I bought this in Oct 2007 to replace another Sears blower that had self destructed after 3 years. The first one of these I took home wouldn't run at all. Took it back and got another one same model. Very hard to start, sometimes will not restart at all when warm. Have probably only used 5 times, maybe 10 hrs total, and it will not start at all now. Yes fresh gas, and I'm a mechanical engineer with 25 yrs military experience fixing all kinds of equipment. As I told a guy at Sears today on a call in, I've probably spent more time pulling the starter cord than blowing with it. I had...
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