Husky61Mainer
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So heres the story:
Helped my father clean out his barn reciently. Going through some boxes and what do i find? a Husky 61 half taken appart. I ask him "whats the deal with this?" he says: "oh wow i forgot about that thing, thats older than you, cant remember what was wrong with it but if you wanna tinker with it go ahead..."
So i called a dealer with the Vin # and sure enough, its a 1983 Husky Model 61(I was born in 1985 so it IS older than me)
Took the saw home, cleaned it up, new fuel line, spark plug, fresh gas. about 15 pulls and she fires. It runs but not well.
Since then this is what Ive done:
-Cleaned everything up, flushed the gas tank, Fresh 93 Octane with 50:1 Benoil(klotz)
-Rebuilt the carb, new carb intake gaskets(tiltson carb)
-New crank seals
-New(aftermarket) top end, the original one was a little scuffed and had 90 psi compression, im getting 110 psi with the new one
-New base gasket
-Cleaned up the coil and ignition set, dont see any damage, set the flywheel to coil gap using a business card(per a youtube video)
-Another fresh spark plug(properly gapped)
-taken appart and cleaned muffler(new muffler to cylinder gasket)
HERE is the issue. Saw will start and idle fairly easily, and will rev right up. At Wide open throttle it revs, but it doesnt seem to "scream" like it should. When i try to cut a piece of wood, it will go about 1/4 through a log and then it bogs, dies, and refuses to restart. After about 10 minutes i can restart it and I'm back to square one.
I've tried adjusting the carb a dozen times. I have a page right from the owners manual discribing how to do it, I've watched Youtube vids, I've tried dozens of different screw combinations but doesnt seem to make a difference. I've taken apart and cleaned the carb about 3 times and havent found any smoking guns. I'm pretty good with small engines, I'm a Mechanical Engineer by day, I'm constantly tinkering with Motocross bikes, motorcycles and snowmobiles, so engines are nothing new to me. But this chainsaw is getting the best of me and I REFUSE to let it bring me to my knees.
My thoughts of issues that it could be, however all involve spending more $$$ and more time, would rather someone give me some ideas where i could trouble shoot rather than throw parts and time at it:
-The case gasket? the one that goes length wise? How would i know if thats leaking?
-An ignition problem?
-Maybe there is an issue with the carb? Try another carb off Ebay?
-Another set of intake gaskets? I replaced them already but...
Im open to anything!
Helped my father clean out his barn reciently. Going through some boxes and what do i find? a Husky 61 half taken appart. I ask him "whats the deal with this?" he says: "oh wow i forgot about that thing, thats older than you, cant remember what was wrong with it but if you wanna tinker with it go ahead..."
So i called a dealer with the Vin # and sure enough, its a 1983 Husky Model 61(I was born in 1985 so it IS older than me)
Took the saw home, cleaned it up, new fuel line, spark plug, fresh gas. about 15 pulls and she fires. It runs but not well.
Since then this is what Ive done:
-Cleaned everything up, flushed the gas tank, Fresh 93 Octane with 50:1 Benoil(klotz)
-Rebuilt the carb, new carb intake gaskets(tiltson carb)
-New crank seals
-New(aftermarket) top end, the original one was a little scuffed and had 90 psi compression, im getting 110 psi with the new one
-New base gasket
-Cleaned up the coil and ignition set, dont see any damage, set the flywheel to coil gap using a business card(per a youtube video)
-Another fresh spark plug(properly gapped)
-taken appart and cleaned muffler(new muffler to cylinder gasket)
HERE is the issue. Saw will start and idle fairly easily, and will rev right up. At Wide open throttle it revs, but it doesnt seem to "scream" like it should. When i try to cut a piece of wood, it will go about 1/4 through a log and then it bogs, dies, and refuses to restart. After about 10 minutes i can restart it and I'm back to square one.
I've tried adjusting the carb a dozen times. I have a page right from the owners manual discribing how to do it, I've watched Youtube vids, I've tried dozens of different screw combinations but doesnt seem to make a difference. I've taken apart and cleaned the carb about 3 times and havent found any smoking guns. I'm pretty good with small engines, I'm a Mechanical Engineer by day, I'm constantly tinkering with Motocross bikes, motorcycles and snowmobiles, so engines are nothing new to me. But this chainsaw is getting the best of me and I REFUSE to let it bring me to my knees.
My thoughts of issues that it could be, however all involve spending more $$$ and more time, would rather someone give me some ideas where i could trouble shoot rather than throw parts and time at it:
-The case gasket? the one that goes length wise? How would i know if thats leaking?
-An ignition problem?
-Maybe there is an issue with the carb? Try another carb off Ebay?
-Another set of intake gaskets? I replaced them already but...
Im open to anything!