Since its been raining steady enough lately to keep me out of the woods, I started working on 3 used blowers that ID1 snagged me. His neighbor is moving and was cleaning out "junk" and was going to trash them to the street. ID1 alertly grabbed them for me figuring I'd want to tinker with them. ID1 has one and I don't, so we'll see if we can get one or more of these running! Tearing down the zama carb on the first craftsman to see what we have besides a bad primer bulb.
That would be great Bret! I'd like to find the right "driver" to get those adjuster screws out to clean them too. I think some folks just cut slots in them, although they are recessed and tough to get at. I'll PM you my email for the pdf, thanks again!
Yeah, that's the ticket, spline drive sockets! I remember seeing that in the "earthquake" threads and was going to look that back up. Do those size by points or metric ......................... I see both quickly checking here? Just get a set huh?
I think what you might be after is the Husky/Poulan splined tool. You could just get a set. Should be 4 different tools to cover 90% of what's out there.
I was trying to find the spline tools online when I ran into a YouTube video titled about making your own home spline tool. Guy took a wire crimp butt connector and crimped one end onto a small screwdriver. The other round end was pushed over the spline screw head. The steel splines cut into the aluminum inside the connector gripping it tightly. Turn the connector to adjust the screw. Sure enough, I went out to the garage where I have a fair selection of wire connectors. Found one the "perfect" size for the spline adjuster screws, and crimped one end into a pair of small vice-grips. I pushed the other end over the screws and backed them right out, easy!
Did you get any of them running yet? Ive gotten a couple of them and they are worn out with low compression. Half tempted to tear apart and see if I could find rings for them.
Caber will sell by mm. Just measure the diameter of the piston and then the thickness (most all rings are 1.2 mm and 1.5 mm) They should have something to fit the bill.
As with yours. all 3 have low compression. I've managed to get two running, but the best is about 1/3 speed heavily choked. I'll set them aside for now with other priorities, but I think I'll tear down the nicest one to check the piston and cylinder. Cheap Cabers from my friendly supplier just might be worth trying.
Every time I read that sig line of yours "I enjoy working by myself, especially when I'm alone" it always reminds me of this song:
I decided to move on from these. I kept the plugs and carb I rebuilt that fits the craftsman models, and hauled the rest down to the local recycling bins. (Somebody behind me probably pulled them out to check them over again!) Hopefully, I'll cross paths with another decent craftsman that just needs a good carb some day!
