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Was given this blower, no history, looked hardly ever used. Fired up briefly with some fuel down the plughole but couldn't get it running so put it away - just seemed that bit too unused to drop at the tip.

Anyhows got it running today after a teardown which included taking out the Low and High mixture screws without the right tool, a Donald Trump of a job. In the process lost track of where they were set originally. Made slots in the screws with my Dremel to accept a flat screwdriver and have the upper rpm sorted but not the Low screw, won't idle nicely.

Advice on how many turns out for the High and Low screws please.

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My general starting point for those was about 1.75 turns out

Bear in mind the mightylites often don't have much idle control - is it idling rough or rally fast?

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Thanks Tyler. Yep, couldn't get it to do anything below half throttle, that's why I started mucking around with the High/Low needles, thought the Low circuit was blocked. Just been tweaking it and it's running well enough on half to full throttle with H turned out two turns, don't really need it to be idling.

It's a toy though. I borrow either a Stihl BR800 or 600 backpack now and then to do our walking paths, this little thing will be handy around the verandahs and carport.

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The Homelite has done its last blowjob around here, it is just not powerful enough and although it now is running OK it is a bit sensitive to movement, drops revs when orientation changes.

There's an intersection a few kms away where people often leave give away garden tools, child car seats, etc. Nothing sits there for long.


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