Hi Green Man, and welcome to TGMF. 

Must admit the new pruner attachment seems a bit Micky Mouse build wise compared to the older ones.  The castings are ultra thin a don't look very strong, almost looks like it was designed specifically for a battery machine.   

So I don't blame you for trying to resurrect your old unit.    Let us know how you get on with it.

Actually I was wondering if the filter being used had got soaked in petrol, because obviously that would give those symptoms until completely dried out.  Plus the Honda's GCV's are renowned for flooding issues, which makes that scenario very likely.

Looks like the use of Leaf Blowers is taking a bit of a hammering now, loads of places calling for bans of said equipment.

Here's a couple of them,

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/leaf-blowers-insect-noise-pollution-germany-gardening-a9208366.html

https://www.parksandrecbusiness.com/articles/2018/12/leaf-blower-bans

Your thoughts on this?

Was the original filter a green paper one with black rubber seal?  Most of them today are white paper with a pinky orangey seal P/N 17211 Z8B 901  The Green ones are more like the Briggs ones, with a less pleats in them, while the later ones have more pleats = bigger surface area.

Only real problems I've had with Honda filters is when the carb floods and wets the paper with fuel, that'll make it run a rough as anything.   The Honda's also have a habit of eating heir own exhaust fumes, and sooting up the filters, especially the early auto choke IZY mowers.   

Typical isn't it.

Apparently because of the General Election, the closing date for this petition has been brought forward, so now will be closing at 00:01am on 6 November.   

So all petitions will close, and you'll not be able to able to start or sign petitions.

I have to revisit this topic, and ask something that's been bugging me, and it might be a tad controversial, but I'm really curious from a none tree surgeon's perspective.

What's the point?  Like most machines, if you were racing / competing with it I can understand porting tuning and trying to wring as much power out of the engine to within a mm of it's life. And talking about life, usually anything built for speed has a limited time between rebuilds.

But this is equipment used for your day job, time is costed in when you quote,  ripping through a log 5 seconds quicker and adding those cuts up = x? mins per day. 

Anyway, now I'll await the flack.    Thoughts?

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