Tulsa_Fireman
9/6/2010, 01:41 PM
With tears of sadness, the rotten fuel lines on my 12+ year old Ryobi remanufactured weedeater have officially put it out of service.
In classic handyman form, your friendly neighborhood fireman gets new fuel line, replaces said fuel line, but because of whatever reason, said fuel line where it enters the tank for the primer vent is leaking around the base. With no barb connector, any pressure on the tank squirts fuel around the edges and onto the head. It is an explosion of Independence Day proportions waiting to happen and with me being fresh out of the ever-faithful JB Weld, I decided on the next best thing, Super Glue.
As I'm liberally applying it to the base of the tank, four glued fingers later, it dawns on me that odds are, the Super Glue fix is worse than the previous solution as odds are that glue will gnaw straight through the fuel lines and tank. And I was right. Now it PUKES fuel like a wino on a week long bender, leaving me weedeater-less and mad, on an amazingly tight budget, and in need of a new machine.
So what say you, South Oval? Keep in mind all extraneous income (and then some) is still being funneled straight into the wedding fund. New tank and even more hoses for my still strong but old work horse? New trimmer? If so, recommended brands for under $150 that aren't complete trash? I've had awesome luck with the one I have, but have talked to others who were lucky to get a single season out of a Ryobi, let alone a remanufactured one.
I share my dillema with you, Ovarians. Thoughts?
In classic handyman form, your friendly neighborhood fireman gets new fuel line, replaces said fuel line, but because of whatever reason, said fuel line where it enters the tank for the primer vent is leaking around the base. With no barb connector, any pressure on the tank squirts fuel around the edges and onto the head. It is an explosion of Independence Day proportions waiting to happen and with me being fresh out of the ever-faithful JB Weld, I decided on the next best thing, Super Glue.
As I'm liberally applying it to the base of the tank, four glued fingers later, it dawns on me that odds are, the Super Glue fix is worse than the previous solution as odds are that glue will gnaw straight through the fuel lines and tank. And I was right. Now it PUKES fuel like a wino on a week long bender, leaving me weedeater-less and mad, on an amazingly tight budget, and in need of a new machine.
So what say you, South Oval? Keep in mind all extraneous income (and then some) is still being funneled straight into the wedding fund. New tank and even more hoses for my still strong but old work horse? New trimmer? If so, recommended brands for under $150 that aren't complete trash? I've had awesome luck with the one I have, but have talked to others who were lucky to get a single season out of a Ryobi, let alone a remanufactured one.
I share my dillema with you, Ovarians. Thoughts?