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I have used chainsaws for quite a few years but would never consider myself an expert, the day I think I'm an expert with a chainsaw is when I will put the saw down for good because I will never be an expert. I stop when my arms get tired at my age I stop for the day not just a rest. I used to...

I'm looking at the intake port when I rotate the crankshaft to bottom dead center and the piston doesn't go far enough to allow the intake port to open. Thanks for this explanation I was thinking the piston dropped down to have the fuel air mixture go into the cylinder through the intake port...

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A Poulin chainsaw 2055 it's just the first two cycle engine I have taken down to this level so far. It seems that the piston doesn't bottom out low enough where fuel can get into the cylinder.

I am a licensed Aircraft A&P mechanic, although I haven't worked on them for 40 years I still consider myself mechanically inclined. I have just started teaching myself the small two cycle engines on my chainsaws and other small gas engine equipment. Hoping to meet some skilled mechanics that...