Pitt
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Hi all, thanks in advance for your help and advice.. Let me say that I am a Classic tool time clone like many men.. I am a Mechanic and So I LOVE tools.. I am from NJ and I'm in a small town where I own, count um.... 1 tree.. Yes one tree, yet this did not stop my boy loves toys senses, and so after reading here, I went out and bought BOTH saws raved about here.. a Stihl and a Husqvarna. The husky is the 372xp... The Stihls are a 660, a climbing top handle saw and an 027 that I found in a rich neighbors garbage one night after a storm.. Lucky..
Well the Husky was bought and never used due to that whole 1 tree thing I mentioned until this weekend when I got "the call". You know the one.. The call where a friend needs a Giant Hydraulic jack, a sump pump, an air hammer, something that makes this collecting all worth while! Well He calls and says a tree fell and his small member Homelite 12'' saw failed him.. I say "I'm on the way!".. Well as I stand there all proud, filling my new friend with the blood and plasma that saws rely on.. (gas mix and bar oil), I give her two pulls and vroom, she is off and running.. I patiently sit there and do a decent break in time allowing the saw to take it real easy and continually change the RPM for the entire tank of gas... With no problem,m whatsoever, the trusty saw makes firewood out of said 22' tree... I say " Ah this is what I have been waiting for" drink, my thank you beer and set off back home... Today I go to clean said saw and put it back into inventory, and after I sprayed it down with simple green gave a rub and a DE-sawdusting.. I decided to make sure it was running well...
Two pulls and it starts right up.. 8 SECONDS OF RUNNING WITH THE CHOCK OFF, AND CLACK CLACK CLACK! IT got a HUGE KNOCK THAT SOUNDS LIKE A ROD COMING THROUGH THE BLOCK OF AN OLD CHEVY.
Keep in mind this saw is 1.5 hrs old...
Any thoughts of what went wrong, or what I can do? Being that it sat a few months in the box, I'm guessing this is not something thats covered by a warranty
Well the Husky was bought and never used due to that whole 1 tree thing I mentioned until this weekend when I got "the call". You know the one.. The call where a friend needs a Giant Hydraulic jack, a sump pump, an air hammer, something that makes this collecting all worth while! Well He calls and says a tree fell and his small member Homelite 12'' saw failed him.. I say "I'm on the way!".. Well as I stand there all proud, filling my new friend with the blood and plasma that saws rely on.. (gas mix and bar oil), I give her two pulls and vroom, she is off and running.. I patiently sit there and do a decent break in time allowing the saw to take it real easy and continually change the RPM for the entire tank of gas... With no problem,m whatsoever, the trusty saw makes firewood out of said 22' tree... I say " Ah this is what I have been waiting for" drink, my thank you beer and set off back home... Today I go to clean said saw and put it back into inventory, and after I sprayed it down with simple green gave a rub and a DE-sawdusting.. I decided to make sure it was running well...
Two pulls and it starts right up.. 8 SECONDS OF RUNNING WITH THE CHOCK OFF, AND CLACK CLACK CLACK! IT got a HUGE KNOCK THAT SOUNDS LIKE A ROD COMING THROUGH THE BLOCK OF AN OLD CHEVY.
Keep in mind this saw is 1.5 hrs old...
Any thoughts of what went wrong, or what I can do? Being that it sat a few months in the box, I'm guessing this is not something thats covered by a warranty