Recent content by teseal3

No need to apologize, may not have found it without your guidance. I'll keep an eye on the screen, maybe even remove it. Many THX.

Prior to the pressure test and piston check I did, I had also switched the carburetors, I have two of them one is new only didn't know which one it was. After switching carbs I could not get the saw to even pop once. When I was removing the muffler to inspect the piston I noticed how dirty the...

The piston looked pretty good and after 9 or 10 fast pulls I could get 110psi. I'll get to the shaft key check later.

I have one I bought to work on outboards so I'll give it a try when I can. Guessing if it's not responsive enough it would indicate a lower pressure than actual?

Thx for your reply Bob. I did check the bulb lines to make sure it draws thro the filter out of the tank and returns to the short line. I had the carb, both carbs, apart several times without a change much in the symptoms so I'm thinking odds are less for mis assembly. I can check the...

Had this saw probably 10 years but only put 5 or 6 hours a year on it. The original symptom had it bogging down sometimes at full throttle then started to loss power more frequently. Usually this meant a good cleaning and it would be back to normal but not this time, eventually it would not...