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No need to take the machine apart, there are two types of fuel hose depending on the age of the saw, the early machine has a hose with a moulding in the center to hold it in the tank, the later machine has a thinner spiral hose which is just an interference fit in the tank, to fit the early hose remove the tan cap and empty any fuel, fit the fuel fiter on the end of the hose, useing a pair of long nose pliers grip the other end of the hose, enter it into the tank and feed the end up through the hole in the tank, now grab the end as it comes up by the right hand side of the carb, pull into place so as the moulded grommet fit snug in the tank. To fit the later hose trim one end of the hose so it is easily small enough to fit through the hole in the tank, use the long nose pliers and enter the pipe in through the open filler hole, feed up through the tank, grab the end at the right hand side of the carb and pull on through, trim off the end square and connect to the carb, there will be enough with this hose to pull out through the open filler hole to easily fit the fuel filter.
the fastest way is to replace the line it connects to pull the old line out take the new hose and trim it down to 1/3 about a 1/2 long feed a stiff wire threw the hose opening and out the gas cap opening slide the line over the hose and slowly pull the wire back til the hose sticks out then pull the hose threw connect the filter to the hose then pull into place trim the hose to size
The easiest way is to take a new piece of fuel line cut across the end of it at a sharp diagonal, spray the line with WD40 or a similar lubricant and push it into the tank from the outside until you can get ahold of it with a small pair of long needle nose. (it will be a tight fit so it takes a bit of work especially with the WD40 on it) Keep the line moist with lubricant and then pull it through into the tank and out the fuel filler. Attach your fuel filter then pull the line back into the tank leaving enough slack in the tank that the fuel filter can fall freely to the lowest point in the tank. trim off any excess line and attach the line to your carb. It could take up 10 or 12 pulls before fuel gets pumped up to your carb and the air is purged from the line.
If you can't feed enough line into the tank to grab it with a pair of needle nose, you can sometimes get away with feeding a very fine wire (we call it tag wire) into the tank and out the fuel filler, and use that to pull the line into the tank and as above.
What you are talking about is called snipe, so common to planers they named it. If you measure the distance from the middle of your cutter head to the middle of the out-feed roller it will be the same as the snipe. It's a deeper cut at either of the board end and can be caused by incorrect feeding or misalignment of the in feed or out feed tables, or an unnecessarily high setting of the rollers recessed in the surface of the in-feed table. Some planers overcome this with table extensions and you can try to adjust your rollers to get rid of some of it but I haven't worked with any planers yet that didn't have some degree of snipe. The best way around it is to leave your stock over length to allow later trimming. If you have to pull the board out before it clears the out-feed roller, it may be worn, misaligned or not turning under power enough to pull the board all the way out of the cutter head area.
You do not need to bump the head to advance the line. The machine has automatic line feed. If the line will not advance, then there is a problem with the line spool, possibly a tangle inside on it. Here is your instruction manual. http://tinyurl.com/2vz3fhb
This was my problem as well when I initially purchased. After letting it sit for a week due to frustration...I tried again. I believe that the manual is wrong when it states that the winding is clockwise and could cause the teeth to eventually wear down. I watched the motion of the speed spool when I gently tugged on the line simulating the centrifugal force...there is no way that you can wind it clockwise and expect it to stay. I simply wound it COUNTER-CLOCKWISE to get the desired result. I finished trimming the lawn and had no more problems...except for learning that I cannot edge along concrete without the line wearing quickly.
I solved this problem by feeding a heavy weight fishing line through the hole in the tank. I then cut the fuel line at an angle, to give a taper to the end. I tied an angler's knot around the tapered end of the fuel line, and pulled it very tight to compress the line. Pull the fishing line back through the inside of the gas tank, taking the fuel line with it. Make sure you use heavy enough fishing line that won't break when you begin pulling. Reduced this to about a 30 second job this way.
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