setting up the carb on a 2 stroke petrol strimmer?

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  1. robgil

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    ok guys , its a McCullough mt300x , it has three adjustment screws , one for air , one for idle and one for high speed.
    i have put both air and high speed adjustment screws in full then out 1 1/2 turns then started it.
    i got the idle spot on but i cannot get the high speed to work , at first it would cut out when i gave it any throttle then i got to the stage where it would rev ok until under load, then it would cut out again (as soon as i tried to strim something). , this is where i am now with it.
    any ideas?
     
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    Hi Rob I asked my SiL & he spoke to someone who has one & this is what he sent me back.. If this doesn't work he thinks if you fine tune around those settings you will get it.. :gnthb: Hope so..
     
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    Rob, it should have been factory set so why did you need to reset it?:wink::gnthb:
     
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    thanks Marley, i shall give that a whirl.
    daitheplant it was a freebee that was given to me , the previous owner had a fiddle with the carb i think but couldn't get it to run then i had a fiddle as well, turned out the exhaust was all blocked up. :doh:
     
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    Enough said Rob, is it running ok now?:gnthb:
     
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    :wink: Well I am hoping so Dai, as we haven't heard from him... :wink::lollol:
     
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    He has probably got it running and is now tring to sell it on eeebayyy.lol
     
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    :rotfl: Aww Dai.... :rotfl::rotfl:
     
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