Ryobi gasoline powered drill/hammerdrill

[ultrarunner]

The only time I saw a gas drill used was working on pier pilings.

The helper said using an electric drill while standing in waist high water was not an option…

I imagine now battery drill would substitute?

He was drilling 1 5/8 inch holes for 1 1/2 stainless all thread 20-24 inches through the pilings so Battery might not be better than gas?

 

[grsthegreat]

I used to run alot of the smaller ryobi gas engine equipment. They always needed carb work to keep running, and this was before ethanol fuel.

 

[Hay Dude]

Many of the 2 stoke engine of that era had Walbro carbs.

Thanks, good to know. Parts still available.

These gas recip saws are heavy compared to today's battery powered recip saws.

Definitely. I want to be able to work without the worry of a generator and charging batteries once in a while (mainly a fencing job I will be doing).

Strangely I found another

 

[2manyrocks]

I have one of those recip saws. Give me a little time to get it out and see if I can figure out what carb is on it.

 

[2manyrocks]

This is a Ryobi EJ100 gas recip saw I bought in 1992. It has a Walbro WA74 carb with R7 stamped on it. ryobi part no. 2FR66652 with a gasket 2FR66671. Noticed that the two carb air filters are shot on mine, but forgot to write down the part nos.

The specs say it weighs 11lbs and has a 1 inch blade stroke. The box says Ryobi Limited Tokyo Japan. I suspect it was made in Japan because it has that sort of quality feel to it.

For some reason, I am wondering if Ryobi might have also made a third gas tool besides the recip saw and the drill, but it's been a long time. I don't recall these being on the market for long or being advertised that much, but can't say for sure.

 

[Hay Dude]

This is a Ryobi EJ100 gas recip saw I bought in 1992. It has a Walbro WA74 carb with R7 stamped on it. ryobi part no. 2FR66652 with a gasket 2FR66671. Noticed that the two carb air filters are shot on mine, but forgot to write down the part nos.

The specs say it weighs 11lbs and has a 1 inch blade stroke. The box says Ryobi Limited Tokyo Japan. I suspect it was made in Japan because it has that sort of quality feel to it.

For some reason, I am wondering if Ryobi might have also made a third gas tool besides the recip saw and the drill, but it's been a long time. I don't recall these being on the market for long or being advertised that much, but can't say for sure.

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Have you bought parts for carb recently? We have lots of shops around, but the “older” more experienced guys are falling by the wayside fast.

 

[2manyrocks]

I haven't bought any Walbro parts in probably 20 years. While I think you may be able to get parts for the carb itself, I don't know if the air filters can be had. You might have to buy a larger filter and then cut it down to fit the filter housing. I would expect all of the original filters to be shot by now like mine.

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[grsthegreat]

This is a Ryobi EJ100 gas recip saw I bought in 1992. It has a Walbro WA74 carb with R7 stamped on it. ryobi part no. 2FR66652 with a gasket 2FR66671. Noticed that the two carb air filters are shot on mine, but forgot to write down the part nos.

The specs say it weighs 11lbs and has a 1 inch blade stroke. The box says Ryobi Limited Tokyo Japan. I suspect it was made in Japan because it has that sort of quality feel to it.

For some reason, I am wondering if Ryobi might have also made a third gas tool besides the recip saw and the drill, but it's been a long time. I don't recall these being on the market for long or being advertised that much, but can't say for sure.

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They also made a drill with extension pole. I used to own one…. At least i believe it was ryobi. But that was probably 35-40 years ago.

 

[2manyrocks]

I didn't go too deep into the search, but these tools were made by Ryobi when they were Japanese owned/based. The saw is made pretty stout. It's not a cheaply made saw.

If someone wanted a gas powered recip saw, I don't know if any other companies made one. This Ryobi saw was made before battery tools started to have longer run times and more power like today.

 

[grsthegreat]

I also remember a battery operated drill, years ago, that consisted of batteries in a ammo like can, with a quick connect cable running to the tool head.

 

[Hay Dude]

This is a Ryobi EJ100 gas recip saw I bought in 1992. It has a Walbro WA74 carb with R7 stamped on it. ryobi part no. 2FR66652 with a gasket 2FR66671. Noticed that the two carb air filters are shot on mine, but forgot to write down the part nos.

The specs say it weighs 11lbs and has a 1 inch blade stroke. The box says Ryobi Limited Tokyo Japan. I suspect it was made in Japan because it has that sort of quality feel to it.

For some reason, I am wondering if Ryobi might have also made a third gas tool besides the recip saw and the drill, but it's been a long time. I don't recall these being on the market for long or being advertised that much, but can't say for sure.

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Well the air cleaner element is shot and after 5 minutes of looking, it appears to be a discontinued part.

 

[Sonny580]

I have 4 gas drills. 2 are Echo's the other 2 are sthils. never found a use for them yet.

 

[ultrarunner]

I have 4 gas drills. 2 are Echo's the other 2 are sthils. never found a use for them yet.

Only time I have seen in action is when repairing piers for a lake dock and was told 120 volt while standing in water too risky to chance and battery was not a thing for heavy duty deep boring.

 

[2manyrocks]

Well the air cleaner element is shot and after 5 minutes of looking, it appears to be a discontinued part.

I think the options are to either find some foam air filter that can be cut to fit the Ryobi air filter housing or see if there's another housing and air filter that fits the particular Walbro carb on these Ryobis.

 

[Hay Dude]

I like the idea of finding a substitute housing that takes a current air filter.

 

[Sonny580]

will ryobi chainsaw filters fit?

 

[Hay Dude]

will ryobi chainsaw filters fit?

Here’s the housing for the filter. It’s maybe 3 inches across.

 

[2manyrocks]

My guess is that there is some air filter housing that will mount to the Walbro carb if you can figure out which one has the same mounting screw pattern.

Amazon.com

I think Walbros were used on some Sthils. Can't say if this one will fit, but you get the idea.

 

[ultrarunner]

A lot of my small engines have simple oil resistant foam filters...

Maybe a dealer might buy in bulk and could cut to size...?

 

[Hay Dude]

So I cut a new foam filter from a briggs & straton foam filter and installed it. Not perfect, but OK for testing purposes.

Took a few pulls, but it fired up. First few attempts, it would start then die. After about 5 times, it would run strong, then die.
Next 5 pulls it ran well and would idle without stalling.

Only thing I don’t like is it takes 20-25:1 fuel mix. Kind of an oddity as everything else seems like it’s 50:1 now.

Neat tool. I might try to find a Ryobi recip saw next.