Bills: Get rid of the muffler...its very heavy. The recoil is the only cheap part I found. Get rid of that also and the part that botls on end of crank for recoil. Yo will not need the recoil starter. Also keep looking ...there is a lot of extra metal that can go bye bye. the backside of the flywheel fins....just dead weight. When I get done with mine I will post a photo. My 2bd blower is faster from the start. So I am going to put the 1st one back together and strip down the 2nd one. Take Care Capt,n