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I finally got some time to play with this. I filed the points down a bit and voila, we got spark. I should have guessed judging by the way the coil contacts looked..... I'll put it all back together after the rain, hopefully I'll be cuttin up whatever I can find

Thanks, I'll be in touch if the test fails. I came across this great troubleshooting guide, its for an outboard motor but still everything is almost identical to any small engine

Im gonna check it with a multimeter over the weekend, I do have a feeling it would be the point set. Is it rare to have faulty ignition coil? What would the cost be for a new point set?

According to the manual: http://odref.com/homelite/chainsaw/ut-10569.pdf it has points, there is a wire from the coil under the flywheel. I was able to remove the flywheel without too much trouble. The point set looked real clean. Im not too familiar with points, but as I turn the flywheel...

I recently picked up an old Homelite XL2 Auto dirt cheap. I was hoping just a good carb cleaning would do the trick but ends up being no spark. There was quite a bit of clumpy sawdust on the part where the ignition module meets the flywheel, but cleaning that off did not help. I also removed...

I believe I have found the reason why theres no suction. Looks like a piece of the piston has broken, see the bottom pic here: http://jonseredchainsaw.tripod.com/ Any ideas on how much and where I can get a replacement?

Thanks for the reply. I removed the carb again, made sure gas could flow through the needle when pushed down. I took a can of air and cleared out every hole I could see including the two mixture needle holes. I sprayed it down with carb cleaner and put it back on adjusting the two mixture...

I got a new carb kit for the walbro carb but still doesnt seem to be getting gas into the piston chamber. Look at pictures here: http://jonseredchainsaw.tripod.com/ The top picture is the whole setup. The second pic is where I removed the top of the carb to show the gaskets. If I blow into...

Thanks for the reply. The carb was a bit nasty and the diaphram was pretty stiff and had some rust build up on it. Im guessing its not pushing the needle to allow the gas flow. I'll try a rebuild kit. While looking online for Walbro kits, theres a whole bunch of different types. On the carb...

I took off the carb and gave it a good cleaning. Was still in decent shape. Didnt appear to be any rip in the gaskets. I took a can of air and blew out all the holes made sure getting good flow. I put the straw of the air can into the intake nipple and blew out but when I did it to the other...

Friend of mine gave me an old saw to tinker with and see if I can get er goin. All the pieces are there and looks fairly simple. I noticed one flaw. A wire was used to pull the choke and seems that the wire was close enough to the stop switch, probably grounding out often. Compression seems...