and in good condition on the surface. fuel lines were brittle. So I have pulled the carbs separately,disassembled and run through USC several times each. Replaced fuel and primer lines. new spark plugs and cleaned the muffler screen/spark arrestor. They have good spark and good compression.
One fires right up and idles like a dream. add full throttle and it stops. Can get it to full throttle f Iplay with choke while trying. Then Seems to run at full throttle fine. Besides idle it only has one adjustment. I believe it is lo speed adjustment as nothing happens when running at full throttle and adjusting it. Am I looking at a plugged fuel passage still? Id there something else I should be checking? Thanks.
Two fires and idles for 45 seconds then stops as if fuel starved. I have been able to get it to full speed playing with the throttle and no choke, and it runs wide open ok. I have been trying to adjust the lo speed adjustment before it stops to see if it will idle on its own. Not successful. Again, any thoughts other/in addition to pulling carb again and running through USC some more?
The gaskets, needle and metering lever seem OK (not torn/visibly damaged) so I reused them.
Thanks for your ideas.