I actually bought a kit on Amazon for about $14 which included fuel lines, spark plug, primer bulb, carb, and air filter. I figured it has been about 10 years, since I was able to last start. This video was a perfect guide on doing a full tune up. I cleaned all the components as well. Baby started right up and runs like a champ. Thanks a bunch for posting.

Nice job! Clear, consise, and informative. Audio and video excellent. Thanks!

Thanks for posting this video. This is exactly what I need to do to my trimmer.

@TheRykerDane

4 жыл бұрын

you are very welcome Chris!

You are the man. Thank you. I have two of them that have been sitting out in my garage for about the same time (3 to 5 years, for sure before Covid). And, the bulb has deteriorated and the inside of the gas tank looks pretty clean; because, I always empty the tank if I am leaving it. But, still, I've never done a full tune-up like you did. But, I will do this. I didn't know they were so simple.

@TheRykerDane

9 ай бұрын

Glad I could help

Best lightweight string trimmer I bought my first one ❤🎉 there hard to find 😢

Excellent diy video! Thank you for your time and effort.

@TheRykerDane

7 жыл бұрын

you are very welcome!

This video saved me some money as I was to replace the trimmer. Works GREAT!

Thank you for this video. I have good knowledge about maintaining lawn mowers. But I have yet to understand weed eaters. But now I know more thanks to you; I am going to go buy a gas powered weed eater cause my yard is way to big for an electric. And the struggle of pulling a long power cord all over the yard has become tiring.

@TheRykerDane

8 жыл бұрын

yep thats true! you are welcome!

Since the unit is already apart, I would have put a new carb kit in. The pump diaphragm might be brittle.

Thanks very much for this video. It was very helpful.

Great video! All I needed to do was put new fuel lines and filter on runs like a champ. Will clean up the rest this fall if needed, Thanks

@TheRykerDane

6 жыл бұрын

nice

Oh heck yeah-!!! --thx-!!-- have 4 sitting round -definitely be working on-- thx again my man-- keep it coming-!!

Great vid.! Makes fixing them easy!

@TheRykerDane

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, glad to help!

I'd like to say thanks for the video I followed all your instructions. I worked on it 2 days before and my 2007 weedeater featherlite wouldn't start so I did all that stuff that you just done and It still wouldn't start until you hit 5 minutes and 30 seconds on the video and you reconnected the fuel line hoses and I had my hoses on backwards, :( after switching them it started up and i did the whole yard. appreciate your video thank you very much!! Tom from West Virginia

@TheRykerDane

7 жыл бұрын

thats awesome, glad you got it all fixed up!

@justinhadley9276

6 жыл бұрын

DIRTNAPDAD rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrerrrrrrrrrrrrerrrerrrrrrrrreerrrerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrererrrreeerrr we 2s

When you replace the fuel line, an easier way to get it started the first time is to remove the spark plug and put a little gas directly into the cylinder and then reinstall the spark plug and pull the starter.

@TheRykerDane

5 жыл бұрын

yep great tip!

Thanks bro your video was very helpful

Very good! I have one that's similar, but when you take the back panel off, it opens up the crankcase, and it was half full of oil that spewed out lol. My gas lines crumpled and the engine was seized. I've freed it up now I've got to clean it up and get some parts. It's a 2001 unit.

Very good video I own a small engine repair business but I always like watching how other people do things. Also when you are cleaning all of the holes in the carburetor a paper clip can't fit in some of them the best thing to use for those is torch tip cleaners they have all different sizes.

@TheRykerDane

8 жыл бұрын

+Tyler Gurley Good idea, thanks for the info!

@tylergurley6795

8 жыл бұрын

+TheRykerDane no problem! And also I need some help with this model. The head won't spin... How do I fix that?

@TheRykerDane

8 жыл бұрын

Tyler Gurley on these, they don't spin freely compared to others. It spins with the turn of the engine. so I wouldn't think your engine would be locked up if the trimmer part doesn't spin but its possible. try taking the spark plug off and try and turn. This will let out some compression.

