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What I found out is that Electrolux bought Poulan some time ago and they were the ones responsible for changes to a number of products, including the weed trimmers. Apparently they couldn't make up their minds on the carbs because, as I understand it, there are a number of versions that were...

I am providing a photo of the adjustments on the carb. As you can see, they are spline'd and recessed. Because they are recessed, cutting slots into the ends is pretty difficult unless I find a way to remove them first.

Kind of hard to describe exactly, but the heads of the adjustment screws had what looked like about 15-20 straight splines. I could put a piece of rubber tubing on them but they were too stiff to turn with the tubing.

Thanks very much for the feedback and ideas. Here's what I've done: 1. I applied high temp silicone grease around the gasket/O'ring and saw no difference in starting or running. This is a trick I learned working on cars. It's temp. but should've showed if there was a leak. 2. I held the choke in...

I have a Poulan PPB 150E weed trimmer that wouldn't start this season unless I shot fuel into the carb past the butterfly. Then it would only run for a few seconds. I replaced the fuel lines, filter, and carb. Now it starts and runs in the START position, but dies when I switch to RUN. Running...