CalG
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Well!
I dug the Troy Built Pony tiller out of the back corner of the tiny garden shed. Took all of four minutes to move the lawn mower, the wheel barrow, a couple of pots and a few half empty bags of potting soil.
Dragging the machine out the door was a bit more work.
The machine hasn't been out of that location since a year ago summer, so two full winters till today.
I checked the fuel level in the tank, about half full, (Did I put it away full? IDR) Said "Good to GO"
Pulled the choke,and set the throttle.
Gave it two half hearted pulls to get the fuel up and around, The engine started on the third pull. Thick running with the choke pulled, I pushed that back in. The engine came right up to speed. Throttled back, and it just purred along.
Exercised the controls, pulled the knob to be sure the drive worked bout forward and revers. Drove it over to the garden and tilled a couple of ten foot passes. (Most of the garden is already planted, and my wife gets all concerned when I'm out there with power equipment ;-)
Worked a treat.
I shut it down, emptied the lion's share of the fuel tank contents, and then started the engine again to let it run till it went dry. That took quite a long while fortunately, I feel the engine oil got "dried out".
Now I'm wondering if I should put the tiller away again with an empty fuel tank? It's always been my habit to store engines with FULL tanks to stop condensation. My favored method is to store fuel tanks with a fill of two stroke mix.
What do you think?
Seems to be a great little tiller. It was my wife's fathers. He had it for many years, we have had it for more than 35 years. It was used a lot in the early years establishing the gardens, But not so much any more.
We are sort of in the "no-till" mode, just using mulch and a small amount of fork or rake work just when planting
Oh, This is definately a points and condenser ignition, I've had the flywheel off many times over the years to clean the points.
I dug the Troy Built Pony tiller out of the back corner of the tiny garden shed. Took all of four minutes to move the lawn mower, the wheel barrow, a couple of pots and a few half empty bags of potting soil.
Dragging the machine out the door was a bit more work.
The machine hasn't been out of that location since a year ago summer, so two full winters till today.
I checked the fuel level in the tank, about half full, (Did I put it away full? IDR) Said "Good to GO"
Pulled the choke,and set the throttle.
Gave it two half hearted pulls to get the fuel up and around, The engine started on the third pull. Thick running with the choke pulled, I pushed that back in. The engine came right up to speed. Throttled back, and it just purred along.
Exercised the controls, pulled the knob to be sure the drive worked bout forward and revers. Drove it over to the garden and tilled a couple of ten foot passes. (Most of the garden is already planted, and my wife gets all concerned when I'm out there with power equipment ;-)
Worked a treat.
I shut it down, emptied the lion's share of the fuel tank contents, and then started the engine again to let it run till it went dry. That took quite a long while fortunately, I feel the engine oil got "dried out".
Now I'm wondering if I should put the tiller away again with an empty fuel tank? It's always been my habit to store engines with FULL tanks to stop condensation. My favored method is to store fuel tanks with a fill of two stroke mix.
What do you think?
Seems to be a great little tiller. It was my wife's fathers. He had it for many years, we have had it for more than 35 years. It was used a lot in the early years establishing the gardens, But not so much any more.
We are sort of in the "no-till" mode, just using mulch and a small amount of fork or rake work just when planting
Oh, This is definately a points and condenser ignition, I've had the flywheel off many times over the years to clean the points.