@jamesmoore3346

5 жыл бұрын

I've used several different things as 'bore chasers', many times resorting to stripping some copper wire out of the insutation and used just a single strand of it. There's a 'guage' for every hole, LOL......

@Mike-su8si

2 жыл бұрын

You didn't notice he hooked up the gas lines wrong you can't do that in a small engine shop or you'll lose business over it

Excellent video, even telling us the size of the wrench to use. One suggestion - face the work into the sun when filming. Some of the engine shots are so dark from shadow that I couldn't see the engine. Thanks for your help. Ready to tackle this cast off Weedeater that someone didn't want.

@TheRykerDane

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! And good luck!

dude that was awesome thanks

I just noticed "D"'s comment, but for me that solved my problem. :)

very good video just picked up a used weadeater blower/vac vs2000bv $60 bucks not starting

nice walk through man. I'm going to take a shot at replacing the fuel lines/filter tomorrow, I'll post how it goes.

@TheRykerDane

7 жыл бұрын

awesome, good luck!

@PoeLemic

11 ай бұрын

@@TheRykerDane Well, we're still wondering how it went, @RobertoGrimes.

Got 2 Givin to me gonna need to do a lot of repairs on them thanks for the video

@TheRykerDane

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, glad to help!

very good vid. Saw the cat walking by, mine would have been up on the work table getting in the way of it all.

Let me go play... thanks for the class Mr. Ryker :)

@TheRykerDane

8 жыл бұрын

+jose rivera you are welcome!

I have the 20cc version that my grandpa got from the dump so I ordered a carburetor kit with fuel line, a fuel filter, and the adjustment tool and I tested it and ran out of trimmer line but hey, I have my own weedeater now

@TheRykerDane

4 жыл бұрын

nice

great video, very detailed!

@TheRykerDane

8 жыл бұрын

+Nyeasha Mobley you are welcome!

@goku77055

8 жыл бұрын

+TheRykerDane Hey Riker I have a featherlite fl20c, it stop starting up I did everything you did I even put a new carbutator kit. but still doesn't wanna start, when I put some gas in the choke hole starts but as soon as it bruns it it shuts down, what can it be?

Great video Man!!! Thanks alot!!!

@TheRykerDane

5 жыл бұрын

you are welcome

Thank you very much for video, it was very useful 👍🏼

@TheRykerDane

9 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

good video

Big Ups to that...

old weed eater + old bicycle = new dirt bike

I just put new bulb and lines in my weed eater today

@TheRykerDane

7 жыл бұрын

awesome

Dude I was literally walking around my grandparents shop today and found two weed eaters outside and I thought to myself let's find out if I can make these things run turns out they're the exact same model as yours so between the two of them I should be able to get enough Parts if anything's missing or broke and just need to get a few other little things for like you did then I'll just follow your video step-by-step

Thank you for the video it took me forever to find out how to repair my Weed eater

@TheRykerDane

8 жыл бұрын

you are very welcome!

One thing I encountered when fixing very old trimmers was clogged mufflers. One had totally rusted closed and the other had an insect nest in it. I had to remove and totally clean the muffler before the engine could breathe properly.

@TheRykerDane

6 жыл бұрын

wow

@davidjessee7701

5 жыл бұрын

A lot of old weed eaters were thrown away because the mufflers were stopped up.... I would take a screwdriver and a hammer and open the muffler hole

@JamesSmith-lt5zz

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidjessee7701i always clean them up with wire brush or steel then use that rustoleum 2000 degree paint for headers and exhaust. By the time it rust again the weedeater needs a rebuild if it's gonna be used more.

@TheRykerDane - are you sure the smaller fuel line goes on the top? On my FL20 it goes on the bottom.

use plastic fishing line to clean instead of paperclips

Can u use parts from other feather lite weed eaters like a FL/20 what kind of sparkplug

use copper wire instead of a paperclip as copper is softer than steel and it won't damage the carb ; )

@TheRykerDane

4 жыл бұрын

good tip!

I have this very same weed eater. I cleaned the carb and tank and replaced the fuel lines. I got it running but it is running rough. One thing I noticed is my pull cord is very rough and choppy to pull, not smooth like yours. Could this be a twisted head from things getting too hot? It stopped running on me again so i figured spark plug. If that doesn't do it then maybe coil pack. IF it still doesn't run trash bin!.....lol

Im ready

I have the same weed whacker as you but my grandpa put duct tape around the Handel to keep it from falling off hahaha

@TheRykerDane

6 жыл бұрын

ha ha!

I watched this video just to set me up for a Featherlite FL20 which my neighbor gave to me he couldn't get it running. That's my Q a lot of my friends don't like to fix and fix fuel lines. So I took this machine and gave it a good Tune up. I had to spend some money on some parts but hey its worth it. The Carburator kit I bought for 12.99 from ebay not bad for that site. 2007 model unit got it running only have a problem with a fuel cap leak might pick one of those up if I find one. Hope you guys like fixing up machines like I do. Good luck and hope this site helped you aswell.

@TheRykerDane

5 жыл бұрын

nice job!

Does that trimmer have the EZ Start system?

I have a SST25CE which I recently obtained for free...it's so similar to this one I'm sure I can follow along! All I really have to do is find an air filter cover and a choke lever, and the rest are in a local store.

@TheRykerDane

7 жыл бұрын

awesome

This was great!!! Thank you for the video. How do I replace the head of a Fether Lite FL20C? I purchased a Rino Tuff Auto Winder !! Bump Head from Home Depot. Will that work?

@TheRykerDane

8 жыл бұрын

+Royce F. Robinson The head just unscrews. You just need a wrench and a pliers to get it off.

By the way if you spray carb cleaner on gaskets it wrecks them.

How do you change the coil

OMG can you come do mine??!! You resurrected that weedeater lol.

Thanks for doing the video its a real help. what type or size fuel filter for this model in your video?

@TheRykerDane

8 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! The standard fuel filter works

Thank you for the great video. I just finished the kit. I bought my kit on Amazon. I didn't want to have gasoline so I bought a 40 to 1 mixture can from home depot for 6 dollars. Have you tried to install blade? I'm having trouble removing the head to install the blade. Thanks.

@Mike-su8si

2 жыл бұрын

What blade

I was surprised it would run without replacing the diaphragm. I have a Weed Eater a year or two older than the one in the video that I recently got running angain, and the diaphragm was hard and not flexible. Was able to find a new one and it runs like a top.

It uses gasoline or gasoline + oil ? thanks u

W E E D E A T E R

Terrific Video. I have a STIHL FS45C, it starts, idles very rough, but when accelerated to high for trimming, it will not accerate up, the blades turn but the engine will not accerate to high in order to cut. I have per the Specifications, adjusted the H, L & LA on the carborator as directed. Still will NOT run on High when trigger plugged. Please advise The RykerDane!! HELP!!

@TheRykerDane

5 жыл бұрын

wow, thats quite a problem! If the motor is bogging down, then you have a fuel issue. How are the lines and the mixture you have?

Remove the spark arrester and clean

This was good information but I sure wish you had shown you dialing in the fuel mixture screws. That's what I need help with I've already done the rest

Trying to find the replacement Fuel line and Primer line (different ID.s) any suggestions? everything on Amazon for replacement lines shows 2x of same size line. Do you either know the exact IDs or part #s for a weedeater featherlite fx265 ? I just need the two line and I dont have the old ones (missing) THank you!

