BC30 - Instructions
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installing fuel through fuel tank wall
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RICHARD from BROCKTON, MA
- Difficult
- More than 2 hours
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Pliers, Screw drivers
To start, remove the plastic carburetor grill. DO NOT remove the carburetor. The fuel line has to be sliced down to fit through the tank hole and get it in far enough up into the tank to grab with needle nose pliers.( need long needle nose pliers which I didn't have) I placed about six inches of the plastic tubing in the jaws of vice so t
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hat half of the tube was squeezed in the vice jaws. I then used a razor blade to shave off the exposed tube. I slipped the shaved end of the tube up through the tank hole far enough to grab with long tweezers and pulled it up to where I could grab it in the tank with needle nose pliers. I put light lube oil on the remaining tubing and pulled it through. It takes a steady firm pull to pull it in. Install the filter and pull the tube back down into the tank. I also used a small diameter drill bit and with my fingers slightly reamed the tube ends to ease the tube over the filter and carburetor nipples. To prime the engine, spray starting fluid into the carburetor and start. Repeat until the engine will run on fuel. It took me hours to figure this out, but will take less than an hour with this method.
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fuel line leaks
15 of 35 people
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john from Massena, NY
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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Screw drivers
As others have said , simply remove old tank and tubes and replace in reverse order., being sure tube from filter goes to primer bulb.
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No directions on how the line went counterclockwise or clockwise
4 of 6 people
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tom from LINCOLN PARK, MI
- Really Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
Put the head on the line that they sent was too thick and brittle and was constantly breaking so I put the line that I have always used and it worked perfectly
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Split fuel line driving brother-in-law to frustration
1 of 5 people
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Howard from UNICOI, TN
- Really Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Pliers
Seven screw, three case cover, two air cleaner, two carb mounting, pulled carb, drained tank, pulled old fuel line, treaded new one in, wire to thread, thread to angle cut fuel line. Reassemble, test, sharpen chain, retest…not exactly a doityourselfer, graduate degree in mechanical/industrial engineering and former medium/heavy mechanica
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l. Get fuel line on carb prior to reassembly, line may need some stretching with a tapered punch.
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part not same
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Bruce from ALGOMA, WI
- Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
Ordered on/off switch. My switch had only one wire terminal. Replacement had two. I ran a wire from one to a screw as a ground. Switch worked fine.
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replace the thermostat knob
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Anand from Sylvania, OH
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
Did not even need directions!
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