Bought mine new middle of mowing season this year. Stopped starting and turned out the kill wire was grounding out on the heat shield it runs thru. When I got it back I noticed that I hadn't notice how weak it was. It was night and day stronger once fixed. It will run along time when it first gets a small cut in the wire but even tho it starts and runs as the cut gets worse the performance diminishes slowly over time. This change day in and out was so subtle I didn't even notice until they fixed it and as said, it was night and day more powerful.
With all that described my dealer which is awesome said he hadn't had anyone else have an issue with it so we figured it was a 1 time oddity. Towards the beginning of leaf cleanup season issue repeated and the damage was in the same spot. Each time my dealer gave me a brand new 8010 to use while mine was down. This time he had his mechanic open up the notch in the heat shield the wire runs thru. I suspect it will last longer but I think it will resurface again in 2021.
So if you have an 8010 that's not running good, seems weaker than normal, hard to start or wont start, might be something to look for. Doesn't have to be cut all the way thru I don't think either. Just the slightest damage to the wire sheath seems like it can produce issues.
If a thread on this exist then my bad. Felt like sharing my experience in case others are having the same issues but dont recall seeing anything on this. Also didn't feel like looking to hard either...
With all that described my dealer which is awesome said he hadn't had anyone else have an issue with it so we figured it was a 1 time oddity. Towards the beginning of leaf cleanup season issue repeated and the damage was in the same spot. Each time my dealer gave me a brand new 8010 to use while mine was down. This time he had his mechanic open up the notch in the heat shield the wire runs thru. I suspect it will last longer but I think it will resurface again in 2021.
So if you have an 8010 that's not running good, seems weaker than normal, hard to start or wont start, might be something to look for. Doesn't have to be cut all the way thru I don't think either. Just the slightest damage to the wire sheath seems like it can produce issues.
If a thread on this exist then my bad. Felt like sharing my experience in case others are having the same issues but dont recall seeing anything on this. Also didn't feel like looking to hard either...
