Not Even the Kragle Can Ruin Small Engine Thursday

Today is Small Engine Thursday. The first of its kind.

I’ve been struggling to pull myself out of the sludge of years of small engine problems, and it’s starting to come together. I bought a new Husqvarna 562XP chainsaw. I got my Echo CS590 running. I took my small Husky saw and my Echo polesaw to the shop.

I decided every Thursday would be Small Engine Thursday. Start every small engine on the property, let it warm up, and make sure all is well.

Today I ran the CS590, the 562XP, my Husqvarna 125B miniature blower, my Echo SRM-3020T trimmer which has a circular saw blade on it instead of string, and my huge Echo backpack blower. The 125B could probably use a carb rebuild and a return to the original non-Chinese carb, but it moves dirt and leaves and doesn’t quit.

I have several parts on the way to make things better. I’ll be modding the Echo saw and stashing carb rebuild kits away for later. I bought some more tools, of course.

Yesterday I put a new oil cap on my Makita cordless chainsaw and cleaned it up to confirm it was pumping oil.

The EZGO ran a couple of days ago, so I’m not worried about it. I don’t want to fool with it until tomorrow because I did something dumb. I removed a wheel to fix a tire, and I must not have torqued the nuts correctly when I put it back on, because the wheel fell off just outside my gate. I had to jack it up, put it back on with the one nut I was able to find, and limp it to the garage. I had to order new lug nuts and a die to clean up the lug studs. The die arrives tomorrow, but if I can find new lug studs, I’ll just buy them.

Both tractors run now.

Things are good. Now if I can just find out why my car is throwing false overheating alarms.