Hi,
I bought a MS361 at a garage sale yesterday super cheap as an "as-is saw". It looks like it's only had minimal use.
When I pull the rope with the plug installed it'll barely turn over. With the plug removed it'll free wheel with minimal friction just fine. Compression says 125 PSI but that's because I can't even get a good spin.
The cylinder/piston look perfect as viewed from both the exhaust port and intake.
I'm racking my brain trying to come up with theories why compression would be so tight but freewheel effortlessly with no plug? Has anyone run into this problem before? The cylinder gasket's there and it looks like the saw was never worked on before.
TIA
I bought a MS361 at a garage sale yesterday super cheap as an "as-is saw". It looks like it's only had minimal use.
When I pull the rope with the plug installed it'll barely turn over. With the plug removed it'll free wheel with minimal friction just fine. Compression says 125 PSI but that's because I can't even get a good spin.
The cylinder/piston look perfect as viewed from both the exhaust port and intake.
I'm racking my brain trying to come up with theories why compression would be so tight but freewheel effortlessly with no plug? Has anyone run into this problem before? The cylinder gasket's there and it looks like the saw was never worked on before.
TIA