Well with a few upcoming firewood jobs I finally had a reason to stop using other people's saws and get my own, so I picked up a used 036 at the local dealer. Got it for $199 which I gather from here is a good but not great price. Cosmetically it looks very clean for a 20ish year old saw, it's definitely been used but not visibly abused. Aside from maybe needing to dial in the carb a bit it runs great, starts on second pull in 0* weather and in big wood out cuts the 455 Ranchers I've grown accustomed to by a long shot. Sure does make my wrists tingle a bit more though...
Enough blabbing, the real reason I'm posting is to ask about this air shutter that's on the top of the casing next to the spark plug hole. the PDF manual calls it a winter shutter but it looks different in the manual. What's pictured is a flat removable tab that goes in two different holes depending on the season, mine is a semi-circular shutter that is either opened or closed in the same spot. Can anyone clarify what this does and what the correct operation is for it? I can snap a picture if needed but I figured many on here have probably seen hundreds of them. Thanks.
Enough blabbing, the real reason I'm posting is to ask about this air shutter that's on the top of the casing next to the spark plug hole. the PDF manual calls it a winter shutter but it looks different in the manual. What's pictured is a flat removable tab that goes in two different holes depending on the season, mine is a semi-circular shutter that is either opened or closed in the same spot. Can anyone clarify what this does and what the correct operation is for it? I can snap a picture if needed but I figured many on here have probably seen hundreds of them. Thanks.