This 2-Stroke Auger Kicked Me Down a Notch

This Southland 2-Stroke post hole digger was not the success story I was hoping for. It does run, just not well, and it's really too much money to spend to replace the carburetor with the factory original. These cheap and inexpensive augers are not the top notch quality you hope for.

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Channellock Bent Needle-nose pliers: https://amzn.to/3I5DbnA
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00:00 I'm not Allan
01:54 Maybe it's the spark plug?
03:37 Maybe it's low compression?
04:54 Maybe it's bad fuel?
09:26 I relented and replaced the fuel lines and spark plug
11:21 Back to the drawing board
12:54 Yet another carb cleaning video
21:33 Carburetor pressure testing checked OK
25:02 No joy in Mudville

Wear your safety glasses, or you'll shoot your eye out. Try on some gloves. Take off that spark plug boot. Clean your room. Open the windows, those fumes are nasty. Just 'cause I do it, don't think it's the end all, be all solution. There's plenty more ideas out there, I can't take responsibility if you slice off a few fingers after watching my videos. And don't just pour that toxic stuff down the sewer or in the ditch, dispose of waste responsibly. Just be safe, OK?

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