OT: Chainsaw mechanic, anyone?
mkepp
never paid more than $20 for one. My Poulan has been very reliable for
the year I have owned it, although it has never idled, and has never
needed the choke to start. Sunday, it just died. I give it a pull and
it'll run for a couple seconds and then quit. Almost like it's out of
fuel, which it isn't. Historically, I would just buy another $20
chainsaw and run it until it quits. But I really like this one. It has
never let me down before. Any recommendations on someone I should take
it to? I'd like to have it ready to use this coming Sunday if
possible.
mkepp
Jim McLaughlin
are up to their ears right now in lawnmowers / yard tools.
You are welcome to borrow my ancient 16" bar Sears. It ain't a Poulon,
but it works. I have a new chain on it and have 3 more sharpened chains
for it.
As to mechanics, its the wrong side of town for you but I have always had
good, but expensive, service at Roy Boys on Hall Boulevard in Tigard.
I remember some radio ads and a funny jingle from some outfit with
outlets in Hillsboro, Gresham and (?) Canby (?) but can't remember their
name. I wanna' say Stark Street Law & Garden, but that is _not_ right.
They are a big John Deere garden and implement dealer with a big service
department. Never used them, though.
"mkepp" <mk...@hevanet.com> wrote in message
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Doug
>fuel, which it isn't.
The first thing to do is to dump all the gas out of it and look inside the tank for a rubber suction hose with a filter attached. Fish it out of the tank with a wire hook and look at it. It should have fine wire screen filter on the end of the hose. After you have cleaned the screen put new gas in the tank a try it again. If it still will not run you have a more serious problem.
Ok if you got this far and it will not run you need to declare it junk, that’s right stand back look at it and say “ This fricking saw is no good its junk”
OK now that it has been declared junk you can fix it.
Up to this point you were working on a very delicate machine and I know you were being very careful not to damage it. But now that it’s a piece of junk you cant hurt it because its junk anyway.
You can try spraying gas on the air cleaner and see if it will run any longer. Use a squirt bottle with gas mixture. If it will run while you are squirting gas into the carburetor, then you know it’s a fuel problem.
I was in the lawn more area of Home Depot the other day and I asked for starting fluid. The guy told me they don’t have any because all the small engine manufactures don’t recommend it. The problem for two stroke engines is there is no lubrication in the starting fluid. But if you want to try starting fluid on your piece of junk it’s a free country. Go to an auto parts store and don’t tell them about the chainsaw.
Next take all the adjusting screws out of the carburetor, you might want to jot down on a note pad where the parts came from and how many turns they were from closed, or you could just toss the whole thing in the dumpster right now.
Now take the air cleaner off and blow out the carburetor with compressed air. If you don’t have compressed air you can try one of the cans with the plastic tubes for blowing out computers. Otherwise take it to some one who has compressed air. You will need a bootleg blowgun; you can blow harder with a hand pump than the OSHA legal blowgun.
By the way isn’t OSHA a small town in Wisconsin?
Ok now put all the adjusting screws back in the carburetor just like they were and try it again.
If it still will not run, keep trying and turn the screws out a little each time.
If it still will not run maybe it is junk!
Doug
Bret Taylor
that's right stand back look at it and say " This fricking saw is no good
its junk"
>
> OK now that it has been declared junk you can fix it.
Ha ha ha. So that's why my junk motorcycle runs so much better than my nice
one.
David Gibbons
event? all proceeds going to mkepp's new chainsaw? :P
I'd certainly pay a few dollars to see someone eat a chainsaw.
-David
"Lewis Landscape Services" <j...@lewislandscape.com> wrote in message
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> Mike, I posted a message week or two ago regarding Vern's Repair Service
> in Tigard. I can't praise him enough. He is the very RARE combination of
> cheap AND skilled. Furthermore, he'll have it fixed within a day or so.
> He's in Tigard, off Hwy 99 and 217. Contact him (or his wife during the
> days) at 639-4293. If he doesn't do a good job, quickly, and affordably,
> I'll personally eat that chainsaw myself.
>
> Jim Lewis
> --
> Jim Lewis
> Lewis Landscape Services
> http://www.lewislandscape.com
> (503) 524-3679 Fax: (503) 213-5921
>
Doug
Ok if you got this far and it will not run you need to declare it junk, that’s right stand back look at it and say “ This fricking saw is no good its junk”
OK now that it has been declared junk you can fix it.
Up to this point you were working on a very delicate machine and I know you were being very careful not to damage it. But now that it’s a piece of junk you cant hurt it because its junk anyway.
Scott
Doug wrote:
> you need to declare it junk,
Excellent post Doug. Thank you.
I agree about starter fluid, and would have posted it if you hadn't.
After a winter outdoors my mower usually needs a bit "kick" that a $0.99 can of
starter fluid gives, then it runs for the duration of mowing seasons.
Randy Rhine
think my last lawn mowing in 2002 was late November...and the first one in 2003 was
the first week in Jan.
rr
mkepp
He said that it was flooded, the 'idle' screw was backed out, and the
'mixture' adjustments were way off. Ready to go for Sunday. And he
didn't even charge me! Thanks again, Jim! You're the greatest!
mkepp