woodsman60
ArboristSite Lurker
I'm a new user and I have a question on my 1978 Homelite Super EZ manual oiler pump. I purchased this saw new in 78 and have cut a lot of wood with no problems until now. I filled the reservoir with summer bar oil today which I have done many times in our central WI winters without any problems. Today when I pushed the manual thumb pump bar oiler in, it stuck in the in position. I did manage to cut up 2 trees before the automatic oiler couldn't keep the bar and chain from heating up so I had to switch over to my Husky 261. When I got back to the shop tonight I removed the oiler and with some difficulty managed to get the spring out. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with it. My Dad has about a 1970 Homlite with a motor that doesn't run and I pulled out the oiler on it and compared the two. The only difference I could see was maybe the parts saw's O-ring on the end looked to be in a little better shape. So I stretched the spring to make it an extra 1/4" longer so the oiler would maybe push back out easier and installed it into my saw. When I pushed it in with my thumb it again stuck in the in position. Considering that the two saws' oiler parts show no difference in wear such as mine being broken or worn badly and that I have used winter and summer bar chain oil in this saw since it was new without a problem, does anyone think that I could fix this problem by draining the bar oil and replacing with cold weather oil? I do have the saw in the house tonight warming up to see if this would be the case. Or does anyone have another idea? Thanks in advance for any help.