edrrt
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I was gonna grab one of the clones but saw this on craigslist for $275 with a 32" bar/ chain so I decided to take a swing at it.
The guy said that he used it for firewood and it ran fine when he put it away. Looks to be all OEM. Started it up in his driveway, was a little hard to start but got going okay, throttle response was good, it seemed to idle fine so I bought it. Today I try to start it up and it's very difficult to get going.
I found that the choke lever was disconnected.
With it connected it's very hard to start. It seems like it floods out. Cylinder is soaked and there is gas in the air intake.
Compression seems to be about 155.
Trying to start it It often races as soon as it turns over and then dies immediately with choke on. Without the choke it's very hard to start get it to turn over.
With a lot of attempts I can get it running and when it's running it seems like it runs well. It idles fine, it has good throttle response, everything seems normal. I sprayed some carburetor cleaner around the boot/ decomp looking for air leaks and found none.
Then I tried to make a test cut and once it gets up to RPM in wood it immediately bogs down and dies.
I'm assuming this is a carburetor problem. The lowjet only turns between 9 and 3 o'clock. I have it set halfway between. I did not mess with the high jet because it seems to be okay on the high end. And I adjusted the idle.
I'm not sure what to trouble shoot next?
The guy said that he used it for firewood and it ran fine when he put it away. Looks to be all OEM. Started it up in his driveway, was a little hard to start but got going okay, throttle response was good, it seemed to idle fine so I bought it. Today I try to start it up and it's very difficult to get going.
I found that the choke lever was disconnected.
With it connected it's very hard to start. It seems like it floods out. Cylinder is soaked and there is gas in the air intake.
Compression seems to be about 155.
Trying to start it It often races as soon as it turns over and then dies immediately with choke on. Without the choke it's very hard to start get it to turn over.
With a lot of attempts I can get it running and when it's running it seems like it runs well. It idles fine, it has good throttle response, everything seems normal. I sprayed some carburetor cleaner around the boot/ decomp looking for air leaks and found none.
Then I tried to make a test cut and once it gets up to RPM in wood it immediately bogs down and dies.
I'm assuming this is a carburetor problem. The lowjet only turns between 9 and 3 o'clock. I have it set halfway between. I did not mess with the high jet because it seems to be okay on the high end. And I adjusted the idle.
I'm not sure what to trouble shoot next?