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Tom, Before you get too far into the blower, have you checked and cleaned out the exhaust? A plugged up exhaust will cause a severe loss of power on one of those two stroke engines. Fingers crossed.....

Spark Arrestor is probably clogged in the muffler outlet for the blower

Enjoyed watching your structure go up! Found your channel from Outdoors With The Morgans and really appreciate you and your team’s skills.

Chickanic works on these things. Watched her fix one on RU-vid where the same thing happened. She also does chain saws, leaf blowers & much more.

Snow is a good and clean cover😊 With the Stihl blower it’s definitely worth fixing it. But first look inside on the piston if there are deep and feelable scratches, the it’s more complicated. Usually there are other probs with these engines, look on the gas tube for breaks, could be tested with slightly pressure it. Then the rubber adaptor tube between carburettor and engine could be ripped, or just bad positioning. Sometimes just a clogged up gas filter which sits inside gas tank on tube creates the probs, usually due to dirt in tank. Tank should always look clean inside, if there’s dirt, change firstly the filter. Then further steps. Maybe look on Stihl service schedule plan, because these gets you quick to solve the probs. Step by step. These older blowers are made for longtime usage, but the plastics do not withstand the rest. You may get a service set to replace all the older plastic tubes and these usual suspects. Look on the vids of Sägendoktor. on YT, you do not have to understand it, German, but his very professional way to repair chainsaws, only Stihl, shows the most efficient way how to detect faulty Stihl engines. He’s a Stihl god.

It's so cold in Pennsylvania. I saw Amish folks buying electric blankets

Tom, that turned out to be a pretty nice storage area. Only 1 suggestion I might have is this: BUILD A BIGGER BUILDING. 😊😊 As far as the lumber storage issue is this: BUILD A BIGGER BUILDING 😮😮. On the blower, I was pricing them at my local Stihl dealer and I thought they were in the $1000 range. I would think you could get yours rebuilt for a decent amount. I don't work on them myself. As far as the woodshop goes, being on the upper level has to be an inconvenience, but I do have an easy fix for that. BUILD A BIGGER BUILDING 🤣🤣🤣. Hopefully my theme fix is starting to creep through and be made more visible. Just put a pry bar in that moldy wallet of yours and let some of those moths get some sunlight 😊😊. Of course I'm only kidding and it's fun to spend another guys millions. You know that as soon as you build a building it's already too small before it's done. I'm no different. I no longer have the property or money to do the things I'm suggesting, so I live vicariously through folks like you and Mike Morgan. You do a great job at whatever you take on. I can still see "Haus Buildings" being a future endeavor❤❤❤.

It seems it’s never enough covered space. It could always be bigger. 😁 Good to have things out of the weather. Less maintenance. 😊

Reach out to Chickanic. She is great with small 2 cycle equipment.

❤👍hey thanks for the videos . I really enjoy the content

Try oil of spearmint to keep the mice away. You can buy it a Home Depot in the pesticide area.

The blower backpack. You can take the muffler off and looking into the bore to see the damage. If the cylinders all scored up from no lubricant. The bottom end tends to be more tolerant than the piston. But the parts are expensive. So your probably better to buy a new blower. Sorry for the bad news. But you probably knew this already.

You know that mothballs do nothing and what mice do not like is peppermint and cinnamon smell. I catch mice at one trap overall the ones I have placed. Plus I give them a little treat of rat blocks. On my workbench right next to the electric panel is where they seem to come in, every once in a while i put a small block of poison down and they seem to take it back to where they are living. I have plenty. Outside on each corner of the building I have bait boxes screwed down on concrete slabs just big enough so other critters don't move them. You would have laughed like i did cleaning up my property where I found a child's mattress and as i drug it out with a rake the mice were running everywhere. These people before us were slobs and we managed to fill 4 or 5 roll offs from the crap in the building and around the property.

Us mere mortals build hoop houses with short 2x4 wall and PVC pipe, but Tom is on a different level. On that basement looks like there were some jacks for lifting the slab? Was there some settling there?

Peppermint oil works the best for deterring mice,chipmunks & groundhogs, better than mothballs

Why not a pole barn, property tax ?

You need to build another building just to house and store your lumber now !

Neat shelter, but then I'll almost never get snow...

Three year building.....I think you just need to get yourself a rigid frame building, some permanent and cozy space for all that equipment and wintertime maintenance.

nice job, now get a salamander so you can work out there in the winter which we all know you will be doing

First rule of business. Leave your politics and beliefs at home.

Take the muffler off the leaf blower, and make sure the screen isn't plugged up. It will also allow you to see if the cylinder wall is scored. I've fixed 2-3 Stihls leaf blower and chainsaws by taking out the screen in the muffler. You might be able to buy a top-end kit if the cylinder is scored. I would stay away from cheap Chinese knock offs. Sithk with OEM stihl parts.

I would fix the blower if the parts are approximately $150 or less. I would recommend electrical outlets and trickle chargers inside your building. It's a good idea to have at least one fire extinguisher. Furthermore. It is a good idea to have battery kill switches on all your trucks. Your machines should have them. I know someone who lost all their trucks and equipment due to an electrical fire that started in one truck and the fire spread to the rest of his equipment.

TOM, 850 blower, check the exhaust. The spark arrester gets clogged with carbon buildup. Mine was a bolt style threaded into the muffler. Pull it out, hit it with a propane plumbing torch it burns the carbon buildup off the screen.

On the Stihl clean out the spark arrestor, it probably got clogged up with the straight gas

You can get a piston and head for around $100 for the blower. Cheaper than a new unit by far.

Have you checked the spark arrestor on the muffler? They get clogged with soot and cause the issue you describe.

Take the spark arrestor screen off of the exhaust. If it is clogged it will reduce power on the machine. This fixed my Stihl weed eater.

Tom, warehouse Pallet racks will work really well for storage in new shed for lumber.

Only the old guys can appreciate you calling that plate Wolmanized. Like calling OSB Aspenite. I used to get some funny looks from the younger guys when I did that.

On that Stihl, pull the exhaust off and cycle the cylinder to look how much wear is on the piston. If it's melted to the ring it's possible to put a new piston and cylinder in it. Not likely that the crank is fried because it probably lost compression. Still a fair bit of time and effort to disassemble and rebuild with a new piston and cylinder. Might be a good "lesson learned" - straight gas will melt 2 stroke motors.

I canpt believe that you didn't put a cement floor in there. WTF!

Make sure the screen on the exhaust isn’t carboned up and keeping it from running properly too.

Tom…. Clean the Flame Arrestor on the blow-pack. That’s your problem. Thx

Price a piston & cylinder. If you run raw gas, more than likely the cylinder wall is scarred. Your building looks great. Keep up the good work & have a great day

Retired Stihl mechanic. Genuine Stihl short block for just north of $300. Easy change. Great videos.

You need electric and trickle chargers.

Nice work on your temporary shelter. Just FYI. I am still working in a temporary shelter that my dad built when I was 6 years old. I will turn 67 this year. LOL

On the br800, did you check the valves? The valves may need adjustment. That motor is a 4 stroke but still uses mix gas. I'd take the muffler off and use a flashlight to look in the cylinder for scratches. I've also had one that had a bad ignition coil that caused low power and hard starting.

If you have to push poles into tarp / tent loops again try dawn dish soap or any liquid dish soap made it a lot easier for me and it won't hurt the material. Dr. George Pickard of the Georgia fire academy fixed a lot of fire pumps with Ivory Snow in the 60s and 70s He always stated if it wont hurt a baby's ass it won't hurt a fire pump. Kinda the same thing here. John Toccoa GA

I can only be in awe, you are fantastic at the day job, but have so many other skills lingering in the background.

i didn't realize u had so many machines

Nice structure Tom. I like the overhead storage idea, sounds like a plan. Always like the videos ty :)

On the leaf blower take the muffler off then you can look at the piston and cylinder to see how bad it's scored I've rebuilt a few of these my advice is to buy a new one you will open a big can of worms taking it apart

Just Say'n...I'll be 67 next month still going at it. Not sure of your time. But when I was a kid 65 -- people had canes, transistor radio hearing aids, orthopedic shoes. God Bless you and your family and God Bless America.

Great video tom very nice shelter you installed i would definitely look into rebuilding the blower and if its no good keep for parts and buy a new one can't wait for some sawmill video's.

Good job guys that looks very nice.

If your blower has a spark arrestor attached to the muffler take it off and see if that helps with the no power issue

Well, on the last video, I just assumed you had the shelter set up as part of it's purchase. I didn't know you and your crew did it. Once again, I'm amazed. Y'all did it so well!! You made it look so easy!! What a talented group of men. I am sure that shed will serve you well. I enjoy the equipment maintenance and repair videos. We're going to the wood shop? Yay!! This is going to be awesome, I just know it! I can't wait to see what this project is...thanks Tom!! 👍❤️🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸

Rebuild the motor on your leaf blower

Good deal on the new project and u got some nice equipment looking good

Nice looking building. I'm hoping that you don't have high winds.

Has the NO gas running small garden tools / construction tools, leaf Blowers/lawnmowers , concrete saws, tampers etc come to your area yet. Though I’m not in that trade per se. Those in certain areas of the country(and more states being added)have been notified of the ban on such ..

There is this consultant Outdoors with the Morgans be happy to tell you what to do.

Would this type of structure be any cheaper than a pole barn on a farm?? And twice as big oughtta do you better!! 😊

Rebuild ❤❤❤❤

Mice hate black pepper too.

Remind me of the pictures I saw of the Quonset huts when my dad was stationed in the Philippines WW2

Well done Tom and the crew under cover for the equipment always great 👍 watching you guys 😮😊❤

Tom have you thought about trying pallet racks?

Hi Tom ;) i'm back again :) As was watching you put the trusses in I had a thought that I would have put some foam strips on the top of them to provide a barrier to the canvas not rubbing on the top of the wood ? Just a thought and probably not necessary . I have these kinds of Ideas watching you and also Mike Morgan ! Love protecting the equipment from the weather i'm sure you will be very happy with it as well; )

Put DRYER SHEETS in the skid loaders...will ward off mice. Works great for campers.

I think you need a pole barn, This way you can make it as big as you need to fit all your stuff and have room for all the wood you need

Hi, Tom...my first time commenting, but have been subscribed since the beginning (referred to your channel by Outdoors With the Morgans). My buddy put one of these shelters up recently, and he purchased some used, steel "warehouse" style racks to maximize the storage space at the back end. It works great, but you might be limited to the length of lumber you can load due to the spacing of the upright supports. Just an idea for you to check out! Keep up the great video content!

You need to string some led light in the enclosure top.

tom, did you guys survive 2008? Im guessing you did. just curious how it was for you back at that time.

Nice building, Tom and it should serve you well. No matter how big something is, it's never big enough. At the start of the video you were hoping to have your dump trucks in out of the weather and even commented how you could raise the beds. After putting in the mini ex's, skid loaders and 2 pickups, you're out of room. I think eventually keep this for your lumber and build a new pole building for the equipment!

Get a scope and put it down the spark plug hole to check the piston and cylinder wall. Stihl blowers are notorious for the valves needing to be adjusted. If you go new go with the Beast Echo 9010.

You're doing real good Tom! You and Steve and good ol Jim get a lot of things done ...the cover for the equipment was a great idea and will keep everything in much better shape and better organized .. and protect the trucks ...you've got a very nice place and you've worked hard and deserve everything that you have ...love you guys . I guess you know, Steelers game moved to Monday ...Go Stillers!

Tom, Maybe put a shipping container in the back. It's a great enclosed area and the roof gives you a flat deck for stacking wood and etc..

I know I've had guys put straight gas in my Stihl and Partner cut off saws and they would never come back to life

4:45 mark, that truss was only out 2 inches. I bet if you flipped it around it would have been spot on! Haahahahaaaaaa! You know what they say! "**IT Happens!"

On the blower, if you haven't checked , look at the exhaust screen ,spark arrested , I have had them plugged ,

Although obviously you are able, rebuilding that old motor would be so time consuming. You'd have to get all the values and check all the tolerances. And wind up replacing parts. Even replacing the motor would take time but would seem to be a more efficient route.

Want a laugh Tom? When you backed the skid steer into the tent and wondered if you should leave some space in case of dead battery I’d say about 60% of your subscribers including me were screaming at the video saying just turn the machine around dude!

Hopefully you’re not getting the negative temperatures in addition to the windshield mid Midwest. Pretty dangerous for a few days especially in the country

just a thought, every time i clean up my 3 sheds and the one small garage. I can't find a damn thing anymore..LOL

youtube.com/@Chickanic?si=0qiXvNqyXnwOhyHW Answers to all your questions on two cycle small equipment, including putting straight gas in the blower and whether it’s cost effective to rebuild or replace.

It might be a good idea to install receptacles on all your vehicles /equipment so YOU can use slave cables. No need to lift the hood or worry about pos/neg terminals even on the dark.

Check the muffler, it might be plugged. If it has a spark arrester where the exhaust exits the muffler remove it and clean it.

Hola saludos un gusto

Circus tent team? New skill acquired for your team.

Rebuild the blower. We, the country, throw too much away as it is. 😊

For the blower…. the fuel tank has a well hidden vent on top of the tank. Make sure it is clean along with the well mentioned spark arrestor.

Get real peppermint in the food section and mice will never come near it When I traveled south for 6 months I used to sprinkle peppermint in my van and over the motor and never had a problem with mice as with moth balls they still ate all my spark wires

First I would clean the muffler screen and put a drop of oil in the cylinder and then run it see if it comes back to life if not between and cylinder head piston and rings and time it might just be better off being a parts machine

Make sure you have good air flow on your fresh cut boards if stored in that back corner. Run a fan or 2 if you have too.

Rebuild it. Way less than a new one. Really depends on the cylinder bore.

I really really hope you made some openings on that back wall!!! When the wind comes and i will come will lift the entire thing up if there is no way in the back to go! Those concrete blocks will move…!

chickanic has a video on them. if it turns over oil it up correct gas?

Scrap the leave blower not worth fixing

Check the screen in the muffler could be plugged

Now Mike Morgan will come by to see it so he can build one. Lol

Good morning to you all

I never thought of mothballs great idea

I could see a nice pole barn there as you do not need a floor with a pole barn

Build a lumber rack. Much easier for access.

Blower is good for spare parts . Once its gone that far the time is equal to a one. Ive been meaning to ask. How do you heat your shop? I find a lot of guys are confused about heating a shop.

Take the insert out of you muffler on that leaf blower and clean it. I had one like that with no power and would just die. The muffler was plugged and when I cleaned it out it had never ran so good. Stihl says to run them full open all the time but if the run a little lower speed or idle that muffler will plug right up.

Good ole gorilla tape