@TheRykerDane

4 жыл бұрын

they sell a fuel line kit and carb tune kit at home depot and lowes

I did this today. Only 9 bucks didn't replace the spark plug I purchased it new and know it wasn't used much. The fuel lines in the tank turned to dust and made the fuel black. The fuel smelled like junk yard gas which is odd I used it last year.

great video. Can I add stabil gas treatment to the 40:1 mixture?

@SUPERSTAR10008

8 жыл бұрын

That would be a good idea

@TheRykerDane

8 жыл бұрын

yes you can

I am having the same problem with a feather lite 22ts weed whacker. I did everything u did . it starts up but when in idle it coughs out. I assume its a high vs low setting issue. I noticed in your video the guy did not have the choke in the full position. It sound like it wanted to stall . this is exactly what mine is doing. What else am i doing wrong or not doing.

@TheRykerDane

8 жыл бұрын

it could be since this is a cheaper trimmer with a cheap carb in it. you might have to adjust the choke to a position it could stay in to keep running correctly with the right amount of fuel

Nice video, but you installed your fuel lines backwards. The large diameter line feeds air from the primer bulb to the tank (to presurize the tank). The small diameter line is supposed to be the fuel pickup line. You can install them backwards and it'll work, but not as well as if they're installed the correct way.

@TheRykerDane

8 жыл бұрын

+David S thanks for that tip

@kevin11433able

8 жыл бұрын

thanks

@tarstarkusz

6 жыл бұрын

The fuel filter needs to go to the bottom of the tank! If it only goes 1/2 way down, you will run out of gas when the tank is 1/2 empty!

@jamesmoore3346

5 жыл бұрын

@@tarstarkusz thats what I was thinking, also ever notice the fuel filter is also a weight to keep pickup line at lowest point no matter which position unit is being used in.

@tarstarkusz

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. I find it really funny that people put up instructional videos for a job they are doing for the very first time.

My fl26 plus is smoking after 5 minutes of use. Should i start with replacing the muffler?

@TheRykerDane

4 жыл бұрын

no it could be your fuel mixture

Is the small line not the fuel feed? Large line is return. Fuel filter goes on small line inside tank

Nice video... the gas goes on the thank is by self or go with mix with oli?

@TheRykerDane

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on what you have. But most of the time the gas is mixed at 40:1 or 50:1

To find out what size fuel line you need, measure the I.D. and O.D. of the fitting on the carb. Get a tape measure with inches and 32nd. With the muffler off, check the cylinder and piston. Clean the piston with a small screwdriver. Use a spline tool to adjust the mixture. Set the lo mixture for highest RPM'S at idle and hi mixture for highest RPM'S at full-throttle. Run it awhile and readjust if necessary. Set the idle just until the spool just stops or as necessary. Amazon has 12" hemostat pliers to replace fuel lines and filters.

@TheRykerDane

6 жыл бұрын

good info thanks!

@PoeLemic

11 ай бұрын

@@TheRykerDane Sorry, but I don't understand what he is saying. Be nice if someone made a video to show how to adjust the mixtures or whatever. Hopefully, YT has one of those too.

should went ahead and replace the diaphram and gasket. also you should have remove the needle to make sur everything was cleaned since you had the carb opened

i enjoyed that. let me tell u this. i took a mechanical apititude test once and the first and easiest problems was: and they showed a picture of threee gears all connected. And they said if the first gear is moving clockwise which way will the 3rd gear be moving. I tried and tried to figure it out, but couldn't. I made a zero on that test and therefore was not hired by Roman Hass Chemical plant in Houston Texas in early 1955. Do you think I dare break down my weed-eater like you did?

@PoeLemic

11 ай бұрын

No, I wouldn't. Hopefully, no offense, @AllenD. Unless you've taken a lot of that new drug Modafinil (or, which is always sold as Provigil), I'm not sure that I would. You might do more damage than its worth, and you'll probably have to pay someone (who is really mentally gifted at this stuff) more money because things got broken. That's why I always pay people to do things. I'm an average person with an IQ that's sufficient to get a job and keep it. But, I'm not as mentally competent as this genius fix-it guy, who is the KZreadr that made this video.

I take it this is a clutchless , always spinning ,m😢odel?

I have the same one i need fix help fix

@js_1995x

4 жыл бұрын

Get a carburetor from Amazon that comes with fuel line and a filter and the adjustment tool

Small hose has the filter the bigger hose has the adapter

Maybe you can help me out. I have 4 different weedeaters, echo straight, ryobi straight, homelite curved and weedeater feather lite curved. This past week I worked on all but the echo, (which needs a crankseal). I noticed the homelite and the ryobi have identical motors. My question is which company manufactures them or is there a 'mother' company that produces most all machines. I knoe john deere used echo units like sears craftsman rider mowers used to be made by roper. Just wondering.

@TheRykerDane

5 жыл бұрын

Techtronic owns homelite and ryobi. Weedeater owns featherlite

@jamesmoore3346

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheRykerDane Thank you for replying. In my earlier years I was a small engines mechanic for a JD dealer. Over the years I kept progressing to more and larger machines, I don't believe there is much of anything I have'nt worked on. Up until 4 yrs ago I spent 16 years (one company) as an industrial hydraulics technican. As a engineering solutions we built, rebuilt and serviced machinery used in the offshore oil & gas industry. Would have still been there but I left to enter treatments for stage 3 lung cancer. I BEAT the cancer but still trying to get over the ill effects of the chemo and radiation, thats some mean stuff, I pray for all those who have to deal with this disease. If I ever get to better health I'll return to work. Just not as physical as I was. Their waiting on me. I really enjoyed what I did there. Thanks again, I think I'll try researching Techtronics a bit.

@TheRykerDane

5 жыл бұрын

you are welcome, sounds like you have had some great experiences!

Is it normal for that hole to be there at 0:26, if so what is it? It looks like there is a gasket on it, im just a little confused. Nice video btw!

@TheRykerDane

7 жыл бұрын

I am actually not sure what that hole was or if it was debris.

@BigPigsurHardFightpvp

7 жыл бұрын

That's were the crankshaft is . You just need to undo the 2 bolts and you see the piston , crankshaft etc...

you cant clean a carb by just spraying it with brake-clean you have to clean the jets too, and a less dangerous way to clean the engine is to leave everything on the engine and just take all the plastic covers off of it , start it leave it running spray it with purple-power or super-clean ,let it set for a second then spray it with a water hose.

@TheRykerDane

6 жыл бұрын

great tip

Good vidio. Mine has no spark at all.

@TheRykerDane

6 жыл бұрын

hopefully it helped

Champion plugs make you lose 800-1000 rpm so when these small engines need adjusting, you'll have a hell of a time

WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED SPARK PLUG GAP?

@TheRykerDane

7 жыл бұрын

It is about .025

@pirate4u526

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@mariojohn6147

6 жыл бұрын

TheRykerDane m

What, no spark arrestor inspection or replacement?

@TheRykerDane

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, but if you know that much, you didn't need to watch a simple tune up video. You are way too smart!

Need to do the same to my bolens weed eater what i am trying to figure out two lines that go into the tank one is connected to a filter though the other one just is inserted into the tank nothing is connected to it the other end of it attaches to primer bulb i was wondering if something was suppose to connect to the other end of hose that goes into the tank but seen nothing in the tank itself.

@TheRykerDane

5 жыл бұрын

one might be for air, so there is no air lock

Where Can i find these replacement parts @?

@TheRykerDane

5 жыл бұрын

check out your local small engine shop or even home depot

@josedelgado6138

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks👍this video help me save.

no mention of the diaphragm to check/replace if needed. That is fundamental

@TheRykerDane

4 жыл бұрын

if you know that, then this video is not for you. Just giving the basics.

@halvtan

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRykerDane But you also said to use brake cleaner. that's going to eat the diaphragm.

fuel lines backwards?

@TheRykerDane

3 жыл бұрын

? you can have the hose go either direction when putting it on from the carb to the tank.

@davidhale252

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRykerDane I understood small dia. hose to filter and input on carb and larger dia. hose from purge bulb to tank. Why? Large hose between filter and input will flood carb. Is that how you understand it?

not oil need it?

@muradkaratepe8499

8 жыл бұрын

LOL it's a 2 stroke engine you mix the oil and gas together

feather lite weed eater are cheap and easy to work on

@TheRykerDane

7 жыл бұрын

yes they are

$22 bucks not bad...some guy charges me $25 for fuel lines and another $25 bucks to clean carburetor 😡wtf

@TheRykerDane

7 жыл бұрын

ah man, do it yourself

@SDsailor7

7 жыл бұрын

What about adjusting the carburetor valves with the special tool, the low idle and high idle? are you going to make another video showing that procedure?It was a great video. Good job!I have the SST25CE model, does it take the same spark plug as the one you repaired?Cheers

@SDsailor7

7 жыл бұрын

Also where did you get the rebuild kit/parts?Thank you

@cuauhtemoccity7468

7 жыл бұрын

Victor Hdz well i guess you want the labor for free you piece ofshit

You should have checked if the check flaps are flat and that diafram looked old

@alext9067

5 жыл бұрын

And watch the purge lines closely. If there are any air bubbles in the return line, tighten the screws holding the carb together.

@axismc33

5 жыл бұрын

@@alext9067 yup

Why do the chicken cross the road? *bibopbubap* W E E D E A T E R

Squeeze the throttle while starting....

@JamesSmith-lt5zz

4 жыл бұрын

I use to cut commercially the weed eaters that got started like that by employees after so long had to be started like that. We were using echo 260s

Uit

Please do not use your weedeater in shorts! I lacerated my shin doing that.

@TheRykerDane

7 жыл бұрын

yep you have to be careful for sure!

@newfoundrooski

7 жыл бұрын

ouch!

@colefloyd9443

7 жыл бұрын

Robert Willard I had to run a weed eater in shorts with sunburnt legs

@MrMetalclay

6 жыл бұрын

And wear safety glasses or a sheild depending on the terrain you are cutting in. When I was younger I had to clear cut thick patches of wild ferns, im glad I had the sheild. A month ago I was cutting around a house and got some dirt and giant thistle weed guts in my face and eyes lol. I guess being older doesn't make you aim any better.

Who are you trying to fool, you couldn't start it and after another day in the sunlight it looks like it's another day and as I see maybe it's another machine 😎

@TheRykerDane

2 ай бұрын

ha ha, no it took a while to get it going for sure, same machine. I don't have time to have two machines and try to fool anyone. It just took longer to get it running from the tuneup. Probably was late in the day, then the sun went down and I finally got it. The point of the video is the tuneup to help anyone learn how to do it themselves. Hope it helped!

Wow thats alot of chemicals that got absorbed through your skin for this video.

that Weedeater is a piece of junk from the start. Never really ran properly even with all the tech support. I just gave up and bought a Stihl. Always starts and runs no problem. Yep, twice the price but no agony. Just was digging the old WeedEater out of the shed after 8 years and was looking for a fix of the junker. Actually not worth looking at it, because it's not even good enough for the recycling bin

@TheRykerDane

5 жыл бұрын

yep you are correct on this, they work, then you need to always tune them and maintain otherwise they die pretty quickly

I must have used a different brand of carb cleaner or something ... the cleaner I used literally ate through & disintegrated the primer bulb AND Melted the air filter ... and it's making the gaskets .... definitely Unusable. "Carb/ Choke & parts cleaner" is what it says on the can = DON'T USE WHAT I USED ... it's Making the rubber O rings Swell up, omg ! I gota get a new carb now. This shit totally Ruined it

It wasnt even worthit