If your blower does not start or runs rough then this may be the fix you need. I will do some diagnostic testing and repair on this BR 550 blower to get it running again. In this video I used Stihl part # 4282-400-1308.
HI. thanks for the instructional video. I am having a issue. there is two rubber spacers, and a metal spacer( a thin washer) i suppose i will eventually place them correctly.
You mentioned some spacers to stop the coil from grounding out, I have purchased a BR600 as a non runner and those spacers were not on the coil, would it make much difference, would it stop it from starting? Thanks Dai
If there is no non conducive spacer in there it would probably short out and cause it not to run. Check the spark and see if you get anything. If not then that could be the issue. Thanks for watching.
Considering buying one used for $200 for allegedly this exact problem. Curious as I am new to multimeters what the 2 settings were on the meter and what you touched to what - essentially the steps to make proper connections. Thanks
I too would like to know this. What reading was that. 40 Ohms. K ohms or Meg ohms. Couldn’t see the screen very well. It doesn’t have a capacitor does it. Why did the old one go up and down? I wonder if it was just a bad connection. I mean, if you don’t know what it’s supposed to be just say so. Might help us folks not replace something that end up being good. Other than that thank you for the video.
@@MIDRATZ basically you want the resistance of 40 ohms. Set your multimeter to the lower setting. 0 to 200 or something. You should read 40. If it jumps around and then goes to zero that means there's a short. The resin probably melted and there's wires touching inside. I think there's only two contact terminals that you have to touch... where the wires clip to the coil.
Hi, nice video tutorial on replacing the coil. I have a coil related situation and two questions. 1. My situation is that the coil wire somehow became disconnected from the spark plug cap/boot. The machine actually runs just by stuffing the coil wire back up into the neck of the boot. This first question....do you know of a way of somehow reconnecting the wire to the spark plug cap inside of the boot? The coil on my machine is actually OK. 2. Your cleanup process....after you spray prep the dirt on the various surfaces and after you wipe or brush the heavy dirt off, do you rinse with water, i.e. how do you get that final complete clean as there is no way to geta rag into all of the crevasses? Another way to ask this question...can all those surfaces (carb, coil, etc) get wet with water? Thanks
You can take the rubber boot off the plug and usually the wire is crimped on a metal hook that goes over the end of the spark plug. Reinsert the wire and crimp it again. Most of the time this will not last long or will mess up the boot so a total replacement would be the unfortunate answer to do it correctly. As for clean up I used a degreaser because most of what was on the unit was oil and the degreaser also loosened up other stuff as well. Hope this helps, thanks for watching.
@@funbro1 did you shoot it with water after letting the degreaser set up for a while? Can the carb get wet? I need to clean mine but have never done it before. It really needs a cleaning.
@@dgibbsfl I used a brush after the degreaser and lightly sprayed it down then used an air compressor to dry it off good and ran it for a few minutes to dry everything off. As long as you don’t spray water directly into the carb, it should fine.
And still was able to make it work. The problem with making videos with too many details is that people will not watch them, it gets boring, they are too long, and then I will get comments saying that the video is too long. I stick to what needs to be covered and move on. Plain and simple to the point. Thanks for watching.
I agree with the comment about the electrical testing, 10 seconds on the multimeter setting would have helped. Now I’m off searching for a video that explains it. I do appreciate the video and your time making it.
@@funbro1 I believe J135 was referring to what terminal you tested the plug lead to. I saw that you verified a reading but we couldn't see what terminal. As well as what the difference was between old and new. Ohm values matter. Take care.
40.4 Ohms, The ohm is defined as an electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference of one volt, applied to these points, produces in the conductor a current of one ampere, the conductor not being the seat of any electromotive force. Hope this helps, Thanks for watching.
If I were you I would continue to use .012 if that works. I used a business card because it’s always worked for me. You should realize there is some variance in the gap and a business card fits right in the middle and has never failed me yet. lol lol lol.
