inkalition
New Member
I just got a cool old Echo CS-302 at an estate sale for $20, my first saw. It came with the manual, original tools, and a bottle of 2-stroke oil. I'm guessing this must be from the early 70's. At first it would run only with the choke pulled out. I knew I had to get into the carb but didn't have time at the moment. So I put in a fuel mix with a high dosage of seafoam, ran it as much as I could and let it sit for a day. Tried again and now it would idle without the choke, but would die when I tried to rev it. So I tried repeatedly to rev it, then let it sit another day. After that I started it again and it's like a new saw. It starts, idles, and revs like a dream.
Now to my issue... I was testing it on a pallet and it would cut in a couple of inches and the chain would roll at an angle to the left and just spin (yes, the chain is plenty tight). Examining it I discovered the chain had more side-to-side roll on the bottom of the bar than on the top. I flipped the bar over and now the bottom holds the chain with much less slop. Is running it with the bar upside down okay?
Thanks
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Now to my issue... I was testing it on a pallet and it would cut in a couple of inches and the chain would roll at an angle to the left and just spin (yes, the chain is plenty tight). Examining it I discovered the chain had more side-to-side roll on the bottom of the bar than on the top. I flipped the bar over and now the bottom holds the chain with much less slop. Is running it with the bar upside down okay?
Thanks