Recent content by AlSmith

Welcome.

Welcome to the forum. I did get my saw fixed with an equal carburetor and so far all is good. I did some wood harvesting and got myself a full cord and than some.

Thanks for understanding, I didn't want to offend. I've been a mechanic forever and my career was in aviation. I remember when I called and engine a motor and I was quickly corrected. "a motor is at the end of a wire" I was told and have never forgotten.

Technically it is an engine and not a motor. A motor runs on electricity and an engine runs on fuel. Just saying.

The two above comments are right on, the only thing I can suggest is make sure you are using the proper size file.

I'm sure you checked the fuel line, right? It's not loose or cracked where it goes into the carb.

Check out this video and hope this helps.

Love all your photos, Norm. I just cut firewood for myself, but here in Arizona it's hard to come by. At least it gets me out into the wilderness.

Awesome indeed. Great photos by the way.

I'm guessing here but, it looks like the spring that grounds the circuit to kill the engine.

Hey there, the only place that I've been able to get parts or at least look for what I need is jackssmallengines.com If they don't have the parts at least you'll get part numbers and can find them on amazon. Good luck.

Try Jack's Small Engines, they do have a good parks break down.

All I has seen is to use a synthetic base oil. But I'll look for the Echo Red Armor. Thanks

For fuel I have using can fuel 40-1/50-1 mix. But the price is a bit high. There is ONE gas station that sell ethanol free fuel, so I'll be mixing my own. The brand name of the can fuel is SEF.

The problem with mine was the carburetor and I did replaced it with an off brand. Took me less that half an hour and I had it running. Went out and used it without making any adjustments. Worked just fine. I did make some fine tuning adjustments after I got home. I'm a happy camper. Now I want...