I have a newish Homelite 2700 PSI. I noticed last fall that it was not drawing bleach/chemical. I tried it again this morning, to no avail. Here is what I did and saw so far: 1- Removed and cleaned the ball valve - it was completely caked in soap. I took it completely apart, removing ball, O-ring and spring. No change and no effect. This repair is the only one that I could find on YouTube. 2- I removed the pump from the engine. 3- I looked into the injector hole (where the ball valve screws into). It was also caked with soap. I ground out the gunk for a while until I could begin to see the hole (2 mm in diameter). I kept chipping away until I encountered white plastic. 4- At this stage, when I try to blow through the injector port, no air gets through. 5- I tried to pulled out the plastic insert by removing the hose attachment fitting. I can see the plastic piece but it would not budge and I am not sure how to pull it out. It looks find of fragile. I conclude that the channel between the injector hole and the main water channel is blocked. However, I can't figure out how to remove the blockage. Should I use solvents? What solvent? I tried water and acetic acid but it did not look like it was doing much. I don't want to buy a new pump if possible Thanks in advance! [ATTACH]49853[/ATTACH] Injector port [ATTACH]49854[/ATTACH] View of the inside of the high pressure line. The plastic is visible in white.

I have a Craftsman 54 inch lawn tractor with a kohler 26 hp engine. Worked good first couple years. Mice had eaten plug wire and I patched it and worked fine. Then it started to lack power so I replaced the solid state firing module. Worked good for about 3 months and same problem. If I let it run idling it would sometimes smooth out. Finally nothing would work. Replaced spark plugs and did fine rest of summer. Next spring back to the same problem. Figured one of the modules was not firing. Went to Kohler parts center and there was a fix. Replace the solid state firing modules with original magneto's. $125 kit but I did it and worked fine. Kohler claims the voltage spike from energizing the electric clutch was zapping the solid state modules. Mower manufacturer is supposed to install a suppressor to stop this. I found nothing. Many screwed up the carburetor working on this.