Posted: 8/22/2002 12:22:51 PM EDT
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I have a Mucullah Eager Beaver 327BC weed eater that siezed on me yesterday. I have used this for the last 7 or 8 years and it is a great machine. Would it be cheap/easy to rebuild the engine? Is it even possible? Or should I just go buy a new one? I know nothing about two cycle engines, but there doesn't seem to be much to them. |
| i would think it would be cheaper to buy a new one. guess it depends on what seized. if the cylinder is messed up you would have to have it bored out and buy a new piston and rings. i would send them an e-mail and see if they sell rebuild kits for it and compare the price + labor against a new one. |
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The cost of a mass produced and distributed device like this is so low, when compared to the cost of repair, it's more than often cheaper just to buy a new one. If it's truely seized, it would probably cost many times more than the cost of a replacement to fix (unless you do it yourself and you don't place a value on your time). It's the result of an incredibly efficient economic system. I'm not knocking it! The repair guy gets hosed, and the overall product quality is usually lowered, but the consumer gets low prices, and products that would be financially beyond their reach if it wasn't for this efficiency. Would you pay $700 for a weed eater, I wouldn't, the lawn doesn't justify it. If I did, I'd certaintly pay $200 for a repair though... Sorry for the economic lecture, I just put that in there so someone doesn't go overboard with a nostalgic "back in the day, we fixed things" comment. The net lesson: Just buy another if yours is truely seized. |
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From the dirt bike world - Seized 2 strokes MAY be able to be rebuilt. Bore the cylinder, replace the piston and rings, maybe the crank. Used to cost me about $250 per time. Being much smaller, I'd think this process MUCH more difficult for a chainsaw, and I can imagine the cost doubling. I'd get a new chainsaw. Unless you've become emotionally attached to old Bessie. [:D] |
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I was afraid replacing it would be the majority answer, because, you know, back in the day, we used to fix things.[:)] I guess I'll head to Home Depot or some such place and get a new one. Since there is a sort of attachment, I'll look into a rebuild kit, anyhow. |