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- May 3, 2016
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- Ohio USA
I looked up in the archive and I posted last year in June a complaint about the new craftsman cordless impact driver that my father in law got that fell apart before a single use. His 1/4” hex quick change obviously wasn’t assembled correctly and fell apart during the initial load..... long story short he returned that and bought a Dewalt and never looked back.
That said the Craftsman quality has struck again! He bought a gas powered pressure washer last year. Briggs and Stratton “ easy start”. This model https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-...r-with-Briggs-Stratton-Engine-CARB/1000730676.
Taste aside He’s good at caring for his tools. He went through the whole winterization process as suggested.
Cut to me borrowing the thing to clean off my deck. We go to start it for the first time since last season. Nothing. Go through the whole drill troubleshooting it etc. it’s obviously not getting fuel. We use starting fluid. It literally starts for a crank turn then nothing. Repeat this a dozen times with carb cleaner and so forth and so on. Same result.
Look closer..... the carburetor is a piece of plastic. My thoughts are the very little fuel that was still in the line ate up the plastic and blocked it. You wrench turners might have more insight or ideas but I was pretty upset that THE CARBURETOR WAS PLASTIC!
you may now begin your advice / rants against new Crafstman products.
That said the Craftsman quality has struck again! He bought a gas powered pressure washer last year. Briggs and Stratton “ easy start”. This model https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-...r-with-Briggs-Stratton-Engine-CARB/1000730676.
Taste aside He’s good at caring for his tools. He went through the whole winterization process as suggested.
Cut to me borrowing the thing to clean off my deck. We go to start it for the first time since last season. Nothing. Go through the whole drill troubleshooting it etc. it’s obviously not getting fuel. We use starting fluid. It literally starts for a crank turn then nothing. Repeat this a dozen times with carb cleaner and so forth and so on. Same result.
Look closer..... the carburetor is a piece of plastic. My thoughts are the very little fuel that was still in the line ate up the plastic and blocked it. You wrench turners might have more insight or ideas but I was pretty upset that THE CARBURETOR WAS PLASTIC!
you may now begin your advice / rants against new Crafstman products.