[Shop-talk] Shop-talk Digest, Vol 8, Issue 44

[Mark Miller]

I think a snowblower part should be able to handle use in cold weather.
I'd take the failed bulb back where you got it and tell them that a 
month is not good enough for a replacement part.  I would guess they'll 
give you another.

Regards,

Mark Miller
markmiller at threeboysfarm.com


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> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:38:01 -0500
> From: "Karl Vacek"<KVacek at Ameritech.net>
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> I replaced the primer bulb on my snowblower in January.  The Briggs &
> Stratton part is over $30 and not much chance of substituting that I could
> find.  Many primer bulbs merely pressurize the float chamber of the
> carburetor, but this one actually pumps gas from the line and sprays it
> through a nozzle into the intake manifold.
>
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> Within a month I'd cracked the bulb off at the base in subzero weather - I
> think more careful handling might have avoided the damage.
>
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>
> The tear is at the base - that portion doesn't really move much when the
> bulb is pressed.  Before I pony up another $30+ for a primer