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  1. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    Is there a sealer coat of something that could be added to protect the paint? Time for a little Lou/Pioneer history. I'm a retired USAF MSgt. For my twentieth birthday my rich uncle sent me a draft notice (Near Toledo Ohio). 24 hours before I was to be be drafted (04 Jun 70), I enlisted in the...
  2. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    @ flatsfisher, Your post made me go to the garage and make certain mine was still there; it is! I bought mine new in 1979 (stationed at Holloman AFB) while in New Mexico. She cut a lot of logs in the National Forest (Cloudcroft NM) with a 20" bar. When I retired from the AF and we bought this...
  3. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    Pioneer chainsaws often have problems with the coil. I don't know whether you have a bad or zero coil. And I cannot tell you what coil you need if yours is missing. I can tell you they are very susceptible to ignition problems/failure if subjected to moisture of any kind!!! I had good luck by...
  4. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    Have you tried Mike Acres web site (acresinternet.com) ? It's possible the serial number might cross to a model number (no promises). That web site has answered many questions I've had over the years but to be honest so has this one! GL Lou
  5. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    I would think the largest diameter rope that will pass through the sparkplug hole would be the most likely to work. I have never needed to remove that nut. I suggest you not be stingy with the inserted length either. Good luck to you. Lou I would not lower the piston very far; I would make...
  6. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    If I needed clutch cover nuts and had no idea of the needed size or thread count I'd take my saw (complete with the clutch cover) to my local Home Depot. I think in very short order I would have EXAXCTLY what I needed/wanted. I have a Farmsaw but do not know the tread count or size of those...
  7. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    My Farmsaw has been good to me too. I bought her new in 80 (I thought 79 but the serial number crosses to 1980). She was most often run in the NM Cloudcroft National Forest. Back then she always ran leaded regular gas. I think I always drained her tank once she went into my garage. When I got...
  8. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    Time for me to climb on my soapbox. Please remember to preface any Pioneer part number with 507 (507 added when Husqvarna purchased Pioneer). It seems to work infinitely better when that is done. Good luck. Lou @ Jerry; What are the odds those parts can be carefully cleaned and reused? My...
  9. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    @71mstg: You were born in March of 1950. I was born in May of the same year. Did your Rich Uncle wish you a happy birthday? Mine did; about a week after the day of my 20th birthday. He sent me Happy Birthday Lou. We want to draft you 04 Jun 1970. We lived in the great state of Ohio; Canada...
  10. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    @71mstg: This is a link to Mike acres (Pioneer saws limited) http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/GasbyManufacturer?OpenView&Start=1&Count=1000&Expand=104#104 and (Pioneer/Partner) http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/GasbyManufacturer?OpenView&Start=1&Count=1000&Expand=105#105 The above may...
  11. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    @71mstg: I just looked at the serial number on my Farmsaw. The serial Number is 2261383 And it says 80. I got orders to Holloman AFB in 1979. I thought I'd bought the saw shortly after arriving but it was longer than I thought. We had a house built in Alamogordo NM in 1979 that came with a...
  12. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    @Beavers: Except for a few labels and a chain brake she could be my saw from the outside. Fine looking saw. Thanks
  13. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    @ Cookie; What color is the coil of your FarmsawII? Also Is the starter rope take-up spool plastic or metal? Both of those required repair/replacement on my Farmsaw. 1. I wasn't aware of the problem with moisture and the (blue) coil of my Farmsaw. I foolishly stored it on the ground under a tarp...
  14. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    My Farmsaw purchased new in 1979 (discontinued in 1982; when your FarmsawII was introduced) is orange. I had to go to Mike Acres and look. 1982 is when mine was discontinued and yours was introduced, and yours was yellow. If yours is as dependable as mine has been you have many years of...
  15. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    @badbackjack Please let us know how your fix goes. Nice find on your part and I send a ton of good luck your way.
  16. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    Do you have a small airport near? I buy 100LL (Low Lead) Avgas at my nearest airport. Today It sells for about $6 a gallon ($6.12 at the time of this posting). It beats the small mixed Avgas containers sold at home centers by a ton!!! My old Scottish heart likes it when I do that! I have a...
  17. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    I very recently watched 3 or 4 videos on replacing pull ropes. Every one of them pretensions the cord before attaching the pull handle. WHY? Please note the rounded grove on the edge of the take-up spool. If you completely install the cord (both ends no tension); then put the cord in that...
  18. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    A washer makes sense to me. If the hole in the takeup spool is much larger than the starter rope it could be very difficult to keep the starter rope from pulling through. I'd try to find a flat washer with a hole as close as possible to the diameter of the starter rope. I think it is possible to...
  19. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    My Farmsaw (purchased new in Alamogordo NM 1979) coil quit working in the early 90s when I foolishly stored it under a tarp on the ground at a GTG in Oregon. She did spend quite a while in storage in NM while I was stationed in Germany from 1986 until I retired in 1990. She started and cut like...
  20. Lou

    Pioneer chainsaws

    These are Stihl parts but stranger things have happened. https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/grd/d/kent-stihl-ms-plastics-shroud-covers/7581574698.html Good luck Lou
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