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Two Stroke
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Years ago, I saw fuel pumps for 2 stroke mixture, hand operated, at garages.Not any more. I have a 2 stroke brush cutter. How do I get the fuel? The mixture is 50 petrol to 1 oil, apparently. Do I have to mix it myself or can it be bought in cans or bottles ready mixed?
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The hand pumps whic Fred mentions had an dial-like knob which was said to adjust the petrol:oil mixture. Its range was about 20:1 up to 50:1 in steps of five. I was never convinced it made any difference and one day when I arrived to fill up my Lambretta SX200 the pump bloke had the front of the two-stroke pump off to fill it with petrol. (The fuel was stored within...
13:43 Thu 08th Aug 2013
I had a GT 200 before my SX and a TV175 - Widestyle before that.
I believe there were quite a few GTs produced (which evolved from the TV175 which was uprated to the TV200 before becoming the GT200). There were plenty of them around before the SX was launched. I only had mine for about three months before some bar steward nicked it from outside "The Royal" at Tottenham. Still, did me a favour. Managed to afford a brand new SX and spent a bit on chrome panels, backrest and the usual "mod" accessories.
I believe there were quite a few GTs produced (which evolved from the TV175 which was uprated to the TV200 before becoming the GT200). There were plenty of them around before the SX was launched. I only had mine for about three months before some bar steward nicked it from outside "The Royal" at Tottenham. Still, did me a favour. Managed to afford a brand new SX and spent a bit on chrome panels, backrest and the usual "mod" accessories.