Weed Eater GTI-16 Gas String Trimmer
Sunday, March 28th, 2010My uncle donated his old 2 stroke gas string trimmer to me when he found out I was looking for one. I finally got sick of dragging out two extension cords to try and reach the front and the back of the lot.
He had a Weed Eater GTI-16 sitting in his shed for the past 2 or 3 years. It looked like it was in pretty good shape, the starter rope extended and the trimming line turned as the starter rope was pulled out. I didn’t try to start it since I wanted to check and lube the shaft first before it got up to speed. The engine probably would have fired up without any work though.
This time my adopted small engine came with an owners manual that covered the GTI-15T and the GTI-16. I had some basic instructions to work off of – how to tune the carb, replace the starter cord, etc.
The basic plan was to:
- Lube the drive shaft
- Rebuild the carburetor since I was going in to see how the diaphragm and pumper valves were anyway
- Replace the fuel lines and filter
- Clean everything up and lube the air filter
- Check the spark plug
