Appletree
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I bought a rather ancient 084 with 41" bar a couple of weeks ago. The saw runs well, stops when it should etc once you can get it going. During the past couple of weeks I must have started the saw about 20 times to adjust the carb and to make sure that everything works as it should. The saw starts fine most of the time but every now and then, as I pull the starter cord, it fires and snaches the cord/handle back with such a force that it almost rips my arm and fingers off ... its pretty painful when that happens. This fault is intermittent and the saw then 'mends' itself after a while. Can anybody enlighten me as to why the saw behaves in that manner and what the cure is? Cheers,
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