Chain saw starting problems help!

[sledrat]

Hi folks this question is for the saw wrenching Wizards here on the site ,,

Ok i Got a older P28 Pioneer parts saw been playing around with it and got it running sorta...
but sometimes shes very hard to start only sometimes then sometime easy ??,,
But when you get it going and rev it up as soon as it starts
it will run and cut well, as long as i put it to work right off starting!!. ,
But Then I Shut it off for a few minutes then i have to pull my guts out on it to get it going again! I have to choke it and crank it about 10 times then if you hold the throttle on abit it will go and not stop..Idleing sometimes sometimes not..almost like its not getting fuel..

I did clean the carb as best as i could it still has the original diaphrams in it
also when taking the carb off i did it to fast and i ripped the manifold gasket between the carb and the manifold wish i didnt do that i could have saved it if i wasnt out side working on it froze up here -25!!!
So its not perfect hoping thats not it cause??? im terrible at making gaskets but if i have to i will do IT!!! lol
Oh also will a old thin beer box case work for intake gasket material if i make one cause i got no real gasket material??? I know i got a moosehead beer bottle case here somewhere

If you know whats happening or where i should start???

Let me know im noob to OLD Saws
but I like the stink of gas on my hands they are always soaked in it!lol
and thanks

sledrat

 

[mantas]

You`ll need new diaphragms

 

[nmurph]

Just get a carb kit and be done with it. I would not spend the time trying to make carb gaskets unless they were NLA.

 

[Fish]

I think he means his carb base gasket, which we should be able to locate. Those were mostly Tillotsens, weren't they?

 

[DSS]

I think he means his carb base gasket, which we should be able to locate. Those were mostly Tillotsens, weren't they?

Single screw tilly yeah. HU maybe?

 

[sledrat]

i mean the gasket thats between the carb and the manifold
not the bottom diaphrams
of the carb the side one
when you take the carb right out you have to seperate it from the manifold part..
its kinda diamond shaped with tiny holes impluse vents i think to run the diaphram.

Anyways walbro carb

here
looks simular to that gasket but not the same carb ,,


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The gasket doesnt look to complex to make..
but if its not the problem and i can get a carb kit thats best i agree,,,
whats a good price to pay for a carb kit?
we get soaked here im my town for everything thats what i get for
livin in Canada lol But we got some nice trees here fer cuttin

 

[DSS]

If its a walbro its a WA. Carb kits are like $10 or so online. Good luck finding one local. They want $25 for one here and have to order everything.

 

[sledrat]

I hear ya here too same thing at least 25 and only half the kit
no new needle or seat either!
oh well i guess im gonna cry a river about it
or sucked it up and start carving out a gasket from a moose head beer case!
to make this old girl pop again?

ALL AND ALL you just cant beat the SOUND OF VINTAGE PIONEER METAL!!!

:bang: :